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Steve Goodman

Folk
Folk

Steve Goodman is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Blind Willie McTell, Tim Hecker and Tom Paxton. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Goodman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as David Bromberg, Pete Seeger, Rodney Crowell, Loudon Wainwright III and Gordon Lightfoot, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lynn Anderson, Chet Atkins, Joe Dassin, Comme si de rien n'était and Jackie DeShannon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Steve Goodman, reaching back through Blind Willie McTell and forward to Lynn Anderson. 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
Steve GoodmanBlind Willie McTellTim HeckerTom PaxtonLynn AndersonChet AtkinsJoe DassinComme si de rien n'é…Jackie DeShannonOliverJimmy BuffettArlo GuthrieDavid BrombergPete SeegerRodney CrowellLoudon Wainwright IIIGordon LightfootJohn HartfordVan MorrisonJudy Collins

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Steve Goodman connections

Steve Goodman grew out of Blind Willie McTell, Tim Hecker and Tom Paxton, shares an orbit with David Bromberg, Pete Seeger, Rodney Crowell and Loudon Wainwright III, went on to shape Lynn Anderson, Chet Atkins, Joe Dassin and Comme si de rien n'était. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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