The cast of 'Daisy Jones & The Six' reveals the real-life artists and albums that inspired their characters

In addition to a "Laurel Canyon playlist" that he would "go to daily," Claflin said he began listening to The Doors during filming.

"There were certain aspects of their music in certain scenes or sequences that I would draw from, or help get me into the mindset," Claflin told Insider.

The legendary rock band was formed in Los Angeles and rose to fame in the late '60s. Much like Claflin's Billy, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison was renowned as a powerful songwriter and sex symbol but struggled with addiction throughout his life.

Additionally, Claflin said he often turned to Springsteen's 1975 classic "Born to Run," which he described as "one of the best albums of the decade."

Keough worked closely with costume designer Denise Wingate to create Daisy's free-spirited style, taking cues from a variety of female singer-songwriters — from country (Ronstadt) and folk (Mitchell) to witchy rock (Nicks) and pop (Cher).

"Denise and I, who did the costumes, would just send each other photos back and forth of every person we could find in the '70s and were constantly sending each other pants and shoes and different outfits that different women wore, and men as well," Keough said.

For the band's climactic performance at Soldier Field in Chicago, Keough specifically requested "Stevie Nicks vibes," Wingate told the New York Times.

In terms of musical inspiration, Keough told Insider that she was "obsessively listening to the soundtrack during filming," which the cast recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles.

Named after the record-breaking album in Reid's novel, "Aurora," the show's original soundtrack was cowritten and produced by Blake Mills, who has worked with artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, and Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard.

Chacon portrays the fun-loving drummer Warren Rojas (his last name is Rhodes in the book), who seems like the only character that's truly able to enjoy The Six's success.

"I was listening to a lot of Jimi Hendrix playing with Mitch Mitchell, who's an incredible drummer," Chacon told Insider, adding, "I was listening to Ginger Baker playing with Fela Kuti's band."

Mitchell, best known as one-third of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, is remembered as one of the most influential drummers of the '60s. Baker, described by Rolling Stone as "a gamechanging rock drummer," extended his talents to genres like heavy metal and Afrobeat.

"Actually listening to rock music, or music in general, I feel like I suddenly became so much more keyed into the percussion section," Chacon said. "I feel like the shit that Warren was listening to is probably the biggest, loudest, most slamming drum parts."

Whitehouse was cast as The Six's guitarist-turned-bassist Eddie Roundtree (the combination of two characters in the book, brothers named Eddie and Pete Loving), whose success as a musician is marred by an immovable chip on his shoulder.

"I felt like it was important to familiarize myself with the Fleetwood Mac album and generally their catalog," Whitehouse told Insider. "Just knowing that it was loosely based on them, I wanted to dig more into that."

He added: "I don't remember a lot of the names of the songs, but I absorbed the feel of the music."

Indeed, Reid has been open about Fleetwood Mac's influence on "Daisy Jones & The Six" — particularly the band's watershed 1977 album "Rumors," which was created in the midst of several bandmates breaking up.

"They were always, for me, more than just music," Reid said during an interview with The Guardian.

Be said she was given "200-plus" pages of "disco research" when she signed on as Simone Jackson, Daisy's best friend and a trailblazing star in New York City's club scene.

"Simone was a big mixture of the three big disco names — Donna Summers, Diana Ross, Chaka Khan — but also lesser-known names and background vocalists that were fundamental to the genre like Linda Clifford, Claudia Lennear," Be told Insider. "You can hear them in all the big bands, you know, you can hear them behind The Rolling Stones."

Clifford released several dance hits in the '70s, including "Runaway Love" and a disco version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water," while Lennear shared stages with everyone from Tina Turner to Bob Dylan. She is widely credited as the inspiration behind The Rolling Stones' track "Brown Sugar."

Wright stepped into the impressive shoes of Teddy Price, who discovers The Six, produces their music, and acts as a father figure for Billy.

Fittingly, Wright cited major music executives as influences for his portrayal.

Jones is an acclaimed producer and one of the most-awarded people in the history of the Grammy Awards. He's also one of only 11 Black artists to win album of the year (for "Back on the Block" in 1991).

Gordy founded the fabled record label Motown in 1958 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

In addition to his work as a civil rights advocate, Al Bell is known as one of the most influential people in the music business.

To prepare, Wright also said he read "Rhythm and The Blues" by Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin's famed producer and one-time co-head of Atlantic Records.

"I also took bits and pieces from a lot of musicians that I used to hang out with in the '70s in New York," Wright said.

"I really focused in on the fact that never before in Teddy's history had he dealt with a white, alternative-rock, Laurel Canyon-type band, and that was going to be a new experience for him," Wright continued. "He didn't know if he was really up to the challenge, he didn't know what to expect, so then I just let it roll from there."