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Timmy Thomas

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Timmy Thomas is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Donald Byrd, Cannonball Adderley and Latimore. Those roots explain a lot about how Timmy Thomas arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Freda Payne, Peabo Bryson, Little Beaver, King Curtis and Shuggie Otis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Betty Wright, Diamond Life, Drake, Gwen McCrae and The Soul Sessions, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Timmy Thomas, reaching back through Donald Byrd and forward to Betty Wright. 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
Timmy ThomasDonald ByrdCannonball AdderleyLatimoreBetty WrightDiamond LifeDrakeGwen McCraeThe Soul SessionsMaximum JoyHotline BlingFreda PaynePeabo BrysonLittle BeaverKing CurtisShuggie OtisJeffrey OsborneThe SpinnersBarry White

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Timmy Thomas connections

Timmy Thomas grew out of Donald Byrd, Cannonball Adderley and Latimore, shares an orbit with Freda Payne, Peabo Bryson, Little Beaver and King Curtis, went on to shape Betty Wright, Diamond Life, Drake and Gwen McCrae. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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