◇ image via WikipediaGuthrie Govan
Guthrie Govan is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Eric Clapton and Derek Trucks. Those roots explain a lot about how Guthrie Govan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore and Marty Friedman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ed Wynne and Squarepusher, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Guthrie Govan, reaching back through Jeff Beck and forward to Ed Wynne. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Guthrie Govan connections
Guthrie Govan grew out of Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield and Eric Clapton, shares an orbit with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert and Vinnie Moore, went on to shape Ed Wynne and Squarepusher. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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