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Mose Allison

Blues
Blues

Mose Allison is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Phil Upchurch, Willie Dixon and Jimmy Rogers. Those roots explain a lot about how Mose Allison arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wynton Kelly, Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Abbey Lincoln and Nancy Wilson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Who, Randy Newman, Georgie Fame, Leon Russell and The Clash, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Mose Allison, reaching back through Phil Upchurch and forward to The Who. 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
Mose AllisonPhil UpchurchWillie DixonJimmy RogersThe WhoRandy NewmanGeorgie FameLeon RussellThe ClashBonnie RaittVan MorrisonJimi HendrixWynton KellyDinah WashingtonCount BasieAbbey LincolnNancy WilsonFats WallerThe Ramsey Lewis TrioSarah Vaughan

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Mose Allison connections

Mose Allison grew out of Phil Upchurch, Willie Dixon and Jimmy Rogers, shares an orbit with Wynton Kelly, Dinah Washington, Count Basie and Abbey Lincoln, went on to shape The Who, Randy Newman, Georgie Fame and Leon Russell. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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