◇ image via WikipediaSammi Smith
Sammi Smith is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard. Those roots explain a lot about how Sammi Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tammy Wynette, Dottie West, Jessi Colter, Barbara Mandrell and Jerry Jeff Walker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gladys Knight & the Pips and Elvis Presley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Sammi Smith, reaching back through Kris Kristofferson and forward to Gladys Knight & the Pips. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sammi Smith connections
Sammi Smith grew out of Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, shares an orbit with Tammy Wynette, Dottie West, Jessi Colter and Barbara Mandrell, went on to shape Gladys Knight & the Pips and Elvis Presley. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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