◇ image via WikipediaThe Soul Searchers
The Soul Searchers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker and Jerry Butler. Those roots explain a lot about how The Soul Searchers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fatback Band, Bobby Byrd, The Bar-Kays, Roy Ayers Ubiquity and Pleasure, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nelly, Slick Rick, Trouble Funk, Jill Scott and Brenda Russell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around The Soul Searchers, reaching back through Duke Ellington and forward to Nelly. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Soul Searchers connections
The Soul Searchers grew out of Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker and Jerry Butler, shares an orbit with Fatback Band, Bobby Byrd, The Bar-Kays and Roy Ayers Ubiquity, went on to shape Nelly, Slick Rick, Trouble Funk and Jill Scott. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Soul Searchers
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