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Little Willie John is a House act. Their sound grew out of Otis Blackwell and Mable John. Those roots explain a lot about how Little Willie John arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chuck Willis, Ivory Joe Hunter, Edwin Starr, Percy Mayfield and Bo Diddley, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into George Smith, Joe Tex, Mink DeVille, Ted Taylor and James Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Little Willie John, reaching back through Otis Blackwell and forward to George Smith. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Little Willie John connections
Little Willie John grew out of Otis Blackwell and Mable John, shares an orbit with Chuck Willis, Ivory Joe Hunter, Edwin Starr and Percy Mayfield, went on to shape George Smith, Joe Tex, Mink DeVille and Ted Taylor. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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