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Brian 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 Alan Hawkshaw, John Cameron, Alan Tew, Lonnie Liston Smith and Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nas, Alan Hawkshaw, Labi Siffre, Ella Fitzgerald and Olivia Newton-John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Brian Bennett, reaching back through Cliff Richard and forward to Nas. 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Brian BennettCliff RichardNasAlan HawkshawLabi SiffreElla FitzgeraldOlivia Newton-JohnThe Walker BrothersPeter FramptonMary HopkinAlan HawkshawJohn CameronAlan TewLonnie Liston SmithLonnie Liston Smith …Idris MuhammadAlan MoorhouseWeldon Irvine

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Brian Bennett grew out of Cliff Richard, shares an orbit with Alan Hawkshaw, John Cameron, Alan Tew and Lonnie Liston Smith, went on to shape Nas, Alan Hawkshaw, Labi Siffre and Ella Fitzgerald. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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