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Lucille Bogan

Lucille Bogan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Leroy Carr. Those roots explain a lot about how Lucille Bogan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Elmore James and Robert Johnson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Memphis Minnie and Blind Blake, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Lucille Bogan, reaching back through Ma Rainey and forward to Memphis Minnie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Lucille Bogan was an American classic female blues singer and songwriter, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. Music critic Ernest Borneman noted that Bogan was one of "the big three of the blues", along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. Many of Bogan's songs have been recorded by later blues and jazz musicians.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lucille BoganMa RaineyBessie SmithLeroy CarrMemphis MinnieBlind BlakeSister Rosetta TharpeBessie SmithJelly Roll MortonElmore JamesRobert JohnsonBig Joe TurnerBertha "Chippie" HillDinah Washington

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Lucille Bogan connections

Lucille Bogan grew out of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Leroy Carr, shares an orbit with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton and Elmore James, went on to shape Memphis Minnie and Blind Blake. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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