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Tony Joe White

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Tony Joe White is a Blues and Country act. Their sound grew out of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bobbie Gentry and Billy Swan. Those roots explain a lot about how Tony Joe White arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Snowy White, Peter Green, Popa Chubby, Mark Knopfler and Delbert McClinton, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Cruel Sea, Randy Crawford, Maria McKee, Brook Benton and Tina Turner, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Tony Joe White, reaching back through Creedence Clearwater Revival and forward to The Cruel Sea. 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
Tony Joe WhiteCreedence Clearwater…Lightnin' HopkinsBobbie GentryBilly SwanThe Cruel SeaRandy CrawfordMaria McKeeBrook BentonTina TurnerJoe DassinElvis PresleyJoe BonamassaSnowy WhitePeter GreenPopa ChubbyMark KnopflerDelbert McClintonOtis TaylorEric ClaptonRoy Buchanan

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Tony Joe White grew out of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bobbie Gentry and Billy Swan, shares an orbit with Snowy White, Peter Green, Popa Chubby and Mark Knopfler, went on to shape The Cruel Sea, Randy Crawford, Maria McKee and Brook Benton. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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