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Darwin Hobbs

Darwin Hobbs is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Luther Vandross, Freddie Jackson and Lou Rawls. Those roots explain a lot about how Darwin Hobbs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Myron Butler & Levi, Kurt Carr, Micah Stampley, Donald Lawrence and Vanessa Bell Armstrong, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Michael McDonald, Switchfoot, BeBe Winans, CeCe Winans and Michael W. Smith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Darwin Hobbs, reaching back through Luther Vandross and forward to Michael McDonald. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Darwin HobbsLuther VandrossFreddie JacksonLou RawlsMichael McDonaldSwitchfootBeBe WinansCeCe WinansMichael W. SmithShirley MurdockDonna SummerMyron Butler & LeviKurt CarrMicah StampleyDonald LawrenceVanessa Bell ArmstrongKaren Clark SheardJ MossDeWayne Woods

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Darwin Hobbs connections

Darwin Hobbs grew out of Luther Vandross, Freddie Jackson and Lou Rawls, shares an orbit with Myron Butler & Levi, Kurt Carr, Micah Stampley and Donald Lawrence, went on to shape Michael McDonald, Switchfoot, BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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