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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 Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Abbey Lincoln, Nancy Wilson and Fats Waller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Who, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison and Jimi Hendrix, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 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 NewmanBonnie RaittVan MorrisonJimi HendrixThe YardbirdsThe Rolling StonesTom WaitsDinah WashingtonCount BasieAbbey LincolnNancy WilsonFats WallerThe Ramsey Lewis TrioJimmy WitherspoonCarmen McRae

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Mose Allison connections

Mose Allison grew out of Phil Upchurch, Willie Dixon and Jimmy Rogers, shares an orbit with Dinah Washington, Count Basie, Abbey Lincoln and Nancy Wilson, went on to shape The Who, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt and Van Morrison. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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