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Wax Tailor

Wax Tailor is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Lee Fields, Nina Simone and Doris Day. Those roots explain a lot about how Wax Tailor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as RJD2, Moloko, Guts, Mr. Scruff and Portishead, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into ASM, Charlie Winston, Ghostface Killah, Wu-Tang Clan and R.A. the Rugged Man, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Wax Tailor, reaching back through Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and forward to ASM. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Wax TailorSharon Jones and the…Lee Fields & The Exp…Lee FieldsNina SimoneDoris DaySharon Jones & The D…ASMCharlie WinstonGhostface KillahWu-Tang ClanR.A. the Rugged ManA-F-R-OTokenTrickyRJD2MolokoGutsMr. ScruffPortisheadMassive Attack

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Wax Tailor connections

Wax Tailor grew out of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Lee Fields and Nina Simone, shares an orbit with RJD2, Moloko, Guts and Mr. Scruff, went on to shape ASM, Charlie Winston, Ghostface Killah and Wu-Tang Clan. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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