◇ image via WikipediaGerry Rafferty
Gerry Rafferty is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Blue Thumb Records, The Rolling Stones, Pick Withers, Richard & Linda Thompson and Richard Thompson. Those roots explain a lot about how Gerry Rafferty arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Al Stewart, Little River Band, Stealers Wheel, Seals & Crofts and America, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Proclaimers, La Roux, Elly Jackson, Dire Straits and Local Natives, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Gerry Rafferty, reaching back through Blue Thumb Records and forward to The Proclaimers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gerry Rafferty connections
Gerry Rafferty grew out of Blue Thumb Records, The Rolling Stones, Pick Withers and Richard & Linda Thompson, shares an orbit with Al Stewart, Little River Band, Stealers Wheel and Seals & Crofts, went on to shape The Proclaimers, La Roux, Elly Jackson and Dire Straits. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Gerry Rafferty
Sounds and acts that shaped Gerry Rafferty.
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