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Jim Morrison

Psychedelic rock
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Jim Morrison is a Psychedelic rock and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Elvis Presley, Van Morrison, Kurt Weill, Robert Plant and Brian Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Jim Morrison arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Syd Barrett, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother & The Holding Company and Ten Years After, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Vampire Lestat, Johnny Winter, Bono, Dima Bilan and Iggy Pop, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 62 connections around Jim Morrison, reaching back through Elvis Presley and forward to The Vampire Lestat. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jim MorrisonElvis PresleyVan MorrisonKurt WeillRobert PlantBrian JonesThe Grass RootsThe Vampire LestatJohnny WinterBonoDima BilanIggy PopPablo HoneyNicoIan CurtisSyd BarrettCreamJimi HendrixBig Brother & The Ho…Ten Years AfterThe AnimalsThe West Coast Pop A…Buffalo Springfield

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Jim Morrison grew out of Elvis Presley, Van Morrison, Kurt Weill and Robert Plant, shares an orbit with Syd Barrett, Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Big Brother & The Holding Company, went on to shape The Vampire Lestat, Johnny Winter, Bono and Dima Bilan. 62 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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