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The S.O.S. Band is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Cedric Gervais. Those roots explain a lot about how The S.O.S. Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Loose Ends, Shalamar, The Whispers, The Gap Band and Change, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Whitney Houston, Fred Wesley, Karmah, Kelis and Michael Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around The S.O.S. Band, reaching back through Cedric Gervais and forward to Whitney Houston. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1977. The original lineup featured Mary Davis, Jason Bryant (keyboards), Billy Ellis and Willie “Sonny” Killebrew (horns), Bruno Speight (guitar), John Simpson (bass), and James Earl Jones III (drums).
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The S.O.S. Band connections
The S.O.S. Band grew out of Cedric Gervais, shares an orbit with Loose Ends, Shalamar, The Whispers and The Gap Band, went on to shape Whitney Houston, Fred Wesley, Karmah and Kelis. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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