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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Pinetop Smith, Bessie Smith and Big Bill Broonzy. Those roots explain a lot about how Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dreaming of You and Affection, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nina Simone, Eric Clapton, Derek and the Dominos, Jim Gordon and Duane Allman, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, reaching back through Pinetop Smith and forward to Nina Simone. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923 and originally performed in a Vaudeville-blues style in the aftermath of the 1920–1921 U.S. economic depression. A later 1929 recording by Bessie Smith became popular during the early years of the Great Depression due to the lyrics highlighting the fleeting nature of material wealth and the friendships that come and go with it. Since Smith's 1929 recording, the song has been interpreted by numerous musicians in a variety of styles.
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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out grew out of Pinetop Smith, Bessie Smith and Big Bill Broonzy, shares an orbit with Dreaming of You and Affection, went on to shape Nina Simone, Eric Clapton, Derek and the Dominos and Jim Gordon. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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