◇ image via WikipediaBrendan Benson
Brendan Benson is a Indie rock act. Their sound grew out of Electric Six, Michael Andrews, Jack White, Ricky Skaggs and Paul McCartney. Those roots explain a lot about how Brendan Benson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Matthew Sweet, Pete Yorn, The New Pornographers, Beulah and Superdrag, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Maine, The White Stripes, The Greenhornes, Ashley Monroe and The Features, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Brendan Benson, reaching back through Electric Six and forward to The Maine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Brendan Benson connections
Brendan Benson grew out of Electric Six, Michael Andrews, Jack White and Ricky Skaggs, shares an orbit with Matthew Sweet, Pete Yorn, The New Pornographers and Beulah, went on to shape The Maine, The White Stripes, The Greenhornes and Ashley Monroe. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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