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Slim Dusty

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Country

Slim Dusty is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Jimmie Rodgers. Those roots explain a lot about how Slim Dusty arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jimmy Barnes, Cold Chisel, Goanna, Thirsty Merc and Johnny Horton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kasey Chambers, Cliff Richard, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Keith Urban and Paul Kelly, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Slim Dusty, reaching back through Jimmie Rodgers and forward to Kasey Chambers. 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
Slim DustyJimmie RodgersKasey ChambersCliff RichardBobbejaan SchoepenKeith UrbanPaul KellyLee KernaghanJimmy BarnesCold ChiselGoannaThirsty MercJohnny HortonAustralian CrawlJunior BrownHunters & Collectors

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Slim Dusty connections

Slim Dusty grew out of Jimmie Rodgers, shares an orbit with Jimmy Barnes, Cold Chisel, Goanna and Thirsty Merc, went on to shape Kasey Chambers, Cliff Richard, Bobbejaan Schoepen and Keith Urban. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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