◇ image via WikipediaThe Chambers Brothers
The Chambers Brothers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Betty Davis, Hoyt Axton and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Those roots explain a lot about how The Chambers Brothers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eric Burdon & The Animals, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Traffic and Shuggie Otis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Acid Eaters, Ramones, Subterranean Jungle and The Stone Poneys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Chambers Brothers, reaching back through Pete Seeger and forward to Acid Eaters. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1968 psychedelic soul hit "Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions with modern psychedelic and rock elements. Their music has been kept alive through frequent use in film soundtracks. There were four brothers, though other musicians were also in the group.
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The Chambers Brothers connections
The Chambers Brothers grew out of Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Betty Davis and Hoyt Axton, shares an orbit with Eric Burdon & The Animals, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Traffic, went on to shape Acid Eaters, Ramones, Subterranean Jungle and The Stone Poneys. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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