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Z.Z. Hill

Z.Z. Hill is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sam Cooke, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Otis Redding, George Jackson and Denise LaSalle. Those roots explain a lot about how Z.Z. Hill arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tyrone Davis, Johnnie Taylor, Latimore, Bobby Womack and Bloodstone, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Denise LaSalle, Madvillain and ZZ Top, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Z.Z. Hill, reaching back through Sam Cooke and forward to Denise LaSalle. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Arzell J. "Z. Z." Hill was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years. The track "Down Home Blues" has been called the best-known blues song of the 1980s. According to the Texas State Historical Association, Hill "devised a combination of blues and contemporary soul styling and helped to restore the blues to modern black consciousness."

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Z.Z. HillSam CookeBobby "Blue" BlandOtis ReddingGeorge JacksonDenise LaSalleDenise LaSalleMadvillainZZ TopTyrone DavisJohnnie TaylorLatimoreBobby WomackBloodstoneLittle BeaverThe DramaticsBobby "Blue" Bland

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Z.Z. Hill connections

Z.Z. Hill grew out of Sam Cooke, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Otis Redding and George Jackson, shares an orbit with Tyrone Davis, Johnnie Taylor, Latimore and Bobby Womack, went on to shape Denise LaSalle, Madvillain and ZZ Top. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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