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Augustus Pablo

Reggae
Reggae

Augustus Pablo is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Earl "Chinna" Smith, Vincent "Randy" Chin, Ansel Collins, Lloyd Charmers and Glen Adams. Those roots explain a lot about how Augustus Pablo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as King Tubby, Prince Jammy, The Aggrovators, Creation Rebel and Joe Gibbs & The Professionals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alpha & Omega, Glen Brown, Keith Hudson, Shanachie Records and Yami Bolo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Augustus Pablo, reaching back through Earl "Chinna" Smith and forward to Alpha & Omega. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Augustus PabloEarl "Chinna" SmithVincent "Randy" ChinAnsel CollinsLloyd CharmersGlen AdamsRobert ShakespeareAlpha & OmegaGlen BrownKeith HudsonShanachie RecordsYami BoloKing TubbyFred LocksDillingerKing TubbyPrince JammyThe AggrovatorsCreation RebelJoe Gibbs & The Prof…Yabby YouJunior MurvinJacob Miller

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Augustus Pablo connections

Augustus Pablo grew out of Earl "Chinna" Smith, Vincent "Randy" Chin, Ansel Collins and Lloyd Charmers, shares an orbit with King Tubby, Prince Jammy, The Aggrovators and Creation Rebel, went on to shape Alpha & Omega, Glen Brown, Keith Hudson and Shanachie Records. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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