Sister Rosetta Tharpe + Muddy Waters: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 4 steps. Where would you dig next?
Both performed for Granada’s Blues and Gospel Train, filmed at Wilbraham Road railway station on May 7, 1964.
Follow the route
Sister Rosetta Tharpe → Sister Rosetta Tharpe on Blues and Gospel Train (1964) → Blues and Gospel Train filming (1964) → Muddy Waters on Blues and Gospel Train (1964) → Muddy Waters
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe performed in Sister Rosetta Tharpe on Blues and Gospel Train (1964) (performer). Source
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe on Blues and Gospel Train (1964) is part of Blues and Gospel Train filming (1964). Source
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Muddy Waters on Blues and Gospel Train (1964) is part of Blues and Gospel Train filming (1964). Source
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Muddy Waters performed in Muddy Waters on Blues and Gospel Train (1964) (performer). Source
Keep the detail straight
May 7 is the filming date. The programme aired later; appearance segments, the filming event and the physical station are separate entries. No exact performance time is asserted.
Take a side trail
Three more rabbit holes
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An editorial recommendation for a change of direction; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Cash’s 2002 rendition of Hurt leads back to Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral.
Nine Inch Nails → The Downward Spiral → Hurt → Johnny Cash
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A country album sits behind Whitney Houston’s defining ballad.
An editorial recommendation for a change of direction; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Dolly Parton’s Jolene includes I Will Always Love You, later recorded by Whitney Houston.
Dolly Parton → Jolene → I Will Always Love You → Whitney Houston
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That Nirvana Unplugged song has a 1970 Bowie trail.
An editorial recommendation for a change of direction; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Nirvana performed the title song from David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World.
David Bowie → The Man Who Sold the World → The Man Who Sold the World → Nirvana
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Find a different route
Open Find, choose Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Muddy Waters and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.