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Steve Porcaro

Alternative rock
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Steve Porcaro is a Alternative rock and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Steely Dan, Don Henley, Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire and Boz Scaggs. Those roots explain a lot about how Steve Porcaro arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Lukather, Toto and Pages, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Weezer, Adrian Gurvitz and Michael Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Steve Porcaro, reaching back through Steely Dan and forward to Weezer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Steve PorcaroSteely DanDon HenleyChicagoEarth Wind and FireBoz ScaggsWarren ZevonPaul SimonYesWeezerAdrian GurvitzMichael JacksonSteve LukatherTotoPages

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Steve Porcaro connections

Steve Porcaro grew out of Steely Dan, Don Henley, Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire, shares an orbit with Steve Lukather, Toto and Pages, went on to shape Weezer, Adrian Gurvitz and Michael Jackson. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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