◇ image via WikipediaDanny Kirwan
Danny Kirwan is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Django Reinhardt, The Ink Spots, The Shadows, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. Those roots explain a lot about how Danny Kirwan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Buckingham Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Chicken Shack, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lindsey Buckingham, Steve Hackett and Tinsley Ellis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Danny Kirwan, reaching back through Django Reinhardt and forward to Lindsey Buckingham. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Danny Kirwan grew out of Django Reinhardt, The Ink Spots, The Shadows and Jimi Hendrix, shares an orbit with Buckingham Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks, went on to shape Lindsey Buckingham, Steve Hackett and Tinsley Ellis. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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