◇ image via WikipediaGuitar Slim
Guitar Slim is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of T-Bone Walker, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Muddy Waters. Those roots explain a lot about how Guitar Slim arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ray Charles, Slim Harpo, Roosevelt Sykes, Magic Sam and Elmore James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Frank Zappa, Leon Haywood, Barbara Lynn, Earl King and Junior Parker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Guitar Slim, reaching back through T-Bone Walker and forward to Frank Zappa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Guitar Slim connections
Guitar Slim grew out of T-Bone Walker, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Muddy Waters, shares an orbit with Ray Charles, Slim Harpo, Roosevelt Sykes and Magic Sam, went on to shape Frank Zappa, Leon Haywood, Barbara Lynn and Earl King. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Slim Harpoartist
- Roosevelt Sykesartist
- Magic Samartist
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- Rosco Gordonartist
- Albert Kingartist
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- Mississippi Fred McDowellartist
- Bukka Whiteartist
- Percy Mayfieldartist
- John Lee Hookerartist
- Earl Hookerartist
- Bo Diddleyartist
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