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Lettuce

Lettuce is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Herbie Hancock, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Curtis Mayfield, Tower of Power and Earth Wind and Fire. Those roots explain a lot about how Lettuce arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Soulive, The New Mastersounds, Galactic, The Motet and The Greyboy Allstars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Lettuce, reaching back through Herbie Hancock. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Lettuce is a North American funk band originating from Boston, Massachusetts in 1992. Its members are guitarist Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff, Nigel Hall, Adam Deitch (drums/percussion), Erick "Maverick" Coomes (bass), Ryan Zoidis (saxophone) and Eric "Benny" Bloom (trumpet).

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
LettuceHerbie HancockCharles Wright & The…Curtis MayfieldTower of PowerEarth Wind and FireSouliveThe New MastersoundsGalacticThe MotetThe Greyboy AllstarsThe Fearless FlyersDelvon Lamarr Organ …Cory Wong

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Lettuce connections

Lettuce grew out of Herbie Hancock, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Curtis Mayfield and Tower of Power, shares an orbit with Soulive, The New Mastersounds, Galactic and The Motet. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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