◇ image via WikipediaCharles Wright
Charles Wright is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dyke & The Blazers and Johnny "Guitar" Watson. Those roots explain a lot about how Charles Wright arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The J.B.'s, Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins and Fatback Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Blossoms, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Charles Wright, reaching back through Dyke & The Blazers and forward to The Blossoms. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Charles Williams Wright is an American singer, instrumentalist and songwriter. He has been a member of various doo wop groups in the late 1950s and early 1960s as well as a solo artist in his own right. He is also the former leader and writer of hits for the group Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.
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Charles Wright connections
Charles Wright grew out of Dyke & The Blazers and Johnny "Guitar" Watson, shares an orbit with Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, The J.B.'s, Bobby Byrd and Lyn Collins, went on to shape The Blossoms. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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