◇ image via WikipediaLee Fields & The Expressions
Lee Fields & The Expressions is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee Fields & The Expressions arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, Monophonics, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Kelly Finnigan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wax Tailor, J. Cole, Slum Village, Travie McCoy and Travis Scott, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Lee Fields & The Expressions, reaching back through James Brown and forward to Wax Tailor. 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 & The Expressions connections
Lee Fields & The Expressions grew out of James Brown, shares an orbit with Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, Monophonics and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, went on to shape Wax Tailor, J. Cole, Slum Village and Travie McCoy. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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