Connection Map
Influences
The archive's influence-chain data with cited sources and relationship types.
| From | To | Relationship | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Patton | Howlin' Wolf | Principal blues idol / mentor | 15 | scholar |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Howlin' Wolf | Gave stage name | 15 | artist |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II | Howlin' Wolf | Taught harmonica | 15, 21 | unsourced |
| Pinetop Perkins | Ike Turner | Taught piano | 24 | unsourced |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II | B.B. King | Gave radio break | 24 | unsourced |
| Lowell Fulson | B.B. King | Recording inspiration | 24 | unsourced |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | T-Bone Walker | Mentor | 28 | scholar |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Memphis Slim | Mentor/bandleader | 25 | unsourced |
| Blind Boy Fuller | Sonny Terry | Playing partner | 27 | unsourced |
| Son House | Muddy Waters | Teacher/idol | 22 | scholar |
| Lomax family | Lead Belly | Discovery/champion | 22 | unsourced |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Memphis Slim | Piano style | 25 | unsourced |
| Speckled Red | Memphis Slim | Piano style | 25 | unsourced |
| Albert Ammons | Memphis Slim | Piano style | 25 | unsourced |
| Leroy Carr | Memphis Slim | Songwriting | 25 | unsourced |
| Leroy Carr | Robert Johnson | Songwriting | World College Radio Day | scholar |
| Louis Jordan | Chuck Berry | Guitar riffs | Louis Jordan ep | scholar |
| Louis Jordan | Rock and Roll | Format/economics | Louis Jordan ep | unsourced |
| Professor Longhair | Fats Domino | Piano style | Pre-CC Piano Blues | unsourced |
| Professor Longhair | Huey Piano Smith | Piano style | Pre-CC Piano Blues | unsourced |
| Professor Longhair | Dr. John | Piano style | Pre-CC Piano Blues | unsourced |
| Professor Longhair | Allen Toussaint | Piano style | Pre-CC Piano Blues | unsourced |
| Woody Guthrie | Bob Dylan | Performing style/attitude | 38 | unsourced |
| Pete Seeger | Bob Dylan | Performance philosophy | 38 | unsourced |
| Anthology of American Folk Music | Bob Dylan | Foundational repertoire | 38 | unsourced |
| Anthology of American Folk Music | Greenwich Village folk scene | Foundational repertoire | 38 | unsourced |
| Alberta Hunter | Bessie Smith | Down-Hearted Blues | 32 | unsourced |
| Ma Rainey | Bessie Smith | Generational predecessor | 32 | contested |
| Bessie Smith | Dinah Washington | Generational successor | 32 | scholar |
| Dinah Washington | Aretha Franklin | Generational successor | 32 | artist |
| Bessie Smith | Aretha Franklin | Multi-generational | 32 | unsourced |
| Big Bill Broonzy | British folk revival | European touring | 37 | unsourced |
| Big Bill Broonzy | McCartney/Lennon | Direct influence | 37 | unsourced |
| American Folk Blues Festival | British Invasion | Audience exposure | 36 | unsourced |
| British Invasion | American white blues revivalists | Reverse flow | 16 | unsourced |
| Canned Heat | European blues touring | Export catalyst | 35 | unsourced |
| Newport Folk Festival | Woodstock | Cultural chain | 33 | unsourced |
| Canned Heat | Sunnyland Slim | Rediscovery | 35 | unsourced |
| Canned Heat | Skip James | Rediscovery | 35 | unsourced |
| John Hammond | Alberta Hunter | Comeback | 19 | unsourced |
| Newport Folk Festival | Mississippi John Hurt | Rediscovery | 33 | unsourced |
| Alan Lomax | Son House | Rediscovery | 22 | unsourced |
| Sam Phillips | Howlin' Wolf | Recording | 15, 24, Wolf fragment | unsourced |
| Sam Phillips | Elvis Presley | Recording → sale | 24 | scholar |
| Alan Lomax | Muddy Waters | Field recording | 22 | scholar |
| Alan Lomax | Son House | Field recording | 22 | unsourced |
| Alan Lomax | Bukka White | Prison recording | 22 | unsourced |
| Alan Lomax | Woody Guthrie | Oral history | 22 | unsourced |
| Alan Lomax | Lead Belly | Prison recording | 22 | contested |
| Alan Lomax | Memphis Slim/Broonzy/Sonny Boy | Blues in the Mississippi Night | 37 | unsourced |
| Bob Geddins | Johnny Fuller | Production | 20 | unsourced |
| Quincy Jones | Louis Jordan | Arrangement/production | Jordan ep | unsourced |
| Ray Charles | Percy Mayfield | Label signing | 20 | unsourced |