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Alan Hawkshaw

Alan Hawkshaw is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Hollies, David Bowie, The Shadows, Olivia Newton-John and Jane Birkin. Those roots explain a lot about how Alan Hawkshaw arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Cameron, Brian Bennett, Lonnie Liston Smith, David Axelrod and Idris Muhammad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into BT, JAY-Z, Opus III, Tiësto and Delerium, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Alan Hawkshaw, reaching back through The Hollies and forward to BT. 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
Alan HawkshawThe HolliesDavid BowieThe ShadowsOlivia Newton-JohnJane BirkinSerge GainsbourgCliff RichardDonna SummerBTJAY-ZOpus IIITiëstoDeleriumJohn CameronBrian BennettLonnie Liston SmithDavid AxelrodIdris MuhammadJohnny HammondHenry Mancini

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Alan Hawkshaw connections

Alan Hawkshaw grew out of The Hollies, David Bowie, The Shadows and Olivia Newton-John, shares an orbit with John Cameron, Brian Bennett, Lonnie Liston Smith and David Axelrod, went on to shape BT, JAY-Z, Opus III and Tiësto. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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