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Alabama Shakes is a Garage rock and House act. Their sound grew out of Bon Scott, David Bowie, MC5, Lee Fields and Howler. Those roots explain a lot about how Alabama Shakes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Leon Bridges, Dan Auerbach, Michael Kiwanuka and Benjamin Booker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Drake, Childish Gambino, Perfume Genius, Chinchilla and July Talk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Alabama Shakes, reaching back through Bon Scott and forward to Drake. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Alabama Shakes connections
Alabama Shakes grew out of Bon Scott, David Bowie, MC5 and Lee Fields, shares an orbit with St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Leon Bridges, Dan Auerbach and Michael Kiwanuka, went on to shape Drake, Childish Gambino, Perfume Genius and Chinchilla. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Alabama Shakes
Sounds and acts that shaped Alabama Shakes.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Alabama Shakes.
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