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Marva Whitney

Marva Whitney is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Isley Brothers, Bobby Bland, Little Richard and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Marva Whitney arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The J.B.'s, Maceo & The Macks, Fatback Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sway, Sharon Jones, The Transatlantics, Lyn Collins and Fred Wesley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Marva Whitney, reaching back through The Isley Brothers and forward to Sway. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Marva WhitneyThe Isley BrothersBobby BlandLittle RichardJames BrownSwaySharon JonesThe TransatlanticsLyn CollinsFred WesleyMaceo ParkerMac MillerPete RockThe J.B.'sMaceo & The MacksFatback BandSharon Jones and the…Charles Wright & The…The Bar-KaysThe Poets of RhythmJoe Bataan

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Marva Whitney connections

Marva Whitney grew out of The Isley Brothers, Bobby Bland, Little Richard and James Brown, shares an orbit with The J.B.'s, Maceo & The Macks, Fatback Band and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, went on to shape Sway, Sharon Jones, The Transatlantics and Lyn Collins. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Marva Whitney

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