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Lowell Fulson is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Arhoolie Records, Willie Dixon, Why Don't We Do It in the Road?, Memphis Slim and Charles Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Lowell Fulson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rosco Gordon, Johnny Copeland, Koko Taylor, Jimmy Witherspoon and Elmore James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jimmy McCracklin, Junior Kimbrough, Clifton Chenier, Love Symbol and From the Cradle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Lowell Fulson, reaching back through Arhoolie Records and forward to Jimmy McCracklin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lowell Fulson connections
Lowell Fulson grew out of Arhoolie Records, Willie Dixon, Why Don't We Do It in the Road? and Memphis Slim, shares an orbit with Rosco Gordon, Johnny Copeland, Koko Taylor and Jimmy Witherspoon, went on to shape Jimmy McCracklin, Junior Kimbrough, Clifton Chenier and Love Symbol. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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