◇ image via WikipediaCon Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, The Nite-Liters and The Soul Children. Those roots explain a lot about how Con Funk Shun arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bar-Kays, L.T.D., Lakeside, Cameo and Slave, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Breakwater, Bruno Mars, Silk Sonic, Dru Hill and Dazz Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Con Funk Shun, reaching back through James Brown and forward to Breakwater. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Con Funk Shun connections
Con Funk Shun grew out of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, The Nite-Liters and The Soul Children, shares an orbit with The Bar-Kays, L.T.D., Lakeside and Cameo, went on to shape Breakwater, Bruno Mars, Silk Sonic and Dru Hill. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Con Funk Shun
Sounds and acts that shaped Con Funk Shun.
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