◇ image via WikipediaBrownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Sonny Terry, Blind Boy Fuller, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt. Those roots explain a lot about how Brownie McGhee arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bukka White, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Josh White, John Lee Hooker and Reverend Gary Davis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Blues Brothers, Chris Barber, Stefan Grossman, Sugar Blue and Cyril Davies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Brownie McGhee, reaching back through Sonny Terry and forward to The Blues Brothers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Brownie McGhee connections
Brownie McGhee grew out of Sonny Terry, Blind Boy Fuller, Big Bill Broonzy and Leadbelly, shares an orbit with Bukka White, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Josh White and John Lee Hooker, went on to shape The Blues Brothers, Chris Barber, Stefan Grossman and Sugar Blue. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Brownie McGhee
Sounds and acts that shaped Brownie McGhee.
Artists similar to Brownie McGhee
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Brownie McGhee.
- Bukka Whiteartist
- Mississippi Fred McDowellartist
- Josh Whiteartist
- John Lee Hookerartist
- Reverend Gary Davisartist
- Little Walterartist
- Etta Bakerartist
- Elmore Jamesartist
- Leadbellyartist
- Blind Lemon Jeffersonartist
- Pink Andersonartist
- Jimmy Witherspoonartist
- Skip Jamesartist
- Robert Johnsonartist
- Bessie Smithartist
- Son Houseartist
- Bo Diddleyartist
- Blind Blakeartist
- Roosevelt Sykesartist
- Rev. Gary Davisartist
- Big Joe Turnerartist
- Charlie Musselwhiteartist
Bands Brownie McGhee shaped
Where the influence of Brownie McGhee travelled next.
- The Blues Brothersartist
- Chris Barberartist
- Stefan Grossmanartist
- Sugar Blueartist
- Cyril Daviesartist
- George Thorogood & The Destroyersartist
- Bert Janschartist
- Ellen McIlwaineartist
- Jump, Little Childrenartist
- The Blastersartist
- David Clayton-Thomasartist
- Tom Waitsartist
- Van Morrisonartist
- Highway 61 Revisitedartist
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