◇ image via WikipediaRobert Earl Keen
Robert Earl Keen is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Jimmie Rodgers, Gary Stewart, Steve Earle, Cream and Willie Nelson. Those roots explain a lot about how Robert Earl Keen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jerry Jeff Walker, Turnpike Troubadours, American Aquarium, Rodney Crowell and Justin Townes Earle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joe Ely, Carrie Rodriguez and Montgomery Gentry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Robert Earl Keen, reaching back through Jimmie Rodgers and forward to Joe Ely. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Robert Earl Keen connections
Robert Earl Keen grew out of Jimmie Rodgers, Gary Stewart, Steve Earle and Cream, shares an orbit with Jerry Jeff Walker, Turnpike Troubadours, American Aquarium and Rodney Crowell, went on to shape Joe Ely, Carrie Rodriguez and Montgomery Gentry. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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