◇ image via WikipediaHoward Tate
Howard Tate is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Elvis Costello, Carla Bley, Lou Reed, Randy Newman and Lorraine Ellison. Those roots explain a lot about how Howard Tate arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbara Lynn, Jimmy Hughes, O.V. Wright, Otis Clay and George Jackson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Janis Joplin, Garnet Mimms and Band of Gypsys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Howard Tate, reaching back through Elvis Costello and forward to Janis Joplin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Howard Tate connections
Howard Tate grew out of Elvis Costello, Carla Bley, Lou Reed and Randy Newman, shares an orbit with Barbara Lynn, Jimmy Hughes, O.V. Wright and Otis Clay, went on to shape Janis Joplin, Garnet Mimms and Band of Gypsys. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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