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Paul Carrack

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

Paul Carrack is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of Lenny Zakatek and Squeeze. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Carrack arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mike & The Mechanics, Marc Cohn, Richard Marx, Little River Band and Al Stewart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael McDonald, Gary Brooker, Linda Ronstadt, Eagles and Diana Ross, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Paul Carrack, reaching back through Lenny Zakatek and forward to Michael McDonald. 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
Paul CarrackLenny ZakatekSqueezeMichael McDonaldGary BrookerLinda RonstadtEaglesDiana RossTom JonesJim CapaldiMike & The MechanicsMarc CohnRichard MarxLittle River BandAl StewartBruce Hornsby & the …Kenny LogginsSeal

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Paul Carrack connections

Paul Carrack grew out of Lenny Zakatek and Squeeze, shares an orbit with Mike & The Mechanics, Marc Cohn, Richard Marx and Little River Band, went on to shape Michael McDonald, Gary Brooker, Linda Ronstadt and Eagles. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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