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James Booker

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Blues

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, Bobby Charles and Fats Waller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Randy Newman, Harry Connick Jr., Ellis Marsalis Jr., Marcia Ball and George Winston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 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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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
James BookerPeacock RecordsThe BeatlesProfessor LonghairRay CharlesFats DominoEarl PalmerLittle RichardArthur RubinsteinRandy NewmanHarry Connick Jr.Ellis Marsalis Jr.Marcia BallGeorge WinstonArt NevilleCharles NevilleAllen ToussaintEddie BoErnie K-DoeRoosevelt SykesBobby CharlesFats WallerIrma ThomasFats DominoJon Cleary

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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 Bobby Charles, went on to shape Randy Newman, Harry Connick Jr., Ellis Marsalis Jr. and Marcia Ball. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced James Booker

Roots11

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with James Booker.

Bands James Booker shaped

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