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! THE LIVING, BREATHING ART OF MUSIC HISTORY: THE ROOTS AND BRANCHES COURTESY OF WWW.THESESSIONS.ORG

COUNTRY: THE ROOTS: The //// & His Texas Playboys BRANCHES: Men: ////Charlie Pride/The Everly (see also Rock n’ Roll) WOMEN: //June Carter// INFLUENCED: , Zac Brown TRIBUTARY: BLUEGRASS: /Ralph & Carter Stanley/Ricky Scaggs/Allison Krauss TRIBUTARY: COUNTRY ROCK: (“Sweetheart Of The Rodeo”)/Poco/early Eagles/Graham Parsons/

THE : THE ROOTS (Men): (Delta) Johnson / /Charlie Patton//WC Handy/Lonnie Johnson () /Howlin’ Wolf/ //Otis /Elmore / - () - (Mississippi) BB King/ - (Texas) BRANCHES: Stevie Ray Vaughn//Led Zepplin/ The Fabulous Thunderbirds/Cream//early /Allman Brothers/Santana/ Blues MODERN: // /Keb Mo TRIBUTARY- TRANCE BLUES-Oxford MS -Black Possum Records—RL Burnside, ( are their disciples)

BLUES: THE ROOTS (Women): // (see also “”) Memphis Minnie (influenced Led Zepplin) BRANCHES (including ) : / Dinah ////Paul Butterfield Blues Band/Michael Bloomfield TODAY: / & //Keb Mo

GOSPEL: THE ROOTS: /Thomas A. Dorsey/James //Soul Stirrers ()/Swan Silvertones/Dixie Hummingbirds/Blind Boys of Mississippi BRANCHES & INFLUENCES: / (started in her father’s church in Detroit)/ Staple Singers-/ The Winans Family/Blind Boys of Alabama (legendary, still working)//-R&B crossover

JAZZ: THE ROOTS: /Buddy Bolden/Joe “King” Oliver/Bix Beiderbecke /Sidney Bechet/Baby Dodds//Kid Ory/ BRANCHES: //, , , ,, Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, , & Chick Corea (- influenced) /Dizzie Gillespie (-Cuban)/Lester Young// TRIBUTARY: The Sound: The Marsalis Family ()/ /Rebirth Brass Band/Harry Connick Jr./Dr. John (Mac Rebennack)////Preservation Hall Jazz Band VOCALISTS: Billie Holiday/Louis Prima//Peggy Lee/Joe Williams//// (see also “blues”)

FUNK: THE ROOTS: /Parliament- & P-Funk BRANCHES: Tower of Power/Sly & The Family Stone/Ohio Players//Chaka Kahn// TRIBUTARY: ”GoGo”(Washington DC): Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers INFLUENCED: Herbie Hancock/ ()/Living Colour/The Roots

RAP: THE ROOTS: the poetry of Gil Scott Heron/ Sugarhill Gang/ and The Furious Five BRANCHES: Public Enemy/Eric B. & Rakim/Run- D.M.C/LL Cool J//KRS-One//Big Daddy Kane/Kurtis Blow/Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force TRIBUTARIES: , Gangsta, Contemporary R&B, New Jack TODAY: //Nicki Minaj

SINGER/: BIG DADDIES: / THE ROOTS: ///// (Beach Boys) BRANCHES: ()/The Byrds//Simon & Garfunkel//Crosby, Stills & Nash///Eagles/ / / (Creedence Clearwater)///Tom Waits/Steely Dan/Lovin’ //The Mamas and the Papas/// TRIBUTARY: The Texas Sound: //Guy Clark

THE : (completely influenced at first by American soul and R&B) THE ROOTS: // Kinks /Animals / / BRANCHES: Jimi Hendrix/Queen/ Bowie/Mott The Hoople/Free/Bad Company/ (Faces)//Jeff /Traffic () ///Van Morrison INFLUENCED: Fashion

CLASSIC R&B: THE ROOTS: // /LaVern Baker/’s / (“Hound Dog”)///The “5” Royales BRANCHES: Bobby “Blue” Bland/ and /The Young Rascals/Delaney & Bonnie/The Righteous Brothers/The Drifters (Ben E. King) “MODERN R&B”: Mary J. Blige/The Roots ()/ TRIBUTARY: DOO WOP: ROOTS: Mills Brothers/Ink Spots CLASSICS: Dion/The Crests/Orioles/Five Satins/Platters/Flamingos TRIBUTARY: THE SOUND: Shirelles/Chiffons/Ronettes/

