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Kurt Carr

Kurt Carr is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Richard Smallwood, Andraé Crouch, Salt-N-Pepa, Edwin Hawkins and Kirk Franklin. Those roots explain a lot about how Kurt Carr arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Darwin Hobbs, Donald Lawrence, Myron Butler & Levi, Tye Tribbett & G.A. and J Moss, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin and the Family, Anastacia, Byron Cage and Bishop Paul S. Morton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Kurt Carr, reaching back through Richard Smallwood and forward to Mary Mary. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Kurt Carr is an American gospel music composer, songwriter, producer, and singer. While living in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, he served as Minister of Music at The First Baptist Church of Hartford located at the time on Greenfield Street. He is currently the Praise and Worship leader at The Fountain Of Praise in Houston, Texas.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Kurt CarrRichard SmallwoodAndraé CrouchSalt-N-PepaEdwin HawkinsKirk FranklinMary MaryKirk Franklin and th…AnastaciaByron CageBishop Paul S. MortonTramaine HawkinsMiles CatonDarwin HobbsDonald LawrenceMyron Butler & LeviTye Tribbett & G.A.J MossVanessa Bell ArmstrongMartha MunizziKaren Clark Sheard

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Kurt Carr connections

Kurt Carr grew out of Richard Smallwood, Andraé Crouch, Salt-N-Pepa and Edwin Hawkins, shares an orbit with Darwin Hobbs, Donald Lawrence, Myron Butler & Levi and Tye Tribbett & G.A., went on to shape Mary Mary, Kirk Franklin and the Family, Anastacia and Byron Cage. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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