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Little Willie John

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Little Willie John is a House act. Their sound grew out of Mable John and Otis Blackwell. 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, Brenton Wood and Percy Mayfield, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joe Tex, George Smith, Mink DeVille, Ted Taylor and James Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Little Willie John, reaching back through Mable John and forward to Joe Tex. 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
Little Willie JohnMable JohnOtis BlackwellJoe TexGeorge SmithMink DeVilleTed TaylorJames BrownPeggy LeeSam & DaveMary WellsChuck WillisIvory Joe HunterEdwin StarrBrenton WoodPercy MayfieldBo DiddleyJohnny "Guitar" WatsonBig Joe Turner

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Little Willie John connections

Little Willie John grew out of Mable John and Otis Blackwell, shares an orbit with Chuck Willis, Ivory Joe Hunter, Edwin Starr and Brenton Wood, went on to shape Joe Tex, George Smith, Mink DeVille and Ted Taylor. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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