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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Barry Goldberg, Chuck Willis, Little Richard, The Dave Clark Five and Brian Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Troggs and Lou Christie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jimi Jamison, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Spinners, Savoy Brown and Mystery Train, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, reaching back through Barry Goldberg and forward to Jimi Jamison. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Detroit Wheels were an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1964. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964 to 1967.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit WheelsBarry GoldbergChuck WillisLittle RichardThe Dave Clark FiveBrian JonesKeith RichardsThe Rolling StonesShorty LongJimi JamisonLynyrd SkynyrdThe SpinnersSavoy BrownMystery TrainPaul Revere & The Ra…Tommy James & The Sh…The Lovin' SpoonfulThe TroggsLou ChristieThe AssociationThe SonicsThe Box Tops

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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels connections

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels grew out of Barry Goldberg, Chuck Willis, Little Richard and The Dave Clark Five, shares an orbit with Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Troggs, went on to shape Jimi Jamison, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Spinners and Savoy Brown. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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