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Galt Macdermot is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as The Poets of Rhythm, The Budos Band, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, El Michels Affair and Andrew Lloyd Webber, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Westside Gunn, Boards of Canada, MF DOOM, Sonja Kristina and Serena Ryder, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Galt Macdermot and forward to Westside Gunn. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1961. His most successful musicals were Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971). MacDermot also composed film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and Western classical music. His music has been sampled in numerous hip-hop songs and albums. He is best known for his work on Hair, which produced three number-one singles in 1969: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "Good Morning Starshine", and the title song "Hair".
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Galt Macdermot connections
Galt Macdermot shares an orbit with The Poets of Rhythm, The Budos Band, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and El Michels Affair, went on to shape Westside Gunn, Boards of Canada, MF DOOM and Sonja Kristina. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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