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Pinetop Perkins

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Pinetop Perkins is a Blues and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Larry Taylor, John Primer, Robert Nighthawk, Pinetop Smith and Otis Spann. Those roots explain a lot about how Pinetop Perkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Susan Tedeschi, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Witherspoon, Charlie Musselwhite and Lucky Peterson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ronnie Earl, Melvin Taylor, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Ike Turner and Jørgen Ingmann, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Pinetop Perkins, reaching back through Larry Taylor and forward to Ronnie Earl. 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
Pinetop PerkinsLarry TaylorJohn PrimerRobert NighthawkPinetop SmithOtis SpannHubert SumlinRonnie EarlMelvin TaylorKenny Wayne Shepherd…Ike TurnerJørgen IngmannKenny Wayne ShepherdThe Blues BrothersSusan TedeschiJohn Lee HookerJimmy WitherspoonCharlie MusselwhiteLucky PetersonElmore JamesTony Joe WhiteRoosevelt Sykes

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Pinetop Perkins connections

Pinetop Perkins grew out of Larry Taylor, John Primer, Robert Nighthawk and Pinetop Smith, shares an orbit with Susan Tedeschi, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Witherspoon and Charlie Musselwhite, went on to shape Ronnie Earl, Melvin Taylor, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and Ike Turner. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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