◇ image via WikipediaTed Lucas
Ted Lucas is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ravi Shankar and Nick Drake. Those roots explain a lot about how Ted Lucas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jim Sullivan, Kevin Morby, Fred Neil, Bill Fay and Kurt Vile, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Clairo and Devendra Banhart, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Ted Lucas, reaching back through Ravi Shankar and forward to Clairo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ted Lucas was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Detroit, Michigan. Though largely obscure during his lifetime, Lucas has gained posthumous recognition for his self-titled 1975 album, which is considered a notable work of psychedelic and private-press folk.
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Ted Lucas connections
Ted Lucas grew out of Ravi Shankar and Nick Drake, shares an orbit with Jim Sullivan, Kevin Morby, Fred Neil and Bill Fay, went on to shape Clairo and Devendra Banhart. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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