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Ian Anderson

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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, Steve Hackett, Focus, Wishbone Ash and The Flower Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Steeleye Span, Honeymoon Suite, Joe Bonamassa, Blackmore's Night and Uriah Heep, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Ian Anderson, reaching back through Roy Harper and forward to Steeleye Span. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Ian AndersonRoy HarperFamilyClive BunkerDoane PerryOxygène 3Guy DavisElvis PresleyEric ClaptonSteeleye SpanHoneymoon SuiteJoe BonamassaBlackmore's NightUriah HeepFairport ConventionPink FloydThe DarknessJethro TullSteve HackettFocusWishbone AshThe Flower KingsRobert PlantEmerson, Lake & PalmerFish

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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, Steve Hackett, Focus and Wishbone Ash, went on to shape Steeleye Span, Honeymoon Suite, Joe Bonamassa and Blackmore's Night. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ian Anderson

Roots8

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