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Memphis Minnie

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Memphis Minnie is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Lucille Bogan. Those roots explain a lot about how Memphis Minnie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Son House, Blind Blake, Bukka White, Bessie Smith and Leroy Carr, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Big Mama Thornton, Lucinda Williams, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Spann and Mazzy Star, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Memphis Minnie, reaching back through Lucille Bogan and forward to Big Mama Thornton. 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
Memphis MinnieLucille BoganBig Mama ThorntonLucinda WilliamsJefferson AirplaneOtis SpannMazzy StarLed ZeppelinJ.B. LenoirDonovanSon HouseBlind BlakeBukka WhiteBessie SmithLeroy CarrElmore JamesRobert JohnsonSkip James

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Memphis Minnie connections

Memphis Minnie grew out of Lucille Bogan, shares an orbit with Son House, Blind Blake, Bukka White and Bessie Smith, went on to shape Big Mama Thornton, Lucinda Williams, Jefferson Airplane and Otis Spann. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Memphis Minnie

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Sounds and acts that shaped Memphis Minnie.

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