◇ image via WikipediaBilly Griffin
Billy Griffin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Damon Harris and Smokey Robinson. Those roots explain a lot about how Billy Griffin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joyce Sims, Kashif, Jaki Graham, S.O.S. Band and DeBarge, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Pasadenas, Take That, Aretha Franklin, The O'Jays and Ronald Isley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Billy Griffin, reaching back through Damon Harris and forward to The Pasadenas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Billy Griffin connections
Billy Griffin grew out of Damon Harris and Smokey Robinson, shares an orbit with Joyce Sims, Kashif, Jaki Graham and S.O.S. Band, went on to shape The Pasadenas, Take That, Aretha Franklin and The O'Jays. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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