◇ image via WikipediaRalph McTell
Ralph McTell is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Joan Baez, Reverend Gary Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen and Bonnie Dobson. Those roots explain a lot about how Ralph McTell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bert Jansch, Tim Hardin, Al Stewart, Nick Drake and Paul Simon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Al Stewart, Anti-Nowhere League, Mary Hopkin and Pino Palladino, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Ralph McTell, reaching back through Joan Baez and forward to Al Stewart. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ralph McTell connections
Ralph McTell grew out of Joan Baez, Reverend Gary Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Leonard Cohen, shares an orbit with Bert Jansch, Tim Hardin, Al Stewart and Nick Drake, went on to shape Al Stewart, Anti-Nowhere League, Mary Hopkin and Pino Palladino. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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