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Incredible Bongo Band

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Funk

Incredible Bongo Band is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of The Arrows, Jørgen Ingmann and The Shadows. Those roots explain a lot about how Incredible Bongo Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as David McCallum, Kashmere Stage Band, Average White Band, Dennis Coffey and The Jimmy Castor Bunch, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Steinski, Shawn Lee, Nas, Leftfield and Massive Attack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Incredible Bongo Band, reaching back through The Arrows and forward to Steinski. 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
Incredible Bongo BandThe ArrowsJørgen IngmannThe ShadowsSteinskiShawn LeeNasLeftfieldMassive AttackBeastie BoysAmerieDavid McCallumKashmere Stage BandAverage White BandDennis CoffeyThe Jimmy Castor BunchShuggie OtisThe Budos BandIsaac Hayes

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Incredible Bongo Band connections

Incredible Bongo Band grew out of The Arrows, Jørgen Ingmann and The Shadows, shares an orbit with David McCallum, Kashmere Stage Band, Average White Band and Dennis Coffey, went on to shape Steinski, Shawn Lee, Nas and Leftfield. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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