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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 Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg, Pete Seeger, Rodney Crowell and Loudon Wainwright III, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joe Dassin, Chet Atkins, Lynn Anderson, Jimmy Buffett and Comme si de rien n'était, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Steve Goodman, reaching back through Blind Willie McTell and forward to Joe Dassin. 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 PaxtonJoe DassinChet AtkinsLynn AndersonJimmy BuffettComme si de rien n'é…OliverJackie DeShannonArlo GuthrieJerry Jeff WalkerDavid BrombergPete SeegerRodney CrowellLoudon Wainwright IIIGordon LightfootEmmylou HarrisJohn Hartford

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Steve Goodman connections

Steve Goodman grew out of Blind Willie McTell, Tim Hecker and Tom Paxton, shares an orbit with Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg, Pete Seeger and Rodney Crowell, went on to shape Joe Dassin, Chet Atkins, Lynn Anderson and Jimmy Buffett. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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