◇ image via WikipediaThomas A. Dorsey
Thomas A. Dorsey is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ma Rainey and Tampa Red. Those roots explain a lot about how Thomas A. Dorsey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Dixie Hummingbirds and Clara Ward, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peace in the Valley, James Cleveland, Blind Willie McTell, Mahalia Jackson and Roberta Martin, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Thomas A. Dorsey, reaching back through Ma Rainey and forward to Peace in the Valley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Thomas Andrew Dorsey was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music. He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, including "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and "Peace in the Valley". Recordings of these sold millions of copies in both gospel and secular markets in the 20th century.
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Thomas A. Dorsey connections
Thomas A. Dorsey grew out of Ma Rainey and Tampa Red, shares an orbit with The Dixie Hummingbirds and Clara Ward, went on to shape Peace in the Valley, James Cleveland, Blind Willie McTell and Mahalia Jackson. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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