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Willy DeVille

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BluesHouseRhythm and blues

Willy DeVille is a Blues and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of John Lee Hooker, John Hammond, The Drifters, Chris Spedding and Eddie Bo. Those roots explain a lot about how Willy DeVille arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tony Joe White, Mark Knopfler, Popa Chubby, Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peter Wolf, Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Willy DeVille, reaching back through John Lee Hooker and forward to Peter Wolf. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Willy DeVilleJohn Lee HookerJohn HammondThe DriftersChris SpeddingEddie BoMark KnopflerJohn HiattMuddy WatersPeter WolfMark KnopflerDire StraitsTony Joe WhiteMark KnopflerPopa ChubbyVan MorrisonBruce Springsteen & …Snowy WhiteTim HardinNils Lofgren

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Willy DeVille connections

Willy DeVille grew out of John Lee Hooker, John Hammond, The Drifters and Chris Spedding, shares an orbit with Tony Joe White, Mark Knopfler, Popa Chubby and Van Morrison, went on to shape Peter Wolf, Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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