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Doctor Ross is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of John Lee Hooker, Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Boy Williamson I. Those roots explain a lot about how Doctor Ross arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Branch, Papa Charlie Jackson and Paul Butterfield, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jethro Tull, Cream and Flamin' Groovies, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Doctor Ross, reaching back through John Lee Hooker and forward to Jethro Tull. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Isaiah Ross, known as Doctor Ross, was an American blues musician who usually performed as a one-man band, simultaneously singing and playing guitar, harmonica, and drums. Ross's primal style has been compared to John Lee Hooker, Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Boy Williamson I.
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Doctor Ross connections
Doctor Ross grew out of John Lee Hooker, Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Boy Williamson I, shares an orbit with Billy Branch, Papa Charlie Jackson and Paul Butterfield, went on to shape Jethro Tull, Cream and Flamin' Groovies. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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