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Lee Fields

Lee Fields is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Wax Tailor, The Sugarman 3, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, James Brown and Darrell Banks. 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, Curtis Harding, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Durand Jones & The Indications, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nicole Wray, Kraak & Smaak, Bliss n Eso, Wax Tailor and Alabama Shakes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Lee Fields, reaching back through Wax Tailor and forward to Nicole Wray. 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lee FieldsWax TailorThe Sugarman 3Sharon Jones & The D…James BrownDarrell BanksClarence CarterDr. JohnTyrone DavisNicole WrayKraak & SmaakBliss n EsoWax TailorAlabama ShakesSharon Jones and the…ElizaSharon JonesLee Fields & The Exp…MonophonicsCurtis HardingSharon Jones and the…Durand Jones & The I…St. Paul & The Broke…Aaron FrazerThe Budos Band

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Lee Fields connections

Lee Fields grew out of Wax Tailor, The Sugarman 3, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and James Brown, shares an orbit with Lee Fields & The Expressions, Monophonics, Curtis Harding and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, went on to shape Nicole Wray, Kraak & Smaak, Bliss n Eso and Wax Tailor. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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