◇ image via WikipediaBig Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Johnny Shines and Alligator Records. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Walter Horton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Little Walter, Son Seals, Slim Harpo, Magic Sam and Elmore James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lurrie Bell, Johnny Winter, Peter Green, Carey Bell and Kim Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Big Walter Horton, reaching back through Johnny Shines and forward to Lurrie Bell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Big Walter Horton grew out of Johnny Shines and Alligator Records, shares an orbit with Little Walter, Son Seals, Slim Harpo and Magic Sam, went on to shape Lurrie Bell, Johnny Winter, Peter Green and Carey Bell. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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