◇ image via WikipediaPaul Clayton
Paul Clayton is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pink Anderson, Woody Guthrie, Jean Ritchie, Dave Van Ronk and Etta Baker. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Clayton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cisco Houston, Loudon Wainwright III, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Jackson C. Frank, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Another Side of Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right and Etta Baker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Paul Clayton, reaching back through Pink Anderson and forward to Another Side of Bob Dylan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Paul Clayton was an American folksinger and folklorist who was prominent in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Paul Clayton connections
Paul Clayton grew out of Pink Anderson, Woody Guthrie, Jean Ritchie and Dave Van Ronk, shares an orbit with Cisco Houston, Loudon Wainwright III, Pete Seeger and Ramblin' Jack Elliott, went on to shape Another Side of Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right and Etta Baker. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Cisco Houstonartist
- Loudon Wainwright IIIartist
- Pete Seegerartist
- Ramblin' Jack Elliottartist
- Jackson C. Frankartist
- Tia Blakeartist
- Connie Converseartist
- Karen Daltonartist
- Odettaartist
- Stan Rogersartist
- Shirley Collinsartist
- Joan Baezartist
- Judee Sillartist
- Tim Hardinartist
- Fred Neilartist
- Bert Janschartist
- The Kingston Trioartist
- Paul Simonartist
- Donovanartist
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