◇ image via WikipediaRobert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr. is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Johnny Shines, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf. Those roots explain a lot about how Robert Lockwood Jr. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Billy Branch, Kokomo Arnold, Paul Butterfield, Doctor Ross and Lightnin' Slim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Freddie King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Rogers and Sam Myers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Robert Lockwood Jr., reaching back through Robert Johnson and forward to Freddie King. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Robert Lockwood Jr. grew out of Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Johnny Shines and Elmore James, shares an orbit with Billy Branch, Kokomo Arnold, Paul Butterfield and Doctor Ross, went on to shape Freddie King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Rogers and Sam Myers. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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