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Bloodstone

Bloodstone is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ray, Goodman & Brown and R. Dean Taylor. Those roots explain a lot about how Bloodstone arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dramatics, The Persuaders, The Dells, The Intruders and The Chi-Lites, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Marvin Gaye, After 7, The Impressions, Trap Muzik and Elton John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Bloodstone, reaching back through Ray, Goodman & Brown and forward to Marvin Gaye. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Bloodstone is an American R&B, soul and funk group, most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. The band charted thirteen songs between 1973 and 1984.

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BloodstoneRay, Goodman & BrownR. Dean TaylorMarvin GayeAfter 7The ImpressionsTrap MuzikElton JohnCurtis MayfieldAverage White BandThe DramaticsThe PersuadersThe DellsThe IntrudersThe Chi-LitesWillie HutchThe Friends of Disti…The Originals

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Bloodstone connections

Bloodstone grew out of Ray, Goodman & Brown and R. Dean Taylor, shares an orbit with The Dramatics, The Persuaders, The Dells and The Intruders, went on to shape Marvin Gaye, After 7, The Impressions and Trap Muzik. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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