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Rodney Atkins

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Rodney Atkins is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Billy Gilman, Brett James, Roy Orbison, Tim McGraw and Lee Greenwood. Those roots explain a lot about how Rodney Atkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dierks Bentley, Craig Morgan, Kenny Chesney, Randy Houser and Tim McGraw, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mark Wills, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Rodney Atkins, reaching back through Billy Gilman and forward to Mark Wills. 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
Rodney AtkinsBilly GilmanBrett JamesRoy OrbisonTim McGrawLee GreenwoodBilly Ray CyrusAnne MurrayMark WillsDierks BentleyCraig MorganKenny ChesneyRandy HouserTim McGrawToby KeithBlake SheltonCole Swindell

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Rodney Atkins connections

Rodney Atkins grew out of Billy Gilman, Brett James, Roy Orbison and Tim McGraw, shares an orbit with Dierks Bentley, Craig Morgan, Kenny Chesney and Randy Houser, went on to shape Mark Wills. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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