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Robbie Robertson

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and bluesRock

Robbie Robertson is a Rhythm and blues and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Adam Clayton, Roy Buchanan, John P. Hammond, Bob Dylan and Ronnie Hawkins. Those roots explain a lot about how Robbie Robertson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Van Morrison, Robert Plant, Paul Weller, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bruce Hornsby & the Range, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Ocean, Tony Levin and The Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Robbie Robertson, reaching back through Adam Clayton and forward to Bruce Hornsby & the Range. 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
Robbie RobertsonAdam ClaytonRoy BuchananJohn P. HammondBob DylanRonnie HawkinsManu KatchéKaren DaltonLittle Willie JohnBruce Hornsby & the …Elvis Costello & The…OceanTony LevinThe BandMaria McKeeBruce HornsbyHoward TateVan MorrisonRobert PlantPaul WellerJohn MellencampBruce Springsteen & …Nils LofgrenWorld PartyLloyd Cole

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Robbie Robertson connections

Robbie Robertson grew out of Adam Clayton, Roy Buchanan, John P. Hammond and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Van Morrison, Robert Plant, Paul Weller and John Mellencamp, went on to shape Bruce Hornsby & the Range, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Ocean and Tony Levin. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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