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Tommy Emmanuel is a Blues and Country act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Chet Atkins, John Farnham, Doc Watson, Vlatko Stefanovski and Elizabeth Cotten. Those roots explain a lot about how Tommy Emmanuel arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Andy McKee, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke, Joe Satriani and The John Butler Trio, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lindsay Ell and Andy McKee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Tommy Emmanuel, reaching back through Chet Atkins and forward to Lindsay Ell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tommy Emmanuel connections
Tommy Emmanuel grew out of Chet Atkins, John Farnham, Doc Watson and Vlatko Stefanovski, shares an orbit with Andy McKee, Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke and Joe Satriani, went on to shape Lindsay Ell and Andy McKee. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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