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Mance Lipscomb

Blues
Blues

Mance Lipscomb is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mississippi John Hurt and Arhoolie Records. 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 Peter, Paul and Mary, Janis Joplin, Fred McDowell, Bob Dylan and Mississippi Fred McDowell, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Mance Lipscomb, reaching back through Mississippi John Hurt and forward to Peter, Paul and Mary. 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
Mance LipscombMississippi John HurtArhoolie RecordsPeter, Paul and MaryJanis JoplinFred McDowellBob DylanMississippi Fred McD…Skip JamesBukka WhiteSon HouseBlind Lemon JeffersonLeadbellyReverend Gary DavisElmore JamesMagic Sam

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Mance Lipscomb connections

Mance Lipscomb grew out of Mississippi John Hurt and Arhoolie Records, shares an orbit with Skip James, Bukka White, Son House and Blind Lemon Jefferson, went on to shape Peter, Paul and Mary, Janis Joplin, Fred McDowell and Bob Dylan. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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