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Amos Milburn

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Amos Milburn is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Leroy Carr. Those roots explain a lot about how Amos Milburn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Big Joe Turner, Ivory Joe Hunter, Rosco Gordon, Percy Mayfield and Fats Domino, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Fats Domino, Chicken Shack, Joe Louis Walker, Bim Sherman and Screamin' Jay Hawkins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Amos Milburn, reaching back through Leroy Carr and forward to Fats Domino. 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
Amos MilburnLeroy CarrFats DominoChicken ShackJoe Louis WalkerBim ShermanScreamin' Jay HawkinsBig Joe TurnerIvory Joe HunterRosco GordonPercy MayfieldFats DominoLouis JordanBo DiddleyJimmy Witherspoon

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Amos Milburn connections

Amos Milburn grew out of Leroy Carr, shares an orbit with Big Joe Turner, Ivory Joe Hunter, Rosco Gordon and Percy Mayfield, went on to shape Fats Domino, Chicken Shack, Joe Louis Walker and Bim Sherman. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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