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Sixteen Tons is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Merle Travis. Those roots explain a lot about how Sixteen Tons arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Monochrome and Standstill, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Dandy Warhols, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Weavers, Elvis Presley and Ewan MacColl, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 14 connections around Sixteen Tons, reaching back through Merle Travis and forward to The Dandy Warhols. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sixteen Tons grew out of Merle Travis, shares an orbit with Monochrome and Standstill, went on to shape The Dandy Warhols, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Weavers and Elvis Presley. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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