◇ image via WikipediaSteeleye Span
Steeleye Span is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fairport Convention, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, David Bowie and Goldie Lookin' Chain. Those roots explain a lot about how Steeleye Span arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fairport Convention, The Pentangle, Shirley Collins, Kate Rusby and Roy Harper, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big Country, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Steeleye Span, reaching back through Fairport Convention and forward to Big Country. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. The band were part of the 1970s British folk revival, and were commercially successful in that period, with four Top 40 albums and two hit singles: "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat".
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Steeleye Span connections
Steeleye Span grew out of Fairport Convention, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull and David Bowie, shares an orbit with Fairport Convention, The Pentangle, Shirley Collins and Kate Rusby, went on to shape Big Country. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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