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Victoria Spivey

Blues
Blues

Victoria Spivey is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Mamie Smith, Big Joe Williams and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Those roots explain a lot about how Victoria Spivey arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lucille Bogan, Bessie Smith, Roosevelt Sykes, Leroy Carr and Big Joe Turner, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Willie Dixon, Sippie Wallace, Otis Rush, Otis Spann and Roosevelt Sykes, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Victoria Spivey, reaching back through Mamie Smith and forward to Willie Dixon. 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
Victoria SpiveyMamie SmithBig Joe WilliamsBlind Lemon JeffersonWillie DixonSippie WallaceOtis RushOtis SpannRoosevelt SykesBig Joe WilliamsSugar BlueBig Joe TurnerLucille BoganBessie SmithRoosevelt SykesLeroy CarrBig Joe TurnerLouisiana RedLeadbellySleepy John Estes

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Victoria Spivey connections

Victoria Spivey grew out of Mamie Smith, Big Joe Williams and Blind Lemon Jefferson, shares an orbit with Lucille Bogan, Bessie Smith, Roosevelt Sykes and Leroy Carr, went on to shape Willie Dixon, Sippie Wallace, Otis Rush and Otis Spann. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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