◇ image via WikipediaRoy Harper
Roy Harper is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Woody Guthrie, Miles Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White and Jean Sibelius. Those roots explain a lot about how Roy Harper arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fairport Convention, Bert Jansch, The Pentangle, Steeleye Span and Tim Buckley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joanna Newsom, Led Zeppelin, Pete Townshend, Kate Bush and Pink Floyd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 56 connections around Roy Harper, reaching back through Woody Guthrie and forward to Joanna Newsom. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Roy Harper is an English folk rock singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist. He has released 22 studio albums across a career that stretches back to 1966. As a musician, Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle playing and lengthy, lyrical, complex compositions, reflecting his love of jazz and the poet John Keats.
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Roy Harper connections
Roy Harper grew out of Woody Guthrie, Miles Davis, Big Bill Broonzy and Josh White, shares an orbit with Fairport Convention, Bert Jansch, The Pentangle and Steeleye Span, went on to shape Joanna Newsom, Led Zeppelin, Pete Townshend and Kate Bush. 56 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Roy Harper
Sounds and acts that shaped Roy Harper.
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- Donovanartist
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- Judee Sillartist
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- Tim Hardinartist
- Terry Reidartist
- Jethro Tullartist
- Karen Daltonartist
- Joni Mitchellartist
- Al Stewartartist
- Van Morrisonartist
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Bands Roy Harper shaped
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- Joanna Newsomartist
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- Pete Townshendartist
- Kate Bushartist
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- Ian Andersonartist
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- Jethro Tullartist
- Ralph McTellartist
- Roger Watersartist
- This Mortal Coilartist
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