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Whiskeytown is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Connells, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Alejandro Escovedo and Firehose. Those roots explain a lot about how Whiskeytown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Uncle Tupelo, The Bottle Rockets, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jason Isbell and American Aquarium, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phil Lesh, American Aquarium, Elton John, The Clarks and Evermore, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Whiskeytown, reaching back through The Connells and forward to Phil Lesh. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Whiskeytown was an American alternative country band formed in 1994 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Fronted by Ryan Adams, the group included members Caitlin Cary, Phil Wandscher, Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, and Mike Daly. They disbanded in 2000 with Adams leaving to pursue his solo career. Whiskeytown gradually expanded its sound outside the confines of alternative country while still maintaining its alternative roots.
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Whiskeytown connections
Whiskeytown grew out of The Connells, Wilco, Ryan Adams and Alejandro Escovedo, shares an orbit with Uncle Tupelo, The Bottle Rockets, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Jason Isbell, went on to shape Phil Lesh, American Aquarium, Elton John and The Clarks. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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