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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, If Not for You, David Sanborn and David A. Stewart. 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 Ultravox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Donny Benét, Róisín Murphy, Kitten, Savage Garden and Tony Levin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 54 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…If Not for YouDavid SanbornDavid A. StewartMake You Feel My LoveWill You Still Love …Todd TerjeDonny BenétRóisín MurphyKittenSavage GardenTony LevinGuy FletcherThe SuburbsEddie JobsonRoxy MusicABCEurythmicsOrchestral Manoeuvre…UltravoxPeter GabrielJoe JacksonSparks

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Bryan Ferry connections

Bryan Ferry grew out of Tim Buckley, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, If Not for You and David Sanborn, shares an orbit with Roxy Music, ABC, Eurythmics and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, went on to shape Donny Benét, Róisín Murphy, Kitten and Savage Garden. 54 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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