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Paul Butterfield is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Muddy Waters, Levon Helm, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Otis Rush. Those roots explain a lot about how Paul Butterfield arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Branch, Doctor Ross and Robert Lockwood Jr., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jason Ricci, Cream, Surrealistic Pillow, Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bishop, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Paul Butterfield, reaching back through Muddy Waters and forward to Jason Ricci. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Paul Butterfield connections
Paul Butterfield grew out of Muddy Waters, Levon Helm, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, shares an orbit with Billy Branch, Doctor Ross and Robert Lockwood Jr., went on to shape Jason Ricci, Cream, Surrealistic Pillow and Charlie Musselwhite. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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