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Roy Buchanan

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Blues

Roy Buchanan is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Danny Gatton, Songs from a Room, Ronnie Hawkins, Merle Kilgore and Jimi Hendrix. Those roots explain a lot about how Roy Buchanan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Snowy White, Robin Trower, Peter Green, Charlie Musselwhite and Jeff Beck, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nils Lofgren, Firefall, Robbie Robertson, Gary Moore and Danny Gatton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Roy Buchanan, reaching back through Danny Gatton and forward to Nils Lofgren. 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
Roy BuchananDanny GattonSongs from a RoomRonnie HawkinsMerle KilgoreJimi HendrixJohn LennonMerle HaggardNils LofgrenFirefallRobbie RobertsonGary MooreDanny GattonJeff BeckJerry GarciaDavid GilmourSnowy WhiteRobin TrowerPeter GreenCharlie MusselwhiteJeff BeckLonnie MackJohn Mayall & The Bl…Ten Years After

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Roy Buchanan connections

Roy Buchanan grew out of Danny Gatton, Songs from a Room, Ronnie Hawkins and Merle Kilgore, shares an orbit with Snowy White, Robin Trower, Peter Green and Charlie Musselwhite, went on to shape Nils Lofgren, Firefall, Robbie Robertson and Gary Moore. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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