◇ image via WikipediaBlind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Sammy Price, Anthology of American Folk Music, Mississippi John Hurt, Lonnie Johnson and Louis Jordan. Those roots explain a lot about how Blind Lemon Jefferson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bukka White, Skip James, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake and Son House, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Lee Hooker, Furry Lewis, Barbecue Bob, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Chet Atkins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Blind Lemon Jefferson, reaching back through Sammy Price and forward to John Lee Hooker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Blind Lemon Jefferson connections
Blind Lemon Jefferson grew out of Sammy Price, Anthology of American Folk Music, Mississippi John Hurt and Lonnie Johnson, shares an orbit with Bukka White, Skip James, Robert Johnson and Blind Blake, went on to shape John Lee Hooker, Furry Lewis, Barbecue Bob and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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