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Love in Vain is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Leroy Carr. Those roots explain a lot about how Love in Vain arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Take Five, Boom Boom and Once Upon a Time, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sonny Boy Williamson II, The Rolling Stones and Madeleine Peyroux, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Love in Vain, reaching back through Leroy Carr and forward to Sonny Boy Williamson II. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Love in Vain" is a blues song written by American musician Robert Johnson. Johnson's performance – vocal accompanied by his finger-style acoustic guitar playing – has been described as "devastatingly bleak". He recorded the song in 1937 during his last recording session and in 1939 it was issued as the last of his original 78 rpm records.
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Love in Vain grew out of Leroy Carr, shares an orbit with Take Five, Boom Boom and Once Upon a Time, went on to shape Sonny Boy Williamson II, The Rolling Stones and Madeleine Peyroux. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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