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Jimmy Dawkins

Blues
Blues

Jimmy Dawkins is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Delmark Records, Arthur Crudup, Magic Sam and Otis Rush. Those roots explain a lot about how Jimmy Dawkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Son Seals, Charlie Musselwhite, Elmore James, Earl Hooker and Albert King, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sunnyland Slim, Luther Allison and Carey Bell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Jimmy Dawkins, reaching back through Delmark Records and forward to Sunnyland Slim. 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
Jimmy DawkinsDelmark RecordsArthur CrudupMagic SamOtis RushSunnyland SlimLuther AllisonCarey BellSon SealsCharlie MusselwhiteElmore JamesEarl HookerAlbert KingBuster BentonMagic SamLittle Walter

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Jimmy Dawkins connections

Jimmy Dawkins grew out of Delmark Records, Arthur Crudup, Magic Sam and Otis Rush, shares an orbit with Son Seals, Charlie Musselwhite, Elmore James and Earl Hooker, went on to shape Sunnyland Slim, Luther Allison and Carey Bell. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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