◇ image via WikipediaMatthew Fisher
Matthew Fisher is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of The Animals, Georgie Fame and Ian McLagan. Those roots explain a lot about how Matthew Fisher arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Johnny Rivers, England Dan & John Ford Coley and The Williams Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Robin Trower and David Bowie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Matthew Fisher, reaching back through The Animals and forward to Robin Trower. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Matthew Charles Fisher is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his longtime association with the rock band Procol Harum, which included playing the Hammond organ on the 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", for which he subsequently won a songwriting credit. In his later life, he became a computer programmer, having qualified from Cambridge University.
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Matthew Fisher grew out of The Animals, Georgie Fame and Ian McLagan, shares an orbit with Johnny Rivers, England Dan & John Ford Coley and The Williams Brothers, went on to shape Robin Trower and David Bowie. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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