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The Incredible String Band

Folk
Folk

The Incredible String Band is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Bert Jansch, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. Those roots explain a lot about how The Incredible String Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Mark Fry, Tim Buckley and Fred Neil, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bibio, Babe Rainbow, Neil Tennant, Judy Collins and Jackson Browne, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Incredible String Band, reaching back through Bert Jansch and forward to Bibio. 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 Incredible String BandBert JanschTom PaxtonJudy CollinsJoni MitchellLeonard CohenDanny ThompsonPaul McCartneyJulie FelixBibioBabe RainbowNeil TennantJudy CollinsJackson BrowneRobert PlantLed ZeppelinMelanieThe PentangleBert JanschMark FryTim BuckleyFred NeilKaleidoscopeBill FayTim Hardin

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The Incredible String Band connections

The Incredible String Band grew out of Bert Jansch, Tom Paxton, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell, shares an orbit with The Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Mark Fry and Tim Buckley, went on to shape Bibio, Babe Rainbow, Neil Tennant and Judy Collins. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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