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Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Neil Finn, Slim Dusty and Junior Murvin. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Kelly arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel, Powderfinger, You Am I and Australian Crawl, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Liam Finn, Electric Fields, Dan Sultan and Middle Kids, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Paul Kelly, reaching back through Neil Finn and forward to Liam Finn. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Paul KellyNeil FinnSlim DustyJunior MurvinLiam FinnElectric FieldsDan SultanMiddle KidsHunters & CollectorsCold ChiselPowderfingerYou Am IAustralian CrawlGoannaThe WhitlamsEskimo Joe

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Paul Kelly connections

Paul Kelly grew out of Neil Finn, Slim Dusty and Junior Murvin, shares an orbit with Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel, Powderfinger and You Am I, went on to shape Liam Finn, Electric Fields, Dan Sultan and Middle Kids. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Paul Kelly

Roots3

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Legacy4

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