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Sturgill Simpson is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Cody Jinks, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Corb Lund, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard. Those roots explain a lot about how Sturgill Simpson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johnny Blue Skies, Jason Isbell, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Cody Jinks and Shooter Jennings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tyler Childers and Valerie June, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Sturgill Simpson, reaching back through Cody Jinks and forward to Tyler Childers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sturgill Simpson connections
Sturgill Simpson grew out of Cody Jinks, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Corb Lund and Waylon Jennings, shares an orbit with Johnny Blue Skies, Jason Isbell, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Cody Jinks, went on to shape Tyler Childers and Valerie June. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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