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Junior Parker

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Blues

Junior Parker is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Bobby Bland, James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Those roots explain a lot about how Junior Parker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rosco Gordon, Skip James, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Elmore James and Baby Huey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bobby Bland, Johnny Ace, Junior Wells, Ronnie Hawkins and Son Seals, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Junior Parker, reaching back through Bobby Bland and forward to Bobby Bland. 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
Junior ParkerBobby BlandJames CottonSonny Boy Williamson…Howlin' WolfBobby "Blue" BlandRoosevelt SykesRobert JohnsonGuitar SlimBobby BlandJohnny AceJunior WellsRonnie HawkinsSon SealsElvis PresleyBobby "Blue" BlandAl GreenRosco GordonSkip JamesJohnny "Guitar" WatsonElmore JamesBaby HueyO.V. WrightBig Joe TurnerPercy Mayfield

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Junior Parker connections

Junior Parker grew out of Bobby Bland, James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin' Wolf, shares an orbit with Rosco Gordon, Skip James, Johnny "Guitar" Watson and Elmore James, went on to shape Bobby Bland, Johnny Ace, Junior Wells and Ronnie Hawkins. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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