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Sleepy John Estes

Blues
Blues

Sleepy John Estes is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Delmark Records. Those roots explain a lot about how Sleepy John Estes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bukka White, Son House, Elmore James, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Louisiana Red, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob Dylan, Big Maceo Merriweather, Corey Harris, Sonny Boy Williamson I and Mike Bloomfield, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Sleepy John Estes, reaching back through Delmark Records and forward to Bob Dylan. 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
Sleepy John EstesDelmark RecordsBob DylanBig Maceo MerriweatherCorey HarrisSonny Boy Williamson IMike BloomfieldPokey LaFargeJohn LennonLed ZeppelinBukka WhiteSon HouseElmore JamesMississippi Fred McD…Louisiana RedBlind Lemon JeffersonSkip JamesRoosevelt Sykes

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Sleepy John Estes connections

Sleepy John Estes grew out of Delmark Records, shares an orbit with Bukka White, Son House, Elmore James and Mississippi Fred McDowell, went on to shape Bob Dylan, Big Maceo Merriweather, Corey Harris and Sonny Boy Williamson I. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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