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Joseph Williams

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

Joseph Williams is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Richard Wagner, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Gustav Holst and Amy Holland. Those roots explain a lot about how Joseph Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toto, Phil Harris, Phil Collins, Kenny Loggins and Bruce Hornsby & the Range, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peter Cetera, Jon Anderson, Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin and Steve Lukather, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Joseph Williams, reaching back through Richard Wagner and forward to Peter Cetera. 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
Joseph WilliamsRichard WagnerPyotr Ilyich Tchaiko…Sergei ProkofievGustav HolstAmy HollandElton JohnBryan AdamsPeter CeteraJon AndersonBobby KimballBill ChamplinSteve LukatherVonda ShepardTotoPhil HarrisPhil CollinsKenny LogginsBruce Hornsby & the …The RembrandtsHuey Lewis & The NewsStarship

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Joseph Williams grew out of Richard Wagner, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Gustav Holst, shares an orbit with Toto, Phil Harris, Phil Collins and Kenny Loggins, went on to shape Peter Cetera, Jon Anderson, Bobby Kimball and Bill Champlin. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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