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Long John Baldry

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Blues

Long John Baldry is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Vic Briggs, Leroy Carr, Colin James, Cyril Davies and Blues Incorporated. Those roots explain a lot about how Long John Baldry arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chicken Shack, Free and Hot Tuna, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Elton John, Rod Stewart, Paul Jones and Maggie Bell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Long John Baldry, reaching back through Vic Briggs and forward to Elton John. 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
Long John BaldryVic BriggsLeroy CarrColin JamesCyril DaviesBlues IncorporatedBonnie DobsonMuddy WatersSister Rosetta TharpeElton JohnRod StewartPaul JonesMaggie BellJohn Mayall & The Bl…The Paul Butterfield…Chicken ShackFreeHot TunaManfred MannBo DiddleyThe Box Tops

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Long John Baldry connections

Long John Baldry grew out of Vic Briggs, Leroy Carr, Colin James and Cyril Davies, shares an orbit with John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chicken Shack and Free, went on to shape Elton John, Rod Stewart, Paul Jones and Maggie Bell. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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