◇ image via WikipediaLouis Johnson
Louis Johnson is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Larry Graham. Those roots explain a lot about how Louis Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Jamerson, Wojtek Pilichowski, Paul Jackson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Bernard Edwards, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joey Vera and We Are the World, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Louis Johnson, reaching back through Larry Graham and forward to Joey Vera. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Louis Johnson connections
Louis Johnson grew out of Larry Graham, shares an orbit with James Jamerson, Wojtek Pilichowski, Paul Jackson and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, went on to shape Joey Vera and We Are the World. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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