◇ image via WikipediaIan Anderson
Ian Anderson is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Roy Harper, Family, Clive Bunker, Doane Perry and Oxygène 3. Those roots explain a lot about how Ian Anderson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jethro Tull, Focus, Wishbone Ash, The Flower Kings and Robert Plant, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, The Darkness, Renaissance and The Tea Party, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Ian Anderson, reaching back through Roy Harper and forward to Fairport Convention. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ian Anderson connections
Ian Anderson grew out of Roy Harper, Family, Clive Bunker and Doane Perry, shares an orbit with Jethro Tull, Focus, Wishbone Ash and The Flower Kings, went on to shape Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, The Darkness and Renaissance. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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