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Sonny Boy Williamson I is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Sleepy John Estes. Those roots explain a lot about how Sonny Boy Williamson I arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ishman Bracey, Kokomo Arnold, Papa Charlie Jackson, Willie Brown and Jesse Fuller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Doctor Ross, Little Walter, Carey Bell, Muddy Waters and Billy Boy Arnold, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Sonny Boy Williamson I, reaching back through Sleepy John Estes and forward to Doctor Ross. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson was an American blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter. He is often regarded as the pioneer of the blues harp as a solo instrument. He played on hundreds of recordings by many pre–World War II blues artists. Under his own name, he was one of the most recorded blues musicians of the 1930s and 1940s and is closely associated with Chicago producer Lester Melrose and Bluebird Records. His popular songs, original or adapted, include "Good Morning, School Girl", "Sugar Mama", "Early in the Morning", and "Stop Breaking Down".
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Sonny Boy Williamson I grew out of Sleepy John Estes, shares an orbit with Ishman Bracey, Kokomo Arnold, Papa Charlie Jackson and Willie Brown, went on to shape Doctor Ross, Little Walter, Carey Bell and Muddy Waters. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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