◇ image via WikipediaJr. Walker & The All Stars
Jr. Walker & The All Stars is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Louis Jordan and Motown. Those roots explain a lot about how Jr. Walker & The All Stars arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Contours, Martha and the Vandellas and Edwin Starr, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Walker and Foreigner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Jr. Walker & The All Stars, reaching back through Louis Jordan and forward to Dave Walker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a session and live-performing saxophonist with the band Foreigner during the 1980s.
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Jr. Walker & The All Stars connections
Jr. Walker & The All Stars grew out of Louis Jordan and Motown, shares an orbit with Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Contours and Martha and the Vandellas, went on to shape Dave Walker and Foreigner. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Eddie Hollandartist
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- Martha Reeves And The Vandellasartist
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- Otis Reddingartist
- Gene Chandlerartist
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