◇ image via WikipediaJames Carr
James Carr is a House act. Their sound grew out of Dan Penn and George Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how James Carr arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as O.V. Wright, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding, Jimmy Hughes and Otis Clay, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Clarence Carter, Pat Kelly and Roy Hamilton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around James Carr, reaching back through Dan Penn and forward to Clarence Carter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
James Edward Carr was an American R&B and soul singer, described as "one of the greatest pure vocalists that deep Southern soul ever produced".
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James Carr connections
James Carr grew out of Dan Penn and George Jackson, shares an orbit with O.V. Wright, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding and Jimmy Hughes, went on to shape Clarence Carter, Pat Kelly and Roy Hamilton. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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