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Sam Evian is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Helena Deland, Sly and the Family Stone, T. Rex and Shuggie Otis. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam Evian arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bonny Doon, Foxygen, Twin Peaks, Widowspeak and White Denim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kate Bollinger, Widowspeak, Hannah Cohen, Kazu and Cass McCombs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Sam Evian, reaching back through Helena Deland and forward to Kate Bollinger. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sam Evian connections
Sam Evian grew out of Helena Deland, Sly and the Family Stone, T. Rex and Shuggie Otis, shares an orbit with Bonny Doon, Foxygen, Twin Peaks and Widowspeak, went on to shape Kate Bollinger, Widowspeak, Hannah Cohen and Kazu. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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