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Tony Rice is a Americana and Country act. Their catalogue also touches Folk. Their sound grew out of Doc Watson, Ry Cooder, Chris Hillman, Ian Tyson and Joni Mitchell. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Rice arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sam Bush, John Hartford, Jerry Douglas, Ricky Skaggs and Jimmy Martin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Punch Brothers, Mark O'Connor, Darol Anger and Molly Tuttle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Tony Rice, reaching back through Doc Watson and forward to Punch Brothers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tony Rice connections
Tony Rice grew out of Doc Watson, Ry Cooder, Chris Hillman and Ian Tyson, shares an orbit with Sam Bush, John Hartford, Jerry Douglas and Ricky Skaggs, went on to shape Punch Brothers, Mark O'Connor, Darol Anger and Molly Tuttle. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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