◇ image via WikipediaSteve Conte
Steve Conte is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Maceo Parker, Suzi Quatro, Peter Wolf and Sylvain Sylvain. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Conte arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Seatbelts, Mai Yamane, Arianne, Jun Senoue and MONORAL, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Etta James, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Johnny Adams and Cyndi Lauper, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Steve Conte, reaching back through Maceo Parker and forward to Etta James. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Steve Conte is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and the frontman of the band Steve Conte NYC. He has worked with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno on a variety of anime soundtracks including Wolf's Rain, Cowboy Bebop, RahXephon and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG. He is a former lead guitarist of the New York Dolls.
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Steve Conte connections
Steve Conte grew out of Maceo Parker, Suzi Quatro, Peter Wolf and Sylvain Sylvain, shares an orbit with The Seatbelts, Mai Yamane, Arianne and Jun Senoue, went on to shape Etta James, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton and Johnny Adams. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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