◇ image via WikipediaBernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Bessie Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Bernice Johnson Reagon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Clara Ward, Thomas A. Dorsey, The McIntosh County Shouters, Mahalia Jackson and Inez Andrews, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alsarah and Sweet Honey In The Rock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Bernice Johnson Reagon, reaching back through Bessie Jones and forward to Alsarah. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon grew out of Bessie Jones, shares an orbit with Clara Ward, Thomas A. Dorsey, The McIntosh County Shouters and Mahalia Jackson, went on to shape Alsarah and Sweet Honey In The Rock. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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