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Charley Patton

Blues
Blues

Charley Patton is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jimmie Rodgers. Those roots explain a lot about how Charley Patton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, Son House, Robert Johnson and Skip James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tommy Johnson, The Stone Poneys, Willie Brown, Robert Johnson and Taj Mahal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Charley Patton, reaching back through Jimmie Rodgers and forward to Tommy Johnson. 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
Charley PattonJimmie RodgersTommy JohnsonThe Stone PoneysWillie BrownRobert JohnsonTaj MahalHighway 61 RevisitedHowlin' WolfBlind Willie McTellBlind Lemon JeffersonBukka WhiteSon HouseRobert JohnsonSkip JamesLeadbellyMississippi Fred McD…Blind Blake

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Charley Patton connections

Charley Patton grew out of Jimmie Rodgers, shares an orbit with Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bukka White, Son House and Robert Johnson, went on to shape Tommy Johnson, The Stone Poneys, Willie Brown and Robert Johnson. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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