◇ image via WikipediaDonnie Iris
Donnie Iris is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Wild Cherry, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles and My Girl. Those roots explain a lot about how Donnie Iris arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The J. Geils Band, Eddie Money, Red Rider, Billy Squier and Jefferson Starship, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Trent Reznor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Donnie Iris, reaching back through Wild Cherry and forward to Trent Reznor. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Donnie Iris is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the No. 2 Billboard hit, "The Rapper", with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry. He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the No. 29 hit "Ah! Leah!" and the No. 37 hit "Love Is Like a Rock."
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Donnie Iris connections
Donnie Iris grew out of Wild Cherry, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with The J. Geils Band, Eddie Money, Red Rider and Billy Squier, went on to shape Trent Reznor. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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