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The Greyboy Allstars is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fred Wesley, James Brown and Lenny Kravitz. Those roots explain a lot about how The Greyboy Allstars arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The New Mastersounds, Lettuce, Soulive, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and The Haggis Horns, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fred Wesley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around The Greyboy Allstars, reaching back through Fred Wesley and forward to Fred Wesley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Greyboy Allstars are an American soul-jazz band from San Diego, California, United States, whose current members include Karl Denson on Saxophone, Robert Walter on Keys, Mike Andrews on guitar, Chris Stillwell on bass and Aaron Redfield on drums. They have released eight albums to date.
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The Greyboy Allstars connections
The Greyboy Allstars grew out of Fred Wesley, James Brown and Lenny Kravitz, shares an orbit with The New Mastersounds, Lettuce, Soulive and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, went on to shape Fred Wesley. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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