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Sammi Smith

Folk
Folk

Sammi Smith is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson. 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 Rodney Crowell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Elvis Presley and Gladys Knight & the Pips, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Sammi Smith, reaching back through Merle Haggard and forward to Elvis Presley. 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
Sammi SmithMerle HaggardKris KristoffersonElvis PresleyGladys Knight & the …Tammy WynetteDottie WestJessi ColterBarbara MandrellRodney CrowellTanya TuckerBobbie GentryBill Anderson

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Sammi Smith connections

Sammi Smith grew out of Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson, shares an orbit with Tammy Wynette, Dottie West, Jessi Colter and Barbara Mandrell, went on to shape Elvis Presley and Gladys Knight & the Pips. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Sammi Smith

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Sounds and acts that shaped Sammi Smith.

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