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Fat Larry's Band

Fat Larry's Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Len Barry. Those roots explain a lot about how Fat Larry's Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Oliver Cheatham, The Whispers, Shalamar, Imagination and Kool & The Gang, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ice-T, Alfie, Depeche Mode, N.W.A and Jungle Brothers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Fat Larry's Band, reaching back through Len Barry and forward to Ice-T. 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
Fat Larry's BandLen BarryIce-TAlfieDepeche ModeN.W.AJungle BrothersCentral LineOliver CheathamThe WhispersShalamarImaginationKool & The GangCheryl LynnChangeMary Jane Girls

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Fat Larry's Band connections

Fat Larry's Band grew out of Len Barry, shares an orbit with Oliver Cheatham, The Whispers, Shalamar and Imagination, went on to shape Ice-T, Alfie, Depeche Mode and N.W.A. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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