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Son Seals is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Rufus Thomas, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, Rosco Gordon and A.C. Reed. Those roots explain a lot about how Son Seals arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Slim Harpo, Charlie Musselwhite, Buster Benton, Albert King and John Lee Hooker, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phish, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Son Seals, reaching back through Rufus Thomas and forward to Phish. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Son Seals connections
Son Seals grew out of Rufus Thomas, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker and Rosco Gordon, shares an orbit with Slim Harpo, Charlie Musselwhite, Buster Benton and Albert King, went on to shape Phish. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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