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Meco

Meco is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kai Winding, Chuck Mangione, Ron Carter, Petula Clark and Neil Diamond. Those roots explain a lot about how Meco arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as KC and the Sunshine Band, Lakeside, Walter Murphy, Kool & The Gang and Sister Sledge, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jon Bon Jovi, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Meco, reaching back through Kai Winding and forward to Jon Bon Jovi. 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
MecoKai WindingChuck MangioneRon CarterPetula ClarkNeil DiamondJohn WilliamsGloria GaynorCarol DouglasJon Bon JoviKC and the Sunshine …LakesideWalter MurphyKool & The GangSister SledgeThe TrammpsBrickCarl Carlton

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Meco connections

Meco grew out of Kai Winding, Chuck Mangione, Ron Carter and Petula Clark, shares an orbit with KC and the Sunshine Band, Lakeside, Walter Murphy and Kool & The Gang, went on to shape Jon Bon Jovi. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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