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Lonnie Johnson

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Lonnie Johnson is a Blues and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Mississippi John Hurt, Big Joe Williams, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Tampa Red and Scrapper Blackwell. Those roots explain a lot about how Lonnie Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Skip James, Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, Bukka White and Blind Blake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into B.B. King, Baby, Please Don't Go, Robert Johnson, Bob Dylan and Jerry Lee Lewis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Lonnie Johnson, reaching back through Mississippi John Hurt and forward to B.B. King. 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
Lonnie JohnsonMississippi John HurtBig Joe WilliamsBlind Lemon JeffersonTampa RedScrapper BlackwellB.B. KingBaby, Please Don't GoRobert JohnsonBob DylanJerry Lee LewisLaVern BakerElvis PresleyDjango ReinhardtSkip JamesElmore JamesJohn Lee HookerBukka WhiteBlind BlakeRoosevelt SykesLeadbellyLittle Walter

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Lonnie Johnson connections

Lonnie Johnson grew out of Mississippi John Hurt, Big Joe Williams, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Tampa Red, shares an orbit with Skip James, Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Bukka White, went on to shape B.B. King, Baby, Please Don't Go, Robert Johnson and Bob Dylan. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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