◇ image via WikipediaGraham Central Station
Graham Central Station is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Detroit Emeralds, The Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, The Time and Sly and the Family Stone. Those roots explain a lot about how Graham Central Station arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ohio Players, The J.B.'s, Parliament, Mandrill and Sly & The Family Stone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Everything Is Love and Prince, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Graham Central Station, reaching back through Detroit Emeralds and forward to Everything Is Love. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Graham Central Station was an American funk band named after founder Larry Graham. The name is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Terminal, often colloquially called Grand Central Station.
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Graham Central Station connections
Graham Central Station grew out of Detroit Emeralds, The Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson and The Time, shares an orbit with Ohio Players, The J.B.'s, Parliament and Mandrill, went on to shape Everything Is Love and Prince. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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