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Shemekia Copeland is a Blues and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Steve Cropper, Dr. John, Koko Taylor, Johnny Copeland and Ruth Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Shemekia Copeland arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Susan Tedeschi, Michael Burks, Joanna Connor, Charlie Musselwhite and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Koko Taylor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Shemekia Copeland, reaching back through Steve Cropper and forward to Koko Taylor. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Shemekia Copeland grew out of Steve Cropper, Dr. John, Koko Taylor and Johnny Copeland, shares an orbit with Susan Tedeschi, Michael Burks, Joanna Connor and Charlie Musselwhite, went on to shape Koko Taylor. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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