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Big Mama Thornton

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Blues

Big Mama Thornton is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy McCracklin, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie and Louis Jordan. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Mama Thornton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Koko Taylor, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bessie Smith, Elmore James and John Lee Hooker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into ZZ Ward, George Smith, Taj Mahal, Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits and Candye Kane, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Big Mama Thornton, reaching back through Jimmy McCracklin and forward to ZZ Ward. 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 Mama ThorntonJimmy McCracklinMississippi Fred McD…Bessie SmithMemphis MinnieLouis JordanPeacock RecordsZZ WardGeorge SmithTaj MahalJanis Joplin's Great…Candye KaneJanis JoplinElvis PresleyWalter TroutKoko TaylorSister Rosetta TharpeBessie SmithElmore JamesJohn Lee HookerSon HouseEtta JamesBig Joe Turner

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Big Mama Thornton connections

Big Mama Thornton grew out of Jimmy McCracklin, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie, shares an orbit with Koko Taylor, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bessie Smith and Elmore James, went on to shape ZZ Ward, George Smith, Taj Mahal and Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Big Mama Thornton

Roots6

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