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Bobby Rush

Blues
Blues

Bobby Rush is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Reed, Marlon Jackson, Clarence Carter, Elmore James and Ike Turner. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Rush arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Miles Caton, Lucky Peterson, Robert Finley, Susan Tedeschi and Albert King, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Depeche Mode, Tito Jackson, Miles Caton, James Brown and Dr. John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Bobby Rush, reaching back through Jimmy Reed and forward to Depeche Mode. 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
Bobby RushJimmy ReedMarlon JacksonClarence CarterElmore JamesIke TurnerLittle WalterMuddy WatersDepeche ModeTito JacksonMiles CatonJames BrownDr. JohnMiles CatonLucky PetersonRobert FinleySusan TedeschiAlbert KingBobby "Blue" BlandPopa ChubbyTony Joe White

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Bobby Rush connections

Bobby Rush grew out of Jimmy Reed, Marlon Jackson, Clarence Carter and Elmore James, shares an orbit with Miles Caton, Lucky Peterson, Robert Finley and Susan Tedeschi, went on to shape Depeche Mode, Tito Jackson, Miles Caton and James Brown. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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