◇ image via WikipediaJanice McClain
Janice McClain is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Freda Payne, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Janice McClain arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as David Joseph, Sparque, Rhyze, Love Committee and The Players Association, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into George Clinton, Deniece Williams, Ronnie Spector, McFadden & Whitehead and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Janice McClain, reaching back through Freda Payne and forward to George Clinton. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Janice McClain connections
Janice McClain grew out of Freda Payne, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with David Joseph, Sparque, Rhyze and Love Committee, went on to shape George Clinton, Deniece Williams, Ronnie Spector and McFadden & Whitehead. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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