◇ image via WikipediaBarry Gibb
Barry Gibb is a Country and Disco act. Their catalogue also touches Pop and Psychedelic rock. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Jones, Cliff Richard, Paul Anka, Buddy Holly and The Everly Brothers. Those roots explain a lot about how Barry Gibb arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Leo Sayer, Elton John and Badfinger, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Samantha Sang, P. P. Arnold, Graham Bonnet, Human Nature and Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Barry Gibb, reaching back through Jimmy Jones and forward to Samantha Sang. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Barry Gibb connections
Barry Gibb grew out of Jimmy Jones, Cliff Richard, Paul Anka and Buddy Holly, shares an orbit with Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Leo Sayer and Elton John, went on to shape Samantha Sang, P. P. Arnold, Graham Bonnet and Human Nature. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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