◇ image via WikipediaJimmy Dawkins
Jimmy Dawkins is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Magic Sam, Delmark Records, Arthur Crudup 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 Charlie Musselwhite, Elmore James, Earl Hooker, Little Walter and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sunnyland Slim, Carey Bell and Luther Allison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Jimmy Dawkins, reaching back through Magic Sam 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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Jimmy Dawkins connections
Jimmy Dawkins grew out of Magic Sam, Delmark Records, Arthur Crudup and Otis Rush, shares an orbit with Charlie Musselwhite, Elmore James, Earl Hooker and Little Walter, went on to shape Sunnyland Slim, Carey Bell and Luther Allison. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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