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Bar-Kays is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Kashmere Stage Band, The Temprees, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Booker T. Jones and Otis Redding. Those roots explain a lot about how Bar-Kays arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lakeside, Brick, The J.B.'s, The Mar-Keys and Zapp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dazz Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Bar-Kays, reaching back through Kashmere Stage Band and forward to Dazz Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bar-Kays connections
Bar-Kays grew out of Kashmere Stage Band, The Temprees, Booker T. & the M.G.'s and Booker T. Jones, shares an orbit with Lakeside, Brick, The J.B.'s and The Mar-Keys, went on to shape Dazz Band. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Bar-Kays
Sounds and acts that shaped Bar-Kays.
Artists similar to Bar-Kays
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Bar-Kays.
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- Brickartist
- The J.B.'sartist
- The Mar-Keysartist
- Zappartist
- The Gap Bandartist
- Brothers Johnsonartist
- Rick Jamesartist
- The Whispersartist
- Graham Central Stationartist
- Rose Royceartist
- One Wayartist
- Brass Constructionartist
- Average White Bandartist
- Zapp & Rogerartist
- Kool & The Gangartist
- S.O.S. Bandartist
- The Timeartist
- The Dramaticsartist
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