◇ image via WikipediaMance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Arhoolie Records and Mississippi John Hurt. Those roots explain a lot about how Mance Lipscomb arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leadbelly, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Janis Joplin, Peter, Paul and Mary, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bob Dylan and Fred McDowell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Mance Lipscomb, reaching back through Arhoolie Records and forward to Janis Joplin. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mance Lipscomb connections
Mance Lipscomb grew out of Arhoolie Records and Mississippi John Hurt, shares an orbit with Skip James, Bukka White, Son House and Blind Lemon Jefferson, went on to shape Janis Joplin, Peter, Paul and Mary, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Bob Dylan. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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