◇ image via WikipediaThe 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, Otis Redding, Jimmy Hughes and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Stax Records, Wilson Pickett, The Bar-Kays and Otis Redding, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Mar-Keys and forward to Booker T. & the M.G.'s. 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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The Mar-Keys connections
The Mar-Keys shares an orbit with The Bar-Kays, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Otis Redding and Jimmy Hughes, went on to shape Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Stax Records, Wilson Pickett and The Bar-Kays. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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