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Ruthie Foster is a Blues and Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Cas Haley, James Cotton, Larkin Poe, Bonnie Raitt and Aretha Franklin. Those roots explain a lot about how Ruthie Foster arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Keb' Mo', Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Etta James, Charlie Musselwhite and Susan Tedeschi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Paul Simon, Derek Trucks, Willie Nelson, James Taylor and Big Head Todd and the Monsters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Ruthie Foster, reaching back through Cas Haley and forward to Paul Simon. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ruthie Foster connections
Ruthie Foster grew out of Cas Haley, James Cotton, Larkin Poe and Bonnie Raitt, shares an orbit with Keb' Mo', Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Etta James and Charlie Musselwhite, went on to shape Paul Simon, Derek Trucks, Willie Nelson and James Taylor. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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