◇ image via WikipediaTom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Alex Lifeson and Kim Mitchell. Those roots explain a lot about how Tom Cochrane arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Red Rider, Kim Mitchell, Chilliwack, Glass Tiger and Tal Bachman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Broken Social Scene, Rascal Flatts and Chris LeDoux, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Tom Cochrane, reaching back through Alex Lifeson and forward to Broken Social Scene. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Thomas William Cochrane is a Canadian musician best known as the frontman of rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an officer of the Order of Canada, and has an honorary doctorate from Brandon University. In September 2009, he was inducted onto Canada's Walk of Fame.
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Tom Cochrane connections
Tom Cochrane grew out of Alex Lifeson and Kim Mitchell, shares an orbit with Red Rider, Kim Mitchell, Chilliwack and Glass Tiger, went on to shape Broken Social Scene, Rascal Flatts and Chris LeDoux. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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