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The Neville Brothers

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The Neville Brothers is a Blues and Funk act. Their sound grew out of Lazy Lester, Exuma, The Hooters, Charles Neville and Songs from a Room. Those roots explain a lot about how The Neville Brothers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Crusaders, Mavis Staples, King Curtis, Irma Thomas and Donny Hathaway, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ivan Neville, Carlos Santana, Idris Muhammad, Whitney Houston and Wyclef Jean, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Neville Brothers, reaching back through Lazy Lester and forward to Ivan Neville. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Neville BrothersLazy LesterExumaThe HootersCharles NevilleSongs from a RoomThe MetersThe Wild TchoupitoulasIvan NevilleCarlos SantanaIdris MuhammadWhitney HoustonWyclef JeanEva CassidyZap MamaBranford MarsalisThe CrusadersMavis StaplesKing CurtisIrma ThomasDonny HathawayEddie BoAverage White BandErnie K-Doe

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The Neville Brothers connections

The Neville Brothers grew out of Lazy Lester, Exuma, The Hooters and Charles Neville, shares an orbit with The Crusaders, Mavis Staples, King Curtis and Irma Thomas, went on to shape Ivan Neville, Carlos Santana, Idris Muhammad and Whitney Houston. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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