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Dr. Dog is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jessica Lea Mayfield, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Big Star and Sonic Youth. Those roots explain a lot about how Dr. Dog arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fruit Bats, Generationals, Delta Spirit, My Morning Jacket and Voxtrot, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Bright Light Social Hour, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, fun. and Nathaniel Rateliff, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Dr. Dog, reaching back through Jessica Lea Mayfield and forward to The Bright Light Social Hour. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Dr. Dog is an American rock band based in Philadelphia. Its lineup consists of Toby Leaman (bass), Scott McMicken, Frank McElroy, Zach Miller (keyboard), Eric Slick (drums), and Michael Libramento. Lead vocal duties are shared between Leaman and McMicken, and all members contribute harmonies. In addition, each band member has a nickname beginning with the letter T and they have explained that friends of the band also receive nicknames, which are drawn from aspects of their lives and personalities.
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Dr. Dog connections
Dr. Dog grew out of Jessica Lea Mayfield, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Big Star, shares an orbit with Fruit Bats, Generationals, Delta Spirit and My Morning Jacket, went on to shape The Bright Light Social Hour, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, fun. and Nathaniel Rateliff. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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