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Roger McGuinn

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Roger McGuinn is a Country and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Gene Vincent. Those roots explain a lot about how Roger McGuinn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Firefall, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Neil Young & Crazy Horse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into R.E.M., Carl Wilson, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Ravi Shankar and Alex Chilton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Roger McGuinn, reaching back through Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and forward to R.E.M.. 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
Roger McGuinnTom Petty and the He…Elvis PresleyJohnny CashCarl PerkinsGene VincentThe Everly BrothersThe BeatlesGeorge HarrisonR.E.M.Carl WilsonDon Juan's Reckless …Ravi ShankarAlex ChiltonJeff LynneCrosby, Stills, Nash…FirefallBuffalo SpringfieldCrosby, Stills & NashNeil Young & Crazy H…MudcrutchVan MorrisonThe Youngbloods

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Roger McGuinn connections

Roger McGuinn grew out of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, shares an orbit with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Firefall, Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash, went on to shape R.E.M., Carl Wilson, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and Ravi Shankar. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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