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Maceo & 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 The J.B.'s, Marva Whitney, Fatback Band, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and The Bar-Kays, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jane's Addiction, Candy Dulfer, De La Soul, Prince and Dave Matthews Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Maceo & The Macks, reaching back through Ray Charles and forward to Jane's Addiction. 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 MacksRay CharlesJane's AddictionCandy DulferDe La SoulPrinceDave Matthews BandThe J.B.'sMarva WhitneyFatback BandCharles Wright & The…The Bar-KaysThe Poets of RhythmMaceo ParkerAverage White Band

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Maceo & The Macks connections

Maceo & The Macks grew out of Ray Charles, shares an orbit with The J.B.'s, Marva Whitney, Fatback Band and Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, went on to shape Jane's Addiction, Candy Dulfer, De La Soul and Prince. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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