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Ray Davies

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Ray Davies is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of Blues Incorporated, Spoon, Locksley, Shirley Manson and Mando Diao. Those roots explain a lot about how Ray Davies arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dave Davies, Mott the Hoople, Slade, Van Morrison and Manfred Mann, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sound Affects, Tom Robinson, The Turtles, Ron Sexsmith and All Mod Cons, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Ray Davies, reaching back through Blues Incorporated and forward to Sound Affects. 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
Ray DaviesBlues IncorporatedSpoonLocksleyShirley MansonMando DiaoAlexis KornerSound AffectsTom RobinsonThe TurtlesRon SexsmithAll Mod ConsThe 88CrackerAmy MacdonaldDave DaviesMott the HoopleSladeVan MorrisonManfred MannBob GeldofDave EdmundsThe Yardbirds

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Ray Davies connections

Ray Davies grew out of Blues Incorporated, Spoon, Locksley and Shirley Manson, shares an orbit with Dave Davies, Mott the Hoople, Slade and Van Morrison, went on to shape Sound Affects, Tom Robinson, The Turtles and Ron Sexsmith. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ray Davies

Roots6

Sounds and acts that shaped Ray Davies.

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Kindred17

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ray Davies.

Bands Ray Davies shaped

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