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The Blasters is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Minutemen, The Jordanaires, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Those roots explain a lot about how The Blasters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Edmunds, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Duane Eddy and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Exene Cervenka, Candye Kane, Black Flag, The Gun Club and Dwight Yoakam, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Blasters, reaching back through Minutemen and forward to Exene Cervenka. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Blasters are an American rock band formed in 1979 in Downey, California, by brothers Phil Alvin and Dave Alvin (guitar), with bass guitarist John Bazz and drummer Bill Bateman. Their self-described "American Music" is a blend of rockabilly, early rock and roll, punk rock, mountain music, and rhythm and blues and country.
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The Blasters connections
The Blasters grew out of Minutemen, The Jordanaires, T-Bone Walker and Sonny Terry, shares an orbit with Dave Edmunds, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Duane Eddy, went on to shape Exene Cervenka, Candye Kane, Black Flag and The Gun Club. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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