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Joe Tex

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Joe Tex is a House act. Their sound grew out of Reggie Young, Jack Clement, Little Willie John, Jackie Wilson and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Joe Tex arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Big Joe Turner, Chuck Willis, The Drifters, Percy Sledge and Betty Everett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sandy Posey, Buckwheat Zydeco, Swamp Dogg, Black Merda and The Shangri-Las, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Joe Tex, reaching back through Reggie Young and forward to Sandy Posey. 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
Joe TexReggie YoungJack ClementLittle Willie JohnJackie WilsonJames BrownLittle RichardEtta JamesWilson PickettSandy PoseyBuckwheat ZydecoSwamp DoggBlack MerdaThe Shangri-LasJimi HendrixJames BrownWalter TroutBig Joe TurnerChuck WillisThe DriftersPercy SledgeBetty EverettIke & Tina TurnerThe J.B.'sThe Contours

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Joe Tex connections

Joe Tex grew out of Reggie Young, Jack Clement, Little Willie John and Jackie Wilson, shares an orbit with Big Joe Turner, Chuck Willis, The Drifters and Percy Sledge, went on to shape Sandy Posey, Buckwheat Zydeco, Swamp Dogg and Black Merda. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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