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Marcia Ball

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BluesRhythm and blues

Marcia Ball is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of James Booker, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Irma Thomas and Alligator Records. Those roots explain a lot about how Marcia Ball arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charlie Musselwhite, Popa Chubby, Susan Tedeschi, Koko Taylor and The Robert Cray Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tracy Nelson and Nicolette Larson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Marcia Ball, reaching back through James Booker and forward to Tracy Nelson. 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
Marcia BallJames BookerFats DominoProfessor LonghairIrma ThomasAlligator RecordsTracy NelsonNicolette LarsonCharlie MusselwhitePopa ChubbySusan TedeschiKoko TaylorThe Robert Cray BandThe Paul Butterfield…Delbert McClintonTracy Nelson

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Marcia Ball connections

Marcia Ball grew out of James Booker, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and Irma Thomas, shares an orbit with Charlie Musselwhite, Popa Chubby, Susan Tedeschi and Koko Taylor, went on to shape Tracy Nelson and Nicolette Larson. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Marcia Ball

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Sounds and acts that shaped Marcia Ball.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Marcia Ball.

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