◇ image via WikipediaThe Floaters
The Floaters is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Gene McDaniels, Eugene McDaniels and Detroit Emeralds. Those roots explain a lot about how The Floaters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Manhattans, The Dramatics, The Chi-Lites, The Spinners and Rose Royce, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dennis Coffey, Dream Warriors, Luis, Full Force and B.o.B, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Floaters, reaching back through Gene McDaniels and forward to Dennis Coffey. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Floaters connections
The Floaters grew out of Gene McDaniels, Eugene McDaniels and Detroit Emeralds, shares an orbit with The Manhattans, The Dramatics, The Chi-Lites and The Spinners, went on to shape Dennis Coffey, Dream Warriors, Luis and Full Force. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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