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Charlie Watts

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Charlie Watts is a Jazz and Reggae act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Blues Incorporated, The Kinks, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker and Chico Hamilton. Those roots explain a lot about how Charlie Watts arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ginger Baker, Omar Hakim and Louie Bellson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Velvet Underground, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Ian Stewart, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Charlie Watts, reaching back through Blues Incorporated and forward to The Velvet Underground. 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
Charlie WattsBlues IncorporatedThe KinksJelly Roll MortonCharlie ParkerChico HamiltonGerry MulliganElvin JonesMax RoachThe Velvet UndergroundMick JaggerKeith RichardsBrian JonesIan StewartCourtney PineJim KeltnerPaul McCartneyGinger BakerOmar HakimLouie Bellson

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Charlie Watts connections

Charlie Watts grew out of Blues Incorporated, The Kinks, Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker, shares an orbit with Ginger Baker, Omar Hakim and Louie Bellson, went on to shape The Velvet Underground, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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