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Eric Woolfson is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of John Miles, Kiki Dee, Marianne Faithfull, Joe Dassin and The Tremeloes. Those roots explain a lot about how Eric Woolfson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alan Parsons, Tony Banks, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Mike Oldfield and Steve Hackett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ambrosia, Al Stewart, The Hollies, Pat Benatar and Carl Douglas, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Eric Woolfson, reaching back through John Miles and forward to Ambrosia. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Eric Norman Woolfson was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band The Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Woolfson also pursued a career in musical theatre.
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Eric Woolfson connections
Eric Woolfson grew out of John Miles, Kiki Dee, Marianne Faithfull and Joe Dassin, shares an orbit with Alan Parsons, Tony Banks, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Mike Oldfield, went on to shape Ambrosia, Al Stewart, The Hollies and Pat Benatar. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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