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Rotary Connection

Rotary Connection is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Hazel, The Dramatics, Shuggie Otis, Roy Ayers Ubiquity and Eugene McDaniels, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Swing Out Sister, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Maurice White and Earth, Wind & Fire, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Rotary Connection and forward to Swing Out Sister. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Rotary Connection was an American psychedelic soul band, formed in Chicago in 1966.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rotary ConnectionSwing Out SisterHowlin' WolfMuddy WatersMaurice WhiteEarth, Wind & FireMinnie RipertonEddie HazelThe DramaticsShuggie OtisRoy Ayers UbiquityEugene McDanielsRoberta FlackRufusGwen McCrae

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Rotary Connection connections

Rotary Connection shares an orbit with Eddie Hazel, The Dramatics, Shuggie Otis and Roy Ayers Ubiquity, went on to shape Swing Out Sister, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Maurice White. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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