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Rubén Blades

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Rubén Blades is a Rock and World music act. Their sound grew out of Cheo Feliciano, Sting, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed and Paul Simon. Those roots explain a lot about how Rubén Blades arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Héctor Lavoe, Johnny Pacheco, Grupo Niche, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico and Fania All Stars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Villano Antillano, Héctor Lavoe, Yossi Fine, Luis Enrique and Visitante, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Rubén Blades, reaching back through Cheo Feliciano and forward to Villano Antillano. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Rubén BladesCheo FelicianoStingElvis CostelloLou ReedPaul SimonJohn HiattNiña PastoriWillie ColónVillano AntillanoHéctor LavoeYossi FineLuis EnriqueVisitanteLa Pozze LatinaQuetzalMarc AnthonyHéctor LavoeJohnny PachecoGrupo NicheEl Gran Combo De Pue…Fania All StarsRoberto Roena y Su A…Ray BarrettoFrankie Ruiz

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Rubén Blades connections

Rubén Blades grew out of Cheo Feliciano, Sting, Elvis Costello and Lou Reed, shares an orbit with Héctor Lavoe, Johnny Pacheco, Grupo Niche and El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, went on to shape Villano Antillano, Héctor Lavoe, Yossi Fine and Luis Enrique. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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