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Hound Dog Taylor

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Blues

Hound Dog Taylor is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Elmore James. Those roots explain a lot about how Hound Dog Taylor arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Koko Taylor, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Skip James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sam Myers, Sonny Landreth, Elvin Bishop, Luther Allison and Patrick Sweany, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Hound Dog Taylor, reaching back through Elmore James and forward to Sam Myers. 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
Hound Dog TaylorElmore JamesSam MyersSonny LandrethElvin BishopLuther AllisonPatrick SweanyFreddie KingKoko TaylorDan AuerbachElmore JamesJohn Lee HookerKoko TaylorMississippi Fred McD…Skip JamesSon HouseKeb' Mo'Earl Hooker

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Hound Dog Taylor connections

Hound Dog Taylor grew out of Elmore James, shares an orbit with Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Koko Taylor and Mississippi Fred McDowell, went on to shape Sam Myers, Sonny Landreth, Elvin Bishop and Luther Allison. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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