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Rick Wakeman

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AmbientClassicalK-pop

Rick Wakeman is a Ambient and Classical act. Their catalogue also touches K-pop and Progressive rock. Their sound grew out of Elton John, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Marc Bolan and Sergei Prokofiev. Those roots explain a lot about how Rick Wakeman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Hackett, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull and Focus, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Greenfield, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, UK, Geoff Downes and Roy Wood, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Rick Wakeman, reaching back through Elton John and forward to Dave Greenfield. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Rick WakemanElton JohnDavid BowieCat StevensMarc BolanSergei ProkofievCreamTony AshtonBilly SherwoodDave GreenfieldSabbath Bloody SabbathUKGeoff DownesRoy WoodThe NiceMaggie BellJustin HaywardSteve HackettAnderson Bruford Wak…Emerson, Lake & PalmerJethro TullFocusCamelGenesisThe Nice

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Rick Wakeman connections

Rick Wakeman grew out of Elton John, David Bowie, Cat Stevens and Marc Bolan, shares an orbit with Steve Hackett, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull, went on to shape Dave Greenfield, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, UK and Geoff Downes. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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