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The Raconteurs

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The Raconteurs is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Ricky Skaggs, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Wolfmother, Flobots and The Greenhornes. Those roots explain a lot about how The Raconteurs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Band of Skulls, The Kills, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dan Auerbach and Them Crooked Vultures, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Corinne Bailey Rae, Coldplay, The Dead Weather, Moon Taxi and underscores, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around The Raconteurs, reaching back through Ricky Skaggs and forward to Corinne Bailey Rae. 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 RaconteursRicky SkaggsDoes It Offend You, …WolfmotherFlobotsThe GreenhornesZee AviThe HivesAshley MonroeCorinne Bailey RaeColdplayThe Dead WeatherMoon TaxiunderscoresBand of SkullsThe KillsBlack Rebel Motorcyc…Dan AuerbachThem Crooked VulturesEagles of Death MetalRoyal BloodThe Von Bondies

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The Raconteurs connections

The Raconteurs grew out of Ricky Skaggs, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Wolfmother and Flobots, shares an orbit with Band of Skulls, The Kills, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Dan Auerbach, went on to shape Corinne Bailey Rae, Coldplay, The Dead Weather and Moon Taxi. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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