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The Crusaders

The Crusaders is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bill Withers, Marcus Miller, Orlando Julius, Blue Thumb Records and Duane Eddy. Those roots explain a lot about how The Crusaders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Idris Muhammad, Lonnie Liston Smith, Brothers Johnson, The Brecker Brothers and Pleasure, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Randy Crawford and Nils Landgren, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around The Crusaders, reaching back through Bill Withers and forward to Randy Crawford. 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
The CrusadersBill WithersMarcus MillerOrlando JuliusBlue Thumb RecordsDuane EddyDick DaleThe TurtlesThe WhoRandy CrawfordNils LandgrenIdris MuhammadLonnie Liston SmithBrothers JohnsonThe Brecker BrothersPleasureBilly CobhamGary BartzDave Grusin

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The Crusaders connections

The Crusaders grew out of Bill Withers, Marcus Miller, Orlando Julius and Blue Thumb Records, shares an orbit with Idris Muhammad, Lonnie Liston Smith, Brothers Johnson and The Brecker Brothers, went on to shape Randy Crawford and Nils Landgren. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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