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Eddie Boyd

Blues
Blues

Eddie Boyd is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Willie Dixon, Roosevelt Sykes and Leroy Carr. Those roots explain a lot about how Eddie Boyd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sleepy John Estes, Big Joe Turner, Louisiana Red, Leroy Carr and Bo Diddley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Willie Dixon and Fleetwood Mac, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Eddie Boyd, reaching back through Willie Dixon and forward to Buddy Guy. 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
Eddie BoydWillie DixonRoosevelt SykesLeroy CarrBuddy GuyMuddy WatersTampa RedWillie DixonFleetwood MacMagic SamRobert Lockwood Jr.From the CradleSleepy John EstesBig Joe TurnerLouisiana RedLeroy CarrBo DiddleyBig Walter HortonJohn Lee HookerRoosevelt Sykes

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Eddie Boyd connections

Eddie Boyd grew out of Willie Dixon, Roosevelt Sykes and Leroy Carr, shares an orbit with Sleepy John Estes, Big Joe Turner, Louisiana Red and Leroy Carr, went on to shape Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Tampa Red and Willie Dixon. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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