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Richard & Linda Thompson

Richard & Linda Thompson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Leonard Cohen, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs. Those roots explain a lot about how Richard & Linda Thompson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Bert Jansch, Roy Harper and The Pentangle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gerry Rafferty and Sandy Denny, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Richard & Linda Thompson, reaching back through Leonard Cohen and forward to Gerry Rafferty. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Richard Thompson is an English songwriter, musician, singer and record producer.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Richard & Linda ThompsonLeonard CohenJerry Lee LewisBuddy HollyBob DylanPhil OchsDjango ReinhardtBarney KesselGerry RaffertySandy DennyFairport ConventionSteeleye SpanBert JanschRoy HarperThe PentangleThe RochesBill FayLoudon Wainwright III

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Richard & Linda Thompson connections

Richard & Linda Thompson grew out of Leonard Cohen, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Bert Jansch and Roy Harper, went on to shape Gerry Rafferty and Sandy Denny. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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