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Ma Rainey

Blues
Blues

Ma Rainey is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Papa Charlie Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Ma Rainey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bessie Smith, Lucille Bogan, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Koko Taylor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Sippie Wallace, Pinetop Smith, Chuck Willis and Howlin' Wolf, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Ma Rainey, reaching back through Papa Charlie Jackson and forward to Bertha "Chippie" Hill. 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
Ma RaineyPapa Charlie JacksonBertha "Chippie" HillSippie WallacePinetop SmithChuck WillisHowlin' WolfMahalia JacksonBessie SmithIda CoxBessie SmithLucille BoganSister Rosetta TharpeBlind Lemon JeffersonKoko TaylorLeadbellyBlind BlakeRobert Johnson

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Ma Rainey connections

Ma Rainey grew out of Papa Charlie Jackson, shares an orbit with Bessie Smith, Lucille Bogan, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Blind Lemon Jefferson, went on to shape Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Sippie Wallace, Pinetop Smith and Chuck Willis. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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