◇ image via WikipediaMaceo & The Macks
Maceo & The Macks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ray Charles. Those roots explain a lot about how Maceo & The Macks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, The J.B.'s, Marva Whitney and Fatback Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dave Matthews Band, De La Soul, Prince, Jane's Addiction and Candy Dulfer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Maceo & The Macks, reaching back through Ray Charles and forward to Dave Matthews Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Since the early 1990s, he has toured under his own name.
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Maceo & The Macks connections
Maceo & The Macks grew out of Ray Charles, shares an orbit with Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, The J.B.'s and Marva Whitney, went on to shape Dave Matthews Band, De La Soul, Prince and Jane's Addiction. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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