◇ image via WikipediaSimon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ewan MacColl, Bert Jansch, Al Stewart, Sandy Denny and Bob Dylan. Those roots explain a lot about how Simon & Garfunkel arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Paul Simon, The Mamas & the Papas, Joan Baez, Donovan and Crosby, Stills & Nash, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bic Runga, Billy Bragg, The Mothers of Invention, Kings of Convenience and Ben Howard, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 70 connections around Simon & Garfunkel, reaching back through Ewan MacColl and forward to Bic Runga. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Simon & Garfunkel were an American musical duo comprising the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling musical acts of the 1960s. Their recordings include three U.S. number-one singles—"The Sound of Silence" and the two Record of the Year Grammy winners "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Water"—as well as "Homeward Bound", "I Am a Rock", "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "A Hazy Shade of Winter", "America", "The Boxer" and "Cecilia".
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Simon & Garfunkel connections
Simon & Garfunkel grew out of Ewan MacColl, Bert Jansch, Al Stewart and Sandy Denny, shares an orbit with Paul Simon, The Mamas & the Papas, Joan Baez and Donovan, went on to shape Bic Runga, Billy Bragg, The Mothers of Invention and Kings of Convenience. 71 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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