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Count Ossie is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Oh Carolina, Cedric Brooks and Miriam Makeba. Those roots explain a lot about how Count Ossie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Winston Jarrett, Vin Gordon, Ronnie Davis, Joe White and The Itals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rico Rodriguez, Lloyd Knibb and Bob Marley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Count Ossie, reaching back through Oh Carolina and forward to Rico Rodriguez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Count Ossie, born Oswald Williams, was a Jamaican Rastafari drummer and band leader.
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Count Ossie connections
Count Ossie grew out of Oh Carolina, Cedric Brooks and Miriam Makeba, shares an orbit with Winston Jarrett, Vin Gordon, Ronnie Davis and Joe White, went on to shape Rico Rodriguez, Lloyd Knibb and Bob Marley. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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