◇ image via WikipediaTony Ashton
Tony Ashton is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jerry Lee Lewis, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Jon Lord. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Ashton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jon Lord, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Rainbow and David Coverdale, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Geoff Emerick, Holger Czukay, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Rick Wakeman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Tony Ashton, reaching back through Jerry Lee Lewis and forward to Geoff Emerick. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tony Ashton connections
Tony Ashton grew out of Jerry Lee Lewis, George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney, shares an orbit with Jon Lord, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy and Rainbow, went on to shape Geoff Emerick, Holger Czukay, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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