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Johnnie Taylor

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Johnnie Taylor is a Gospel and House act. Their sound grew out of Sir Mack Rice, Michael Burks, George Jackson, Marvin Sease and Marv Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnnie Taylor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tyrone Davis, Z.Z. Hill, Clarence Carter, The Mar-Keys and David Ruffin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eddie Johns, The Staple Singers, The Shapeshifters, Got to Give It Up and Charles Neville, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Johnnie Taylor, reaching back through Sir Mack Rice and forward to Eddie Johns. 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
Johnnie TaylorSir Mack RiceMichael BurksGeorge JacksonMarvin SeaseMarv JohnsonOtis ReddingBooker T. & the M.G.'sSteve CropperEddie JohnsThe Staple SingersThe ShapeshiftersGot to Give It UpCharles NevilleTyrone DavisZ.Z. HillClarence CarterThe Mar-KeysDavid RuffinBobby "Blue" BlandJimmy HughesThe Bar-Kays

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Johnnie Taylor connections

Johnnie Taylor grew out of Sir Mack Rice, Michael Burks, George Jackson and Marvin Sease, shares an orbit with Tyrone Davis, Z.Z. Hill, Clarence Carter and The Mar-Keys, went on to shape Eddie Johns, The Staple Singers, The Shapeshifters and Got to Give It Up. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots16

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