Donovan
United Kingdom, 1964–now
Scottish singer-songwriter and British answer to Dylan. Merged folk, psychedelia and Eastern influences.
MusicRoots documents 4 artists who influenced Donovan and 0 artists Donovan influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Donovan?
- Bob Dylan — Dylan was Donovan's primary inspiration at the start — he learned from him that you could be a poet in rock.
- Woody Guthrie — Like Dylan, Donovan drew on the Woody Guthrie folk tradition in his early work.
- Pete Seeger — Pete Seeger's activist folk tradition was a major reference for Donovan's early work.
- Ravi Shankar — Shankar opened Donovan to Indian classical music after meeting through George Harrison and The Beatles.