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Wilko Johnson

Progressive rock
Progressive rockRhythm and blues

Wilko Johnson is a Progressive rock and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of 999, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Van Morrison. Those roots explain a lot about how Wilko Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dr. Feelgood, The Jeff Healey Band, Jeff Healey, Dave Edmunds and Chris Spedding, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Stranglers, John Lydon, Madness and Sea Power, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Wilko Johnson, reaching back through 999 and forward to Jean-Jacques Burnel. 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
Wilko Johnson999Johnny Kidd & The Pi…Chuck BerryBo DiddleyVan MorrisonBob DylanRay CharlesJean-Jacques BurnelThe StranglersJohn LydonMadnessSea PowerXutos & Pontapés22-20sBritish Sea PowerDr. FeelgoodThe Jeff Healey BandJeff HealeyDave EdmundsChris SpeddingIan DuryJohn Mayall & The Bl…Bo Diddley

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Wilko Johnson connections

Wilko Johnson grew out of 999, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, shares an orbit with Dr. Feelgood, The Jeff Healey Band, Jeff Healey and Dave Edmunds, went on to shape Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Stranglers, John Lydon and Madness. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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