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The Spencer Davis Group

Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

The Spencer Davis Group is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Yé ké yé ké, The Leaves, Jackie Edwards and What'd I Say. Those roots explain a lot about how The Spencer Davis Group arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Manfred Mann, Traffic, The Yardbirds, The Box Tops and Blind Faith, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Les Binks, Chicago, Fancy, Badfinger and Charlie Winston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Spencer Davis Group, reaching back through Yé ké yé ké and forward to Les Binks. 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
The Spencer Davis GroupYé ké yé kéThe LeavesJackie EdwardsWhat'd I SayLes BinksChicagoFancyBadfingerCharlie WinstonJames GangThe Moody BluesTaxmanManfred MannTrafficThe YardbirdsThe Box TopsBlind FaithThe TremeloesHerman's HermitsThe Animals

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The Spencer Davis Group connections

The Spencer Davis Group grew out of Yé ké yé ké, The Leaves, Jackie Edwards and What'd I Say, shares an orbit with Manfred Mann, Traffic, The Yardbirds and The Box Tops, went on to shape Les Binks, Chicago, Fancy and Badfinger. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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