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Elizabeth Cotten

Blues
Blues

Elizabeth Cotten is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. Those roots explain a lot about how Elizabeth Cotten arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Karen Dalton, Odetta, Connie Converse, Etta Baker and Tia Blake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tommy Emmanuel, Devendra Banhart, His Name Is Alive, Stefan Grossman and David Bromberg, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Elizabeth Cotten, reaching back through Mississippi John Hurt and forward to Tommy Emmanuel. 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
Elizabeth CottenMississippi John HurtJohn Lee HookerMuddy WatersTommy EmmanuelDevendra BanhartHis Name Is AliveStefan GrossmanDavid BrombergTaj MahalDoc WatsonLaura VeirsKaren DaltonOdettaConnie ConverseEtta BakerTia BlakeLeadbellySkip JamesJackson C. Frank

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Elizabeth Cotten connections

Elizabeth Cotten grew out of Mississippi John Hurt, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, shares an orbit with Karen Dalton, Odetta, Connie Converse and Etta Baker, went on to shape Tommy Emmanuel, Devendra Banhart, His Name Is Alive and Stefan Grossman. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Sounds and acts that shaped Elizabeth Cotten.

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