◇ image via WikipediaDr. Feelgood
Dr. Feelgood is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and Suzi Quatro. Those roots explain a lot about how Dr. Feelgood arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Edmunds, Ian Dury, Bo Diddley, Free and Chris Spedding, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Strypes, Yazoo, Gang of Four, Girlschool and The Gun Club, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Dr. Feelgood, reaching back through Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and forward to The Strypes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Dr. Feelgood are an English pub rock band formed in 1971. Hailing from Canvey Island, Essex, they are best known for early singles such as "She Does It Right", "Roxette", "Back in the Night" and "Milk and Alcohol". Their original and distinctively British R&B sound was centred on Wilko Johnson's choppy guitar style. Along with Johnson, the initial band line-up included singer Lee Brilleaux and the rhythm section of John B. Sparks, known as "Sparko", on bass guitar and John Martin, known as "The Big Figure", on drums. Although their most commercially productive years were the mid to late-1970s, and in spite of Brilleaux's death in 1994, a version of the band continue to tour and record.
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Dr. Feelgood connections
Dr. Feelgood grew out of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and Suzi Quatro, shares an orbit with Dave Edmunds, Ian Dury, Bo Diddley and Free, went on to shape The Strypes, Yazoo, Gang of Four and Girlschool. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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