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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 Roosevelt Sykes, J.B. Lenoir, Sleepy John Estes, Elmore James and Jimmy Witherspoon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Robert Lockwood Jr., Bob Hite and Luther Allison, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Sunnyland Slim, reaching back through Jimmy Dawkins and forward to Muddy Waters. 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 DawkinsMuddy WatersLittle WalterRobert Lockwood Jr.Bob HiteLuther AllisonLafayette Afro Rock …Roosevelt SykesJ.B. LenoirSleepy John EstesElmore JamesJimmy WitherspoonJohn Lee HookerSon HouseBukka White

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Sunnyland Slim connections

Sunnyland Slim grew out of Jimmy Dawkins, shares an orbit with Roosevelt Sykes, J.B. Lenoir, Sleepy John Estes and Elmore James, went on to shape Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Robert Lockwood Jr. and Bob Hite. 23 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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