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Eddie Boyd

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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, Magic Sam, Big Joe Turner, Louisiana Red and Leroy Carr, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Magic Sam, Eric Clapton and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Eddie Boyd, reaching back through Willie Dixon and forward to Muddy Waters. 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 CarrMuddy WatersTampa RedMagic SamEric ClaptonJohn Mayall & The Bl…Fleetwood MacRobert Lockwood Jr.From the CradleSleepy John EstesMagic SamBig Joe TurnerLouisiana RedLeroy CarrBo DiddleyAlbert KingBig Walter Horton

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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, Magic Sam, Big Joe Turner and Louisiana Red, went on to shape Muddy Waters, Tampa Red, Magic Sam and Eric Clapton. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Eddie Boyd

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