ROCK N’ ROLL & : THE ROOTS: ///// ////Wanda Jackson /////Fats Domino/Sister Rosetta Tharpe BRANCHES: Bruce Springsteen//Creedence Clearwater/R.E.M./U-2/ZZ Top// & The Heartbreakers

SOUL MUSIC: BIG DADDY: Ray Charles THE ROOTS: Sam Cooke (see also “Gospel”)/Aretha Franklin/Ike & //////Al Green (the Memphis and Muscle Shoals sounds)/Booker T & The MGs/Sam & Dave/ BRANCHES: / The O’Jays (The Philly Sound) / /Earth, Wind & Fire//Bettye Lavette TRIBUTARY: THE SOUND: / ()/Supremes/Temptations//Martha & The Vandellas INFLUENCED: /Duffy/Sam Smith/Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings/Kendrick LaMar

DISCO & DANCE MUSIC: THE ROOTS: Van McCoy//Gloria Gaynor/ Sound Machine ()/KC & The Sunshine Band/Chic/ /ABBA BRANCHES: /Sharon Jones & The Dapp Kings INFLUENCED: Culture and fashion

“” (merges rock, spoken word and modern dance/movement): THE ROOTS: Yoko Ono, The , B-52s Branches (Modern):

REGGAE: THE ROOTS: The Wailers (Bob & , ) Toots & The Maytals/Lee “Scratch” Perry/ BRANCHES: The Marley Family (Ziggy)//Eric Clapton (mid-period)/UB40// The Specials

“JAM”: THE ROOTS: The /: Lynyrd Skynyryd /Allman Brothers BRANCHES: Widespread Panic / Warren Haynes / Derek Trucks)/ Robert Randolph & The Family Band//Moe/Galactic/SoulLive/Umphrey's McGee

ROOTS OF RHYTHM: BIG DADDIES: Gene Krupa/Buddy Rich/Joe Morello/Baby Dodds BRANCHES: THE GREAT STUDIO CATS: Panama Frances// ///Al Jackson Jr. CLASSICS: / (Led Zepplin)/BJ Wilson ()/Bobby Elliot ()/Liberty DeVitto()/Mick Fleetwood/ (Rascals)/ ()/ (Chili Peppers)

PUNK: THE ROOTS: Velvet Underground/// Dolls/Clash/Patti Smith/ BRANCHES: Pretenders/Talking Heads/Blondie///

METAL/: BIG DADDIES: The Jimi Hendrix Experience/ THE ROOTS: //Ozzy Osborne & // BRANCHES: Kiss/Guns & Roses/ AC/DC

GRUNGE: THE ROOTS: Nirvana//Meat Puppets BRANCHES: INFLUENCES: Culture and fashion

AFROBEAT AND : THE ROOTS: BRANCHES: Worldwide…. Explore and be inspired!

CONNECTION AND CROSSOVER…Some suggestions…find your own! Black Keys-Trance Blues of Oxford MS

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash –true friends & partners

The Byrds & The Scene of the early (ties to Eagles, Poco, Flying Burrito Bros.)

Reggae: British artists influenced, incl. Eric Clapton

Hendrix: Blues/Funk fusion influenced many, incl. Miles Davis (and his lesser-known wife, Betty Davis)

Delta and —leading to a boom in both British and American artists like 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Led Zepplin, Eric Clapton, Keb Mo

Ray Charles & Sam Cooke: Gospel to R&B

SOME NAMES THAT STAND OUT FOR THEIR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION: These artists sparked a revolution. They either re-invented the genre they were in, or actually invented a genre of their own!

Bob Dylan Frank Zappa Louis Armstrong James Brown Bo Diddley Ray Charles The Beatles Hank Williams Mamie Smith & Bessie Smith Bill Monroe Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The SugarHill Gang Elvis Presley Mahalia Jackson and Thomas A. Dorsey Muddy Waters Jimi Hendrix Bob Wills Dizzie Gillespie Joni Mitchell Nirvana Sister Rosetta Tharpe Chuck Berry Sly & The Family Stone