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Xavier Rudd

Blues
BluesFolkReggae

Xavier Rudd is a Blues and Folk act. Their catalogue also touches Reggae. Their sound grew out of Bobby Alu, Leo Kottke, Ben Harper and Natalie Merchant. Those roots explain a lot about how Xavier Rudd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The John Butler Trio, The Beautiful Girls, Donavon Frankenreiter, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals and Jack Johnson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ben Harper, G. Love & Special Sauce, Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Xavier Rudd, reaching back through Bobby Alu and forward to Ben Harper. 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
Xavier RuddBobby AluLeo KottkeBen HarperNatalie MerchantBen HarperG. Love & Special Sa…Jack JohnsonDave MatthewsThe John Butler TrioThe Beautiful GirlsDonavon FrankenreiterBen Harper & The Inn…Jack JohnsonHollow CovesRay LaMontagneRoo Panes

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Xavier Rudd connections

Xavier Rudd grew out of Bobby Alu, Leo Kottke, Ben Harper and Natalie Merchant, shares an orbit with The John Butler Trio, The Beautiful Girls, Donavon Frankenreiter and Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, went on to shape Ben Harper, G. Love & Special Sauce, Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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