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Magic Sam is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Eddie Boyd, John Primer, Cobra Records, A.C. Reed and Willie Dixon. Those roots explain a lot about how Magic Sam arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Elmore James, Earl Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Koko Taylor and J.B. Lenoir, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Syl Johnson, Eddy Clearwater, Freddie King, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Magic Sam, reaching back through Eddie Boyd and forward to Syl Johnson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Magic Sam connections
Magic Sam grew out of Eddie Boyd, John Primer, Cobra Records and A.C. Reed, shares an orbit with Elmore James, Earl Hooker, Big Walter Horton and Koko Taylor, went on to shape Syl Johnson, Eddy Clearwater, Freddie King and Buddy Guy. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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