◇ image via WikipediaSnooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Arhoolie Records and Ray Charles. Those roots explain a lot about how Snooks Eaglin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as J.B. Lenoir, Bo Diddley, Leadbelly, Elmore James and Skip James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Earl King, Amber, Allen Toussaint, The Wild Magnolias and Professor Longhair, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Snooks Eaglin, reaching back through Arhoolie Records and forward to Earl King. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Snooks Eaglin connections
Snooks Eaglin grew out of Arhoolie Records and Ray Charles, shares an orbit with J.B. Lenoir, Bo Diddley, Leadbelly and Elmore James, went on to shape Earl King, Amber, Allen Toussaint and The Wild Magnolias. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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