◇ image via WikipediaSha Na Na
Sha Na Na is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ethel Merman, Jimi Hendrix, The Kingsmen, The Grateful Dead and The Mothers of Invention. Those roots explain a lot about how Sha Na Na arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, Dion and Carl Perkins, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Green Day, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Sha Na Na, reaching back through Ethel Merman and forward to Green Day. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll and doo-wop revival group formed in 1969. The group performed a song-and-dance repertoire based on 1950s hit songs that both revived and parodied the music and the New York City street culture of the 1950s. After gaining initial fame for their performance at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, made possible with help from their friend Jimi Hendrix, the group hosted Sha Na Na, a syndicated variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981.
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Sha Na Na connections
Sha Na Na grew out of Ethel Merman, Jimi Hendrix, The Kingsmen and The Grateful Dead, shares an orbit with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens and Dion, went on to shape Green Day. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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