◇ image via WikipediaJames Booker
James Booker is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Peacock Records, The Beatles, Professor Longhair, Ray Charles and Fats Domino. Those roots explain a lot about how James Booker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Bo, Ernie K-Doe, Roosevelt Sykes, Irma Thomas and Fats Domino, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Randy Newman, Art Neville, Charles Neville, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around James Booker, reaching back through Peacock Records and forward to Randy Newman. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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James Booker connections
James Booker grew out of Peacock Records, The Beatles, Professor Longhair and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with Eddie Bo, Ernie K-Doe, Roosevelt Sykes and Irma Thomas, went on to shape Randy Newman, Art Neville, Charles Neville and Allen Toussaint. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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