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The Great Gig in the Sky

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

The Great Gig in the Sky is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Chuck Berry. Those roots explain a lot about how The Great Gig in the Sky arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Coming Back to Life, The Thin Ice, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, Have a Cigar and One of These Days, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sam Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around The Great Gig in the Sky, reaching back through Chuck Berry and forward to Sam Brown. 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
TGThe Great Gig in the SkyChuck BerrySam BrownComing Back to LifeThe Thin IceAlan's Psychedelic B…Have a CigarOne of These Days

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The Great Gig in the Sky connections

The Great Gig in the Sky grew out of Chuck Berry, shares an orbit with Coming Back to Life, The Thin Ice, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast and Have a Cigar, went on to shape Sam Brown. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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