◇ image via WikipediaBlack Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of James Brown and Howlin' Wolf. Those roots explain a lot about how Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Dan Auerbach, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Baby Huey and Robert Randolph & The Family Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, reaching back through James Brown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Black Joe Lewis is an American blues, funk and soul artist influenced by Howlin' Wolf and James Brown. He formed Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears in Austin, Texas, in 2007. In March 2009, Esquire listed Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears as one of the "Ten Bands Set to Break Out at 2009's SXSW Festival."
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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears connections
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears grew out of James Brown and Howlin' Wolf, shares an orbit with Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Dan Auerbach, St. Paul & The Broken Bones and Baby Huey. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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