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Johnny Shines

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Blues

Johnny Shines is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Shines arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mississippi Fred McDowell, Rev. Gary Davis, Skip James, Son House and Bukka White, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big Walter Horton, Robert Lockwood Jr., Sugar Blue, Snooky Pryor and Willie Dixon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Johnny Shines, reaching back through Mississippi Fred McDowell and forward to Big Walter Horton. 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
Johnny ShinesMississippi Fred McD…Robert JohnsonBig Walter HortonRobert Lockwood Jr.Sugar BlueSnooky PryorWillie DixonMississippi Fred McD…Rev. Gary DavisSkip JamesSon HouseBukka WhiteBig Walter HortonRoosevelt SykesRobert Johnson

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Johnny Shines connections

Johnny Shines grew out of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson, shares an orbit with Mississippi Fred McDowell, Rev. Gary Davis, Skip James and Son House, went on to shape Big Walter Horton, Robert Lockwood Jr., Sugar Blue and Snooky Pryor. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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