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Fred McDowell

Blues
Blues

Fred McDowell is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Bukka White, Willie Dixon and Mance Lipscomb. Those roots explain a lot about how Fred McDowell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Son House, Skip James, Rev. Gary Davis, Bukka White and Robert Johnson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kelly Joe Phelps, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones, Love You Live and Corey Harris, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Fred McDowell, reaching back through Bukka White and forward to Kelly Joe Phelps. 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
Fred McDowellBukka WhiteWillie DixonMance LipscombKelly Joe PhelpsBonnie RaittThe Rolling StonesLove You LiveCorey HarrisSon HouseSkip JamesRev. Gary DavisBukka WhiteRobert JohnsonReverend Gary DavisLeadbellyBlind Blake

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Fred McDowell connections

Fred McDowell grew out of Bukka White, Willie Dixon and Mance Lipscomb, shares an orbit with Son House, Skip James, Rev. Gary Davis and Bukka White, went on to shape Kelly Joe Phelps, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and Love You Live. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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