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Lee Fields is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dr. John, The Sugarman 3, James Brown, Darrell Banks and Clarence Carter. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee Fields arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lee Fields & The Expressions, Monophonics, Menahan Street Band, Curtis Harding and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Eliza, Sharon Jones, Martin Solveig and J. Cole, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 56 connections around Lee Fields, reaching back through Dr. John and forward to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Elmer Lee Fields is an American soul singer, sometimes nicknamed "Little JB" for his physical and vocal resemblance with James Brown. He has recorded with Kool and the Gang, Hip Huggers, O. V. Wright, Darrell Banks, and Little Royal. Fields has also worked with musicians such as B. B. King, Clarence Carter, Dr. John, Tyrone Davis, Johnny Taylor, Denise LaSalle, Bobby Blue Bland, Betty Wright, The Manhattans, Little Milton and Bobby Womack. He recorded his first single in 1969 and is still active. His recent work is with The Expressions, including the albums Faithful Man (2012), Special Night (2017), and It Rains Love (2019). In 2014, he provided additional vocals for the James Brown biographical movie, Get On Up.
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Lee Fields connections
Lee Fields grew out of Dr. John, The Sugarman 3, James Brown and Darrell Banks, shares an orbit with Lee Fields & The Expressions, Monophonics, Menahan Street Band and Curtis Harding, went on to shape Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Eliza, Sharon Jones and Martin Solveig. 56 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Artists similar to Lee Fields
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- Monophonicsartist
- Menahan Street Bandartist
- Curtis Hardingartist
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- The Dipartist
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- El Michels Affairartist
- The Sugarman 3artist
- Little Beaverartist
- The New Mastersoundsartist
- Michael Kiwanukaartist
- Jalen Ngondaartist
- The Olympiansartist
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