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The Be Good Tanyas

The Be Good Tanyas is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Townes Van Zandt, Jolie Holland and Washington Phillips. Those roots explain a lot about how The Be Good Tanyas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Frazey Ford, Eilen Jewell, Laura Veirs, Crooked Still and Uncle Tupelo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frazey Ford, The Broken Family Band and Jolie Holland, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around The Be Good Tanyas, reaching back through Townes Van Zandt and forward to Frazey Ford. 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
The Be Good TanyasTownes Van ZandtJolie HollandWashington PhillipsFrazey FordThe Broken Family BandJolie HollandFrazey FordEilen JewellLaura VeirsCrooked StillUncle TupeloBeth Orton

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The Be Good Tanyas connections

The Be Good Tanyas grew out of Townes Van Zandt, Jolie Holland and Washington Phillips, shares an orbit with Frazey Ford, Eilen Jewell, Laura Veirs and Crooked Still, went on to shape Frazey Ford, The Broken Family Band and Jolie Holland. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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