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Blind Boy Fuller

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Blind Boy Fuller is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Buddy Moss, Blind Blake and Gary Davis. Those roots explain a lot about how Blind Boy Fuller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Bukka White, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Mississippi Fred McDowell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stefan Grossman, Doctor Ross, Sonny Terry, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Blind Boy Fuller, reaching back through Buddy Moss and forward to Stefan Grossman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Fulton Allen, known as Blind Boy Fuller, was an American blues guitarist and singer. Fuller was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists, along with Blind Blake, Josh White, and Buddy Moss.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Blind Boy FullerBuddy MossBlind BlakeGary DavisStefan GrossmanDoctor RossSonny TerryPink AndersonFloyd CouncilBrownie McGheeThe Rolling StonesRory GallagherBlind BlakeReverend Gary DavisBukka WhiteBlind Lemon JeffersonMississippi Fred McD…LeadbellySleepy John EstesRev. Gary Davis

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Blind Boy Fuller connections

Blind Boy Fuller grew out of Buddy Moss, Blind Blake and Gary Davis, shares an orbit with Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Bukka White and Blind Lemon Jefferson, went on to shape Stefan Grossman, Doctor Ross, Sonny Terry and Pink Anderson. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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