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Scott Walker

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CountryRock

Scott Walker is a Country and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Stephen O'Malley, Next, Tim Hardin, Léo Ferré and Stan Kenton. Those roots explain a lot about how Scott Walker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Walker Brothers, John Cale, Tim Buckley, Nico and This Heat, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Duffy, John Grant, Susanne Sundfør, Neko Case and Storm Corrosion, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Scott Walker, reaching back through Stephen O'Malley and forward to Duffy. 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
Scott WalkerStephen O'MalleyNextTim HardinLéo FerréStan KentonBill EvansAndy WilliamsFrank SinatraDuffyJohn GrantSusanne SundførNeko CaseStorm CorrosionThe Land Is Inhospit…No-ManNadine ShahThe Walker BrothersJohn CaleTim BuckleyNicoThis HeatFred NeilArthur RussellCaptain Beefheart & …

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Scott Walker connections

Scott Walker grew out of Stephen O'Malley, Next, Tim Hardin and Léo Ferré, shares an orbit with The Walker Brothers, John Cale, Tim Buckley and Nico, went on to shape Duffy, John Grant, Susanne Sundfør and Neko Case. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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