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The Mar-Keys

The Mar-Keys is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as The Bar-Kays, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Contours, Otis Redding and Jimmy Hughes, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wilson Pickett, Stax Records, The Bar-Kays, Booker T. & the M.G.'s and Otis Redding, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around The Mar-Keys and forward to Wilson Pickett. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Mar-Keys were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s. Formed in 1958 as the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Mar-KeysWilson PickettStax RecordsThe Bar-KaysBooker T. & the M.G.'sOtis ReddingCarla ThomasThe Bar-KaysJr. Walker & The All…The ContoursOtis ReddingJimmy HughesSharon Jones and the…Willie MitchellThe Dramatics

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The Mar-Keys connections

The Mar-Keys shares an orbit with The Bar-Kays, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, The Contours and Otis Redding, went on to shape Wilson Pickett, Stax Records, The Bar-Kays and Booker T. & the M.G.'s. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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