◇ image via WikipediaThe Tymes
The Tymes is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Wonderful Wonderful and The Drifters. Those roots explain a lot about how The Tymes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Drifters, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Eddie Holman and Little Anthony & the Imperials, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Spike Edney, Nile Rodgers, Kleeer and Chaka Khan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around The Tymes, reaching back through Wonderful Wonderful and forward to Spike Edney. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Tymes connections
The Tymes grew out of Wonderful Wonderful and The Drifters, shares an orbit with The Drifters, The Four Tops, The Spinners and Eddie Holman, went on to shape Spike Edney, Nile Rodgers, Kleeer and Chaka Khan. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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