◇ image via WikipediaTony Thompson
Tony Thompson is a Disco and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Phats & Small and Bernard Edwards. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Thompson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Men of Vizion and Kevon Edmonds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Robert Palmer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around Tony Thompson, reaching back through Phats & Small and forward to Robert Palmer. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tony Thompson connections
Tony Thompson grew out of Phats & Small and Bernard Edwards, shares an orbit with Men of Vizion and Kevon Edmonds, went on to shape Robert Palmer. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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