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Professor Longhair

Blues
Blues

Professor Longhair is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Snooks Eaglin, Dr. John, Earl Palmer, Pérez Prado and Jelly Roll Morton. Those roots explain a lot about how Professor Longhair arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Bo, Ernie K-Doe, Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino and Chuck Willis, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Art Neville, Galactic, Ellen McIlwaine, Tab Benoit and Eddie Bo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Professor Longhair, reaching back through Snooks Eaglin and forward to Art Neville. 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
Professor LonghairSnooks EaglinDr. JohnEarl PalmerPérez PradoJelly Roll MortonEarl KingArt NevilleGalacticEllen McIlwaineTab BenoitEddie BoJon ClearyClarence "Frogman" H…Dr. JohnEddie BoErnie K-DoeBig Joe TurnerFats DominoChuck WillisRoosevelt SykesJon ClearyBo Diddley

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Professor Longhair connections

Professor Longhair grew out of Snooks Eaglin, Dr. John, Earl Palmer and Pérez Prado, shares an orbit with Eddie Bo, Ernie K-Doe, Big Joe Turner and Fats Domino, went on to shape Art Neville, Galactic, Ellen McIlwaine and Tab Benoit. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Professor Longhair

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Sounds and acts that shaped Professor Longhair.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Professor Longhair.

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