◇ image via WikipediaMichael Burks
Michael Burks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sonny Boy Williamson II. Those roots explain a lot about how Michael Burks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gregor Hilden, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, The Robert Cray Band, Snowy White and Robert Cray, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnnie Taylor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Michael Burks, reaching back through Sonny Boy Williamson II and forward to Johnnie Taylor. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Michael Burks was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tracks, "Everybody's Got Their Hand Out", "I Smell Smoke" and "Hard Come, Easy Go", and variously worked with Johnnie Taylor, O. V. Wright, and Marquise Knox. He was the son of the bassist, Frederick Burks.
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Michael Burks grew out of Sonny Boy Williamson II, shares an orbit with Gregor Hilden, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, The Robert Cray Band and Snowy White, went on to shape Johnnie Taylor. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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