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Earl King is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Dave Bartholomew, Professor Longhair, Guitar Slim and Snooks Eaglin. Those roots explain a lot about how Earl King arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ernie K-Doe, Eddie Bo, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bo Diddley and Chris Kenner, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Allen Toussaint, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Professor Longhair, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Earl King, reaching back through Dave Bartholomew and forward to Allen Toussaint. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Earl King connections
Earl King grew out of Dave Bartholomew, Professor Longhair, Guitar Slim and Snooks Eaglin, shares an orbit with Ernie K-Doe, Eddie Bo, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Bo Diddley, went on to shape Allen Toussaint, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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