◇ image via WikipediaTex Ritter
Tex Ritter is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Bob Wills, Jimmy Wakely and Jenny Lou Carson. Those roots explain a lot about how Tex Ritter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Dudley, Hank Thompson, Roger Miller, Del Reeves and The Statler Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frankie Laine, Barbara Mandrell, John Stewart and Johnny Bond, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Tex Ritter, reaching back through Bob Wills and forward to Frankie Laine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tex Ritter connections
Tex Ritter grew out of Bob Wills, Jimmy Wakely and Jenny Lou Carson, shares an orbit with Dave Dudley, Hank Thompson, Roger Miller and Del Reeves, went on to shape Frankie Laine, Barbara Mandrell, John Stewart and Johnny Bond. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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