◇ image via WikipediaTracy Nelson
Tracy Nelson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Charlie Musselwhite, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Spann and Grateful Dead. Those roots explain a lot about how Tracy Nelson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karen Dalton, Alabama Shakes, Joan Armatrading, Lucinda Williams and John Lee Hooker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beaucoups of Blues, Ellen McIlwaine, Maria Muldaur, Cyndi Lauper and Linda Ronstadt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Tracy Nelson, reaching back through Charlie Musselwhite and forward to Beaucoups of Blues. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Tracy Nelson is an American country and blues singer. She has been involved in the recording of over 20 albums in her recording career, which started in 1965.
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Tracy Nelson connections
Tracy Nelson grew out of Charlie Musselwhite, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Otis Spann, shares an orbit with Karen Dalton, Alabama Shakes, Joan Armatrading and Lucinda Williams, went on to shape Beaucoups of Blues, Ellen McIlwaine, Maria Muldaur and Cyndi Lauper. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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