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Bernie Worrell is a Funk and House act. Their sound grew out of Bootsy Collins, The J.B.'s, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Brides of Funkenstein and Reggie Watts. Those roots explain a lot about how Bernie Worrell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Hazel, Graham Central Station, Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Bar-Kays and Zapp, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Brides of Funkenstein, Marisa Monte, Pharoah Sanders, Fela Kuti and Sly and Robbie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Bernie Worrell, reaching back through Bootsy Collins and forward to The Brides of Funkenstein. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bernie Worrell connections
Bernie Worrell grew out of Bootsy Collins, The J.B.'s, Lee "Scratch" Perry and The Brides of Funkenstein, shares an orbit with Eddie Hazel, Graham Central Station, Bootsy's Rubber Band and The Bar-Kays, went on to shape The Brides of Funkenstein, Marisa Monte, Pharoah Sanders and Fela Kuti. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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