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The Guess Who is a Garage rock and Progressive rock act. Their catalogue also touches Psychedelic rock and Rock. Their sound grew out of It's Time, Five Man Electrical Band, Bush, Valerie Simpson and Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Those roots explain a lot about how The Guess Who arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Three Dog Night, James Gang, Chilliwack, Steve Miller Band and Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lenny Kravitz, Poco, Butthole Surfers, Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Love It to Death, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around The Guess Who, reaching back through It's Time and forward to Lenny Kravitz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Guess Who connections
The Guess Who grew out of It's Time, Five Man Electrical Band, Bush and Valerie Simpson, shares an orbit with Three Dog Night, James Gang, Chilliwack and Steve Miller Band, went on to shape Lenny Kravitz, Poco, Butthole Surfers and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Guess Who
Sounds and acts that shaped The Guess Who.
Artists similar to The Guess Who
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