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Sam Bush

World music
World music

Sam Bush is a World music act. Their sound grew out of John Hartford, moe., Mark O'Connor, Doc Watson and The Moody Blues. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam Bush arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Hartford, Jerry Douglas, Nickel Creek, Ricky Skaggs and Molly Tuttle, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ricky Skaggs, Béla Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Jerry Douglas and Alison Krauss, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Sam Bush, reaching back through John Hartford and forward to Ricky Skaggs. 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
Sam BushJohn Hartfordmoe.Mark O'ConnorDoc WatsonThe Moody BluesRicky SkaggsBéla FleckMark O'ConnorJerry DouglasAlison KraussEmmylou HarrisJohn HartfordJerry DouglasNickel CreekRicky SkaggsMolly TuttleThe DillardsAlison Krauss & Unio…

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Sam Bush connections

Sam Bush grew out of John Hartford, moe., Mark O'Connor and Doc Watson, shares an orbit with John Hartford, Jerry Douglas, Nickel Creek and Ricky Skaggs, went on to shape Ricky Skaggs, Béla Fleck, Mark O'Connor and Jerry Douglas. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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