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Ralph McTell

Folk
Folk

Ralph McTell is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Muddy Waters, Reverend Gary Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez and Leonard Cohen. Those roots explain a lot about how Ralph McTell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bert Jansch, Peter Sarstedt, Roy Harper, Tim Hardin and Al Stewart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Anti-Nowhere League, Al Stewart, Mary Hopkin and Pino Palladino, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Ralph McTell, reaching back through Muddy Waters and forward to Anti-Nowhere League. 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
Ralph McTellMuddy WatersReverend Gary DavisJimi HendrixJoan BaezLeonard CohenRev. Gary DavisBonnie DobsonRoy HarperAnti-Nowhere LeagueAl StewartMary HopkinPino PalladinoBert JanschPeter SarstedtRoy HarperTim HardinAl StewartNick DrakeSteeleye SpanPaul Simon

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Ralph McTell connections

Ralph McTell grew out of Muddy Waters, Reverend Gary Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Joan Baez, shares an orbit with Bert Jansch, Peter Sarstedt, Roy Harper and Tim Hardin, went on to shape Anti-Nowhere League, Al Stewart, Mary Hopkin and Pino Palladino. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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