◇ image via WikipediaBrian Bennett
Brian Bennett is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Cliff Richard. Those roots explain a lot about how Brian Bennett arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Cameron, Lonnie Liston Smith, Idris Muhammad, Weldon Irvine and David Axelrod, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alan Hawkshaw, Mary Hopkin, Kanye West, Nas and Labi Siffre, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Brian Bennett, reaching back through Cliff Richard and forward to Alan Hawkshaw. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Brian Laurence Bennett is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows. He is the father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett.
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Brian Bennett connections
Brian Bennett grew out of Cliff Richard, shares an orbit with John Cameron, Lonnie Liston Smith, Idris Muhammad and Weldon Irvine, went on to shape Alan Hawkshaw, Mary Hopkin, Kanye West and Nas. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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