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The Sugarman 3

The Sugarman 3 is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Charles Bradley and The Meters. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sugarman 3 arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Poets of Rhythm, The New Mastersounds, The Budos Band, Ikebe Shakedown and Menahan Street Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lee Fields, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Sugarman 3, reaching back through Papa's Got a Brand New Bag and forward to Lee Fields. 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 Sugarman 3Papa's Got a Brand N…Charles BradleyThe MetersLee FieldsThe Poets of RhythmThe New MastersoundsThe Budos BandIkebe ShakedownMenahan Street BandSharon Jones and the…Delvon Lamarr Organ …Bobby Byrd

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The Sugarman 3 connections

The Sugarman 3 grew out of Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Charles Bradley and The Meters, shares an orbit with The Poets of Rhythm, The New Mastersounds, The Budos Band and Ikebe Shakedown, went on to shape Lee Fields. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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