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The Crusaders is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Orlando Julius, Bill Withers, Marcus Miller, 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 Lee Ritenour, George Benson, Idris Muhammad, Lonnie Liston Smith and Brothers Johnson, 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 36 connections around The Crusaders, reaching back through Orlando Julius 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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The Crusaders connections
The Crusaders grew out of Orlando Julius, Bill Withers, Marcus Miller and Blue Thumb Records, shares an orbit with Lee Ritenour, George Benson, Idris Muhammad and Lonnie Liston Smith, went on to shape Randy Crawford and Nils Landgren. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Crusaders
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