◇ image via WikipediaBilly Boy Arnold
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 Robert Cray, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dig Me Out, The Strypes, Syl Johnson, Sweet and The Yardbirds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Billy Boy Arnold, reaching back through Sonny Boy Williamson I and forward to Dig Me Out. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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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 Dig Me Out, The Strypes, Syl Johnson and Sweet. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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