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The Bar-Kays

The Bar-Kays is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Booker T. Jones and The Temprees. Those roots explain a lot about how The Bar-Kays arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Con Funk Shun, Lakeside, Cameo, Brick and Fatback Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Soul Children and Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around The Bar-Kays, reaching back through Booker T. & the M.G.'s and forward to The Soul Children. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Bar-Kays is an American funk band formed in 1964. The band had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" in 1967, "Son of Shaft" in 1972, and "Boogie Body Land" in 1980. The Bar-Kays also served as the backing band for a variety of singers, including Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Bar-KaysBooker T. & the M.G.'sIsaac HayesOtis ReddingBooker T. JonesThe TempreesMtumeBlack MerdaThe Mar-KeysThe Soul ChildrenOoooooohhh... On the…Con Funk ShunLakesideCameoBrickFatback BandThe J.B.'sThe Mar-KeysZapp

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The Bar-Kays connections

The Bar-Kays grew out of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding and Booker T. Jones, shares an orbit with Con Funk Shun, Lakeside, Cameo and Brick, went on to shape The Soul Children and Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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