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Sam Amidon is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Laura Veirs, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Albert Ayler, Yo La Tengo and Miles Davis. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam Amidon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jake Xerxes Fussell, Fionn Regan, Laura Veirs, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Steve Gunn, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jacob Collier, Glen Hansard, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The National and Bon Iver, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Sam Amidon, reaching back through Laura Veirs and forward to Jacob Collier. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Samuel Tear Amidon is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
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Sam Amidon connections
Sam Amidon grew out of Laura Veirs, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Albert Ayler and Yo La Tengo, shares an orbit with Jake Xerxes Fussell, Fionn Regan, Laura Veirs and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, went on to shape Jacob Collier, Glen Hansard, The Blind Boys of Alabama and The National. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sam Amidon
Sounds and acts that shaped Sam Amidon.
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