◇ image via WikipediaBarry McGuire
Barry McGuire is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Norma Tanega, Washington Phillips, The New Christy Minstrels, The Beatles and Gene Clark. Those roots explain a lot about how Barry McGuire arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Mamas & the Papas, Scott McKenzie, The Box Tops, Eric Burdon & The Animals and Tommy James & The Shondells, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The New Christy Minstrels, The Mamas & the Papas and The Temptations, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Barry McGuire, reaching back through Norma Tanega and forward to The New Christy Minstrels. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter primarily known for his 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction". He was later a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music.
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Barry McGuire connections
Barry McGuire grew out of Norma Tanega, Washington Phillips, The New Christy Minstrels and The Beatles, shares an orbit with The Mamas & the Papas, Scott McKenzie, The Box Tops and Eric Burdon & The Animals, went on to shape The New Christy Minstrels, The Mamas & the Papas and The Temptations. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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