◇ image via WikipediaKokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Scrapper Blackwell. Those roots explain a lot about how Kokomo Arnold arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barbecue Bob, Willie Brown, Papa Charlie Jackson, Ishman Bracey and Robert Lockwood Jr., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Elmore James, Dan Auerbach, Robert Johnson, Josh White and Elvis Presley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Kokomo Arnold, reaching back through Scrapper Blackwell and forward to Elmore James. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Kokomo Arnold connections
Kokomo Arnold grew out of Scrapper Blackwell, shares an orbit with Barbecue Bob, Willie Brown, Papa Charlie Jackson and Ishman Bracey, went on to shape Elmore James, Dan Auerbach, Robert Johnson and Josh White. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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