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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, Charles Neville, Exuma, The Hooters 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, Bill Withers and Irma Thomas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Carlos Santana, Ivan Neville, Idris Muhammad, Whitney Houston and Wyclef Jean, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around The Neville Brothers, reaching back through Lazy Lester and forward to Carlos Santana. 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 LesterCharles NevilleExumaThe HootersSongs from a RoomThe MetersThe Wild TchoupitoulasCarlos SantanaIvan NevilleIdris MuhammadWhitney HoustonWyclef JeanEva CassidyZap MamaBranford MarsalisThe CrusadersMavis StaplesKing CurtisBill WithersIrma ThomasDonny HathawayEddie BoAverage White Band

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The Neville Brothers connections

The Neville Brothers grew out of Lazy Lester, Charles Neville, Exuma and The Hooters, shares an orbit with The Crusaders, Mavis Staples, King Curtis and Bill Withers, went on to shape Carlos Santana, Ivan Neville, Idris Muhammad and Whitney Houston. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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