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Dennis Coffey

Dennis Coffey is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bob Babbitt, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Freda Payne, The Dramatics and The Floaters. Those roots explain a lot about how Dennis Coffey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Calibro 35, Brownout, Fatback Band, The J.B.'s and The Jimmy Castor Bunch, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kendra Morris, Ta-ku and The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Dennis Coffey, reaching back through Bob Babbitt and forward to Kendra Morris. 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
Dennis CoffeyBob BabbittDiana Ross and the S…Freda PayneThe DramaticsThe FloatersSixto RodriguezKendra MorrisDel ShannonKendra MorrisTa-kuThe Bacao Rhythm & S…Calibro 35BrownoutFatback BandThe J.B.'sThe Jimmy Castor BunchThe CrusadersJohnny HammondBrass Construction

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Dennis Coffey grew out of Bob Babbitt, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Freda Payne and The Dramatics, shares an orbit with Calibro 35, Brownout, Fatback Band and The J.B.'s, went on to shape Kendra Morris, Ta-ku and The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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