◇ image via WikipediaCurtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield is a Funk and House act. Their sound grew out of Bloodstone, Exuma, Bunny Sigler, Johnny Pate and Muddy Waters. Those roots explain a lot about how Curtis Mayfield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, The J.B.'s and Baby Huey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lenny Kravitz, Seal, Bob Marley, Mayer Hawthorne and Soul Revolution, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 123 connections around Curtis Mayfield, reaching back through Bloodstone and forward to Lenny Kravitz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Curtis Mayfield connections
Curtis Mayfield grew out of Bloodstone, Exuma, Bunny Sigler and Johnny Pate, shares an orbit with Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and The J.B.'s, went on to shape Lenny Kravitz, Seal, Bob Marley and Mayer Hawthorne. 123 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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