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The New Christy Minstrels

Folk
Folk

The New Christy Minstrels is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Pesnyary and Barry McGuire. Those roots explain a lot about how The New Christy Minstrels arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Kingston Trio, The Seekers, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carpenters, John Denver, Barry McGuire, The Byrds and Chris Hillman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The New Christy Minstrels, reaching back through Pesnyary and forward to Carpenters. 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 New Christy MinstrelsPesnyaryBarry McGuireCarpentersJohn DenverBarry McGuireThe ByrdsChris HillmanKenny RogersKim CarnesGene ClarkThe Kingston TrioThe SeekersJudy CollinsPete SeegerHarry BelafonteRoger MillerThe Everly BrothersRalph McTell

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The New Christy Minstrels connections

The New Christy Minstrels grew out of Pesnyary and Barry McGuire, shares an orbit with The Kingston Trio, The Seekers, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger, went on to shape Carpenters, John Denver, Barry McGuire and The Byrds. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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