◇ image via WikipediaEric Burdon & The Animals
Eric Burdon & The Animals is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Hugh Masekela, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone and Chuck Berry. Those roots explain a lot about how Eric Burdon & The Animals arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Animals, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Amboy Dukes, Eric Burdon and The Yardbirds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bruce Springsteen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Eric Burdon & The Animals, reaching back through Hugh Masekela and forward to Bruce Springsteen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Animals are an English rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1962. Their original lineup consisted of singer Eric Burdon, guitarist Hilton Valentine, bass guitarist Chas Chandler, keyboardist Alan Price, and drummer John Steel. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound, they balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm-and-blues-oriented album material, and were part of the British Invasion of the US.
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Eric Burdon & The Animals connections
Eric Burdon & The Animals grew out of Hugh Masekela, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and Nina Simone, shares an orbit with The Animals, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Amboy Dukes and Eric Burdon, went on to shape Bruce Springsteen. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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