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John Greaves is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Robert Wyatt, Leonard Cohen, Matching Mole, Manticore Records and Pip Pyle. Those roots explain a lot about how John Greaves arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as King Crimson, Henry Cow, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt and Hatfield and the North, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Henry Cow, Pip Pyle and Robert Wyatt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around John Greaves, reaching back through Robert Wyatt and forward to Henry Cow. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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John Greaves connections
John Greaves grew out of Robert Wyatt, Leonard Cohen, Matching Mole and Manticore Records, shares an orbit with King Crimson, Henry Cow, Soft Machine and Robert Wyatt, went on to shape Henry Cow, Pip Pyle and Robert Wyatt. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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