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Bessie Jones

Gospel
Gospel

Bessie Jones is a Gospel act. They run in the same orbit as Clara Ward, Barbecue Bob, The McIntosh County Shouters, Thomas A. Dorsey and Papa Charlie Jackson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bernice Johnson Reagon and Shirley Collins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Bessie Jones and forward to Bernice Johnson Reagon. 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
Bessie JonesBernice Johnson ReagonShirley CollinsClara WardBarbecue BobThe McIntosh County …Thomas A. DorseyPapa Charlie Jackson

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Bessie Jones connections

Bessie Jones shares an orbit with Clara Ward, Barbecue Bob, The McIntosh County Shouters and Thomas A. Dorsey, went on to shape Bernice Johnson Reagon and Shirley Collins. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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