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Etta Baker

Etta Baker is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Paul Clayton. Those roots explain a lot about how Etta Baker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Reverend Gary Davis, Bukka White, Blind Blake, Pink Anderson and Skip James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Paul Clayton, Jake Xerxes Fussell and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Etta Baker, reaching back through Paul Clayton and forward to Bob Dylan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Etta Baker was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Etta BakerPaul ClaytonBob DylanTaj MahalPaul ClaytonJake Xerxes FussellKenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne Shepherd…Reverend Gary DavisBukka WhiteBlind BlakePink AndersonSkip JamesLeadbellyRev. Gary DavisJosh White

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Etta Baker connections

Etta Baker grew out of Paul Clayton, shares an orbit with Reverend Gary Davis, Bukka White, Blind Blake and Pink Anderson, went on to shape Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Paul Clayton and Jake Xerxes Fussell. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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