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Rory Block

Blues
Blues

Rory Block is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Maria Muldaur, Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Rev. Gary Davis and Son House. Those roots explain a lot about how Rory Block arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charlie Musselwhite, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Koko Taylor, Keb' Mo' and Robert Cray, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into David Bromberg and Taj Mahal, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Rory Block, reaching back through Maria Muldaur and forward to David Bromberg. 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
Rory BlockMaria MuldaurTommy JohnsonRobert JohnsonRev. Gary DavisSon HouseMississippi John HurtReverend Gary DavisPatty GriffinDavid BrombergTaj MahalCharlie MusselwhiteJean-Jacques MilteauKoko TaylorKeb' Mo'Robert CraySusan TedeschiJohn Mayall & The Bl…Otis Taylor

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Rory Block connections

Rory Block grew out of Maria Muldaur, Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson and Rev. Gary Davis, shares an orbit with Charlie Musselwhite, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Koko Taylor and Keb' Mo', went on to shape David Bromberg and Taj Mahal. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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