◇ image via WikipediaCarroll Thompson
Carroll Thompson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Phyllis Dillon and Courtney Pine. Those roots explain a lot about how Carroll Thompson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Barry Biggs, Louisa Mark, Dennis Brown, Beres Hammond and Gregory Isaacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Courtney Pine, Aswad and Sugar Minott, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Carroll Thompson, reaching back through Phyllis Dillon and forward to Courtney Pine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Carroll Thompson connections
Carroll Thompson grew out of Phyllis Dillon and Courtney Pine, shares an orbit with Barry Biggs, Louisa Mark, Dennis Brown and Beres Hammond, went on to shape Courtney Pine, Aswad and Sugar Minott. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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