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Bryan Ferry

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Bryan Ferry is a Pop and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Tim Buckley, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Piece of My Heart, Doris Troy and A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall. Those roots explain a lot about how Bryan Ferry arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roxy Music, ABC, Eurythmics, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Robert Palmer, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Donny Benét, Róisín Murphy, Kitten, Chris Spedding and Black, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 60 connections around Bryan Ferry, reaching back through Tim Buckley and forward to Donny Benét. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bryan FerryTim BuckleyThe Phenomenal Handc…Piece of My HeartDoris TroyA Hard Rain's a-Gonn…If Not for YouDavid GilmourScreamin' Jay HawkinsDonny BenétRóisín MurphyKittenChris SpeddingBlackDexys Midnight RunnersDire StraitsMarillionRoxy MusicABCEurythmicsOrchestral Manoeuvre…Robert PalmerUltravoxPeter GabrielJoe Jackson

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Bryan Ferry connections

Bryan Ferry grew out of Tim Buckley, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Piece of My Heart and Doris Troy, shares an orbit with Roxy Music, ABC, Eurythmics and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, went on to shape Donny Benét, Róisín Murphy, Kitten and Chris Spedding. 60 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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