◇ image via WikipediaDaddy Cool
Daddy Cool is a Disco act. Their sound grew out of Howlin' Wolf and Frank Zappa. Those roots explain a lot about how Daddy Cool arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jimmy Barnes, Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel, The Screaming Jets and The Angels, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rick Springfield, Mississippi, Little River Band, The Easybeats and Spectrum, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Daddy Cool, reaching back through Howlin' Wolf and forward to Rick Springfield. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Daddy Cool connections
Daddy Cool grew out of Howlin' Wolf and Frank Zappa, shares an orbit with Jimmy Barnes, Hunters & Collectors, Cold Chisel and The Screaming Jets, went on to shape Rick Springfield, Mississippi, Little River Band and The Easybeats. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Daddy Cool
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