◇ image via WikipediaLazy Lester
Lazy Lester is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jimmie Vaughan, Lightnin' Hopkins and Slim Harpo. Those roots explain a lot about how Lazy Lester arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker, Koko Taylor and Elmore James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Kenny Neal, Kim Wilson and Aerosmith, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Lazy Lester, reaching back through Jimmie Vaughan and forward to The Neville Brothers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lazy Lester connections
Lazy Lester grew out of Jimmie Vaughan, Lightnin' Hopkins and Slim Harpo, shares an orbit with Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker and Koko Taylor, went on to shape The Neville Brothers, Dr. John, Kenny Neal and Kim Wilson. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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