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Dave Barker

Dave Barker is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Glen Brown, James Brown, Otis Redding and The Upsetters. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave Barker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Derrick Morgan, Derrick Harriott, Lloyd Charmers, The Techniques