◇ image via WikipediaSam Chatmon
Sam Chatmon is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Charley Patton. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam Chatmon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Willie Brown, Ishman Bracey, Barbecue Bob, Kokomo Arnold and Robert Lockwood Jr., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bonnie Raitt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Sam Chatmon, reaching back through Charley Patton and forward to Bonnie Raitt. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sam Chatmon grew out of Charley Patton, shares an orbit with Willie Brown, Ishman Bracey, Barbecue Bob and Kokomo Arnold, went on to shape Bonnie Raitt. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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