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Rocky Raccoon is a Folk act. Their sound grew out of Donovan and Roky Erickson. Those roots explain a lot about how Rocky Raccoon arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Richie Havens, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Rocky Raccoon, reaching back through Donovan and forward to Richie Havens. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Rocky Raccoon" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles. It was primarily written by Paul McCartney, although credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, and sung by McCartney. McCartney began writing the song in Rishikesh, India, where the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation in the early months of 1968. John Lennon and Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, who joined the Beatles on their retreat, also made contributions to the song. A cover version by Richie Havens reached number 76 in Canada in 1969.
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Rocky Raccoon grew out of Donovan and Roky Erickson, went on to shape Richie Havens. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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