◇ image via WikipediaDaddy Cool
Daddy Cool is a Disco act. Their sound grew out of Frank Zappa and Howlin' Wolf. Those roots explain a lot about how Daddy Cool arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Screaming Jets, The Angels, Australian Crawl, Noiseworks and Powderfinger, 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 Mondo Rock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Daddy Cool, reaching back through Frank Zappa 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 Frank Zappa and Howlin' Wolf, shares an orbit with The Screaming Jets, The Angels, Australian Crawl and Noiseworks, went on to shape Rick Springfield, Mississippi, Little River Band and The Easybeats. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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