◇ image via WikipediaThe Style Council
The Style Council is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Curtis Mayfield and Joe Smooth. Those roots explain a lot about how The Style Council arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as ABC, Joe Jackson, Dexys Midnight Runners, Fine Young Cannibals and Bryan Ferry, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Status Quo, The Boomtown Rats, Billy Bragg, Jimmy Ruffin and Bryan Ferry, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around The Style Council, reaching back through Curtis Mayfield and forward to Status Quo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Style Council connections
The Style Council grew out of Curtis Mayfield and Joe Smooth, shares an orbit with ABC, Joe Jackson, Dexys Midnight Runners and Fine Young Cannibals, went on to shape Status Quo, The Boomtown Rats, Billy Bragg and Jimmy Ruffin. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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