◇ image via WikipediaAl Johnson
Al Johnson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Leo's Sunshipp and Norman Connors. Those roots explain a lot about how Al Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Jones Girls, Gwen McCrae, Brothers Johnson, The Whispers and Tyrone Davis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tata Vega, Jean Carn, The Whispers, Gayle Adams and Bobby Thurston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Al Johnson, reaching back through Leo's Sunshipp and forward to Tata Vega. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Al Johnson connections
Al Johnson grew out of Leo's Sunshipp and Norman Connors, shares an orbit with The Jones Girls, Gwen McCrae, Brothers Johnson and The Whispers, went on to shape Tata Vega, Jean Carn, The Whispers and Gayle Adams. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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