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Sunnyland Slim

Blues
Blues

Sunnyland Slim is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Jimmy Dawkins. Those roots explain a lot about how Sunnyland Slim arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pinetop Perkins, Roosevelt Sykes, J.B. Lenoir, Slim Harpo and Johnny Shines, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob Hite, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Robert Lockwood Jr. and Luther Allison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Sunnyland Slim, reaching back through Jimmy Dawkins and forward to Bob Hite. 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
Sunnyland SlimJimmy DawkinsBob HiteMuddy WatersLittle WalterRobert Lockwood Jr.Luther AllisonLafayette Afro Rock …Pinetop PerkinsRoosevelt SykesJ.B. LenoirSlim HarpoJohnny ShinesSleepy John EstesElmore JamesJimmy Witherspoon

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Sunnyland Slim connections

Sunnyland Slim grew out of Jimmy Dawkins, shares an orbit with Pinetop Perkins, Roosevelt Sykes, J.B. Lenoir and Slim Harpo, went on to shape Bob Hite, Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Robert Lockwood Jr.. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Sunnyland Slim

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped Sunnyland Slim.

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Legacy6

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