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Spirit is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Cannonball Adderley, Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk. Those roots explain a lot about how Spirit arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Traffic, Jefferson Airplane, Ultimate Spinach, The Yardbirds and The Youngbloods, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fortune, The Police, Dickey Betts, This Mortal Coil and Curved Air, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Spirit, reaching back through Canned Heat and forward to Fortune. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Spirit was an American rock band founded in 1967 and based in Los Angeles. Their most commercially successful single in the United States was "I Got a Line on You". They were also known for their albums, including their self-titled debut album, The Family That Plays Together, Clear, and Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus.
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Spirit connections
Spirit grew out of Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Cannonball Adderley and Gerry Mulligan, shares an orbit with Traffic, Jefferson Airplane, Ultimate Spinach and The Yardbirds, went on to shape Fortune, The Police, Dickey Betts and This Mortal Coil. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Spirit
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