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Marty Balin

Alternative rock
Alternative rockPsychedelic rock

Marty Balin is a Alternative rock and Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Nobody but You, Jorma Kaukonen and Paul Kantner. Those roots explain a lot about how Marty Balin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jefferson Starship, Paul Davis, Starship, Pablo Cruise and Robbie Dupree, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tom Scott, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Marty Balin, reaching back through Nobody but You and forward to Tom Scott. 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
Marty BalinNobody but YouJorma KaukonenPaul KantnerTom ScottJefferson StarshipPaul DavisStarshipPablo CruiseRobbie DupreeLittle River BandFirefallQuarterflash

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Marty Balin grew out of Nobody but You, Jorma Kaukonen and Paul Kantner, shares an orbit with Jefferson Starship, Paul Davis, Starship and Pablo Cruise, went on to shape Tom Scott. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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