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Roky Erickson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Beatles, The Black Angels, Clinic and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Roky Erickson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Flamin' Groovies, Captain Beyond, Jefferson Airplane, Syd Barrett and Coven, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Doug Sahm, Primal Scream, Mark Lanegan, Billy Gibbons and Jarvis Cocker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Roky Erickson, reaching back through The Beatles and forward to Doug Sahm. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Called an "outsider genius", he was a founding member and leader of the 13th Floor Elevators, as well as a pioneer of psychedelic rock music during the mid to late 1960s. Additionally, he founded the band Roky Erickson and the Aliens in the late 1970s.
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Roky Erickson connections
Roky Erickson grew out of The Beatles, The Black Angels, Clinic and Bob Dylan, shares an orbit with Flamin' Groovies, Captain Beyond, Jefferson Airplane and Syd Barrett, went on to shape Doug Sahm, Primal Scream, Mark Lanegan and Billy Gibbons. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Roky Erickson
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- Covenartist
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Bands Roky Erickson shaped
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