◇ image via WikipediaSharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of James Brown, Bessie Smith, The Heavy, Muse and David Byrne. Those roots explain a lot about how Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charles Bradley, The James Hunter Six, Ann Peebles, Saun & Starr and Little Beaver, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Ben Westbeech, Wax Tailor and They Might Be Giants, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 50 connections around Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, reaching back through James Brown and forward to Amy Winehouse. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were an American funk and soul band signed to Daptone Records. They were part of a revival movement of mid-1960s to mid-1970s style funk and soul music. They released their debut album Dap Dippin' in 2002, the first of seven studio albums. Their 2014 album Give the People What They Want was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. After Sharon Jones' death in 2016, the band released the posthumous album Soul of a Woman in 2017 and a compilation of cover songs in 2020.
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings connections
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings grew out of James Brown, Bessie Smith, The Heavy and Muse, shares an orbit with Charles Bradley, The James Hunter Six, Ann Peebles and Saun & Starr, went on to shape Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Ben Westbeech and Wax Tailor. 50 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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