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Allen Toussaint is a Jazz and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Lloyd Price, The Meters, James Booker, Galactic and The Wild Magnolias. Those roots explain a lot about how Allen Toussaint arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, King Curtis, Eddie Bo and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Neal Francis, Ringo Starr, Alex Chilton, The Rolling Stones and The Who, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Allen Toussaint, reaching back through Lloyd Price and forward to Neal Francis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Allen Toussaint connections
Allen Toussaint grew out of Lloyd Price, The Meters, James Booker and Galactic, shares an orbit with Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, King Curtis and Eddie Bo, went on to shape Neal Francis, Ringo Starr, Alex Chilton and The Rolling Stones. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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