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Billy Boy Arnold

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Blues

Billy Boy Arnold is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Sonny Boy Williamson I and Big Bill Broonzy. Those roots explain a lot about how Billy Boy Arnold arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charlie Musselwhite, Elmore James, Slim Harpo, Big Walter Horton and Son Seals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Strypes, David Bowie, Sweet, Syl Johnson and Dig Me Out, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Billy Boy Arnold, reaching back through Sonny Boy Williamson I and forward to The Strypes. 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
Billy Boy ArnoldSonny Boy Williamson IBig Bill BroonzyThe StrypesDavid BowieSweetSyl JohnsonDig Me OutThe YardbirdsCharlie MusselwhiteElmore JamesSlim HarpoBig Walter HortonSon SealsRobert CrayJohn Lee HookerEarl Hooker

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Billy Boy Arnold connections

Billy Boy Arnold grew out of Sonny Boy Williamson I and Big Bill Broonzy, shares an orbit with Charlie Musselwhite, Elmore James, Slim Harpo and Big Walter Horton, went on to shape The Strypes, David Bowie, Sweet and Syl Johnson. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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