◇ image via WikipediaJim Gilstrap
Jim Gilstrap is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of 5000 Volts and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Jim Gilstrap arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as New York City, Nick Straker Band, Ritchie Family, Patsy Gallant and Marcia Hines, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Side Effect, Whitney Houston and Quincy Jones, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Jim Gilstrap, reaching back through 5000 Volts and forward to Side Effect. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jim Gilstrap connections
Jim Gilstrap grew out of 5000 Volts and Stevie Wonder, shares an orbit with New York City, Nick Straker Band, Ritchie Family and Patsy Gallant, went on to shape Side Effect, Whitney Houston and Quincy Jones. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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