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Big Joe Turner

Blues
Blues

Big Joe Turner is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Wynonie Harris, Mickey Baker, Herb Abramson, Jimmy McCracklin and Pee Wee Crayton. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Joe Turner arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ivory Joe Hunter, Larry Williams, Bo Diddley, The Drifters and Elmore James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alberta Adams, Keb' Mo', Wynonie Harris, Southside Johnny and Ronnie Earl, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Big Joe Turner, reaching back through Wynonie Harris and forward to Alberta Adams. 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
Big Joe TurnerWynonie HarrisMickey BakerHerb AbramsonJimmy McCracklinPee Wee CraytonArhoolie RecordsArt TatumAhmet ErtegünAlberta AdamsKeb' Mo'Wynonie HarrisSouthside JohnnyRonnie EarlPapa John CreachActressBill HaleyIvory Joe HunterLarry WilliamsBo DiddleyThe DriftersElmore JamesFats DominoJimmy WitherspoonPercy Mayfield

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Big Joe Turner connections

Big Joe Turner grew out of Wynonie Harris, Mickey Baker, Herb Abramson and Jimmy McCracklin, shares an orbit with Ivory Joe Hunter, Larry Williams, Bo Diddley and The Drifters, went on to shape Alberta Adams, Keb' Mo', Wynonie Harris and Southside Johnny. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Big Joe Turner

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