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The Valentinos

The Valentinos is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Womack & Womack, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers and The Mamas & the Papas. Those roots explain a lot about how The Valentinos arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mitty Collier, Jan Bradley, The Vibrations and Jessie Hill, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Winter, Social Distortion, The Grateful Dead, The J. Geils Band and Bobby Womack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Valentinos, reaching back through Womack & Womack and forward to Johnny Winter. 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 ValentinosWomack & WomackSam CookeThe Soul StirrersThe Mamas & the PapasJohnny WinterSocial DistortionThe Grateful DeadThe J. Geils BandBobby WomackWomack & WomackThe Rolling StonesMary WellsMitty CollierJan BradleyThe VibrationsJessie Hill

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The Valentinos connections

The Valentinos grew out of Womack & Womack, Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers and The Mamas & the Papas, shares an orbit with Mitty Collier, Jan Bradley, The Vibrations and Jessie Hill, went on to shape Johnny Winter, Social Distortion, The Grateful Dead and The J. Geils Band. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Valentinos

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped The Valentinos.

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Kindred4

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Valentinos.

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Legacy16

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