◇ image via WikipediaPinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Ma Rainey. Those roots explain a lot about how Pinetop Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sammy Price, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Mayall, Pinetop Perkins, Tommy Dorsey, Bing Crosby and Count Basie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Pinetop Smith, reaching back through Ma Rainey and forward to John Mayall. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Pinetop Smith grew out of Ma Rainey, shares an orbit with Sammy Price, went on to shape John Mayall, Pinetop Perkins, Tommy Dorsey and Bing Crosby. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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