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The Blues Brothers is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Brownie McGhee, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Sonny Terry. Those roots explain a lot about how The Blues Brothers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Commitments, Ray Charles, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Bo Diddley and Ike & Tina Turner, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Grateful Dead, ZZ Top, James Brown and Sam Fender, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around The Blues Brothers, reaching back through Brownie McGhee and forward to The Grateful Dead. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Blues Brothers connections
The Blues Brothers grew out of Brownie McGhee, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, shares an orbit with The Commitments, Ray Charles, George Thorogood & The Destroyers and Bo Diddley, went on to shape The Grateful Dead, ZZ Top, James Brown and Sam Fender. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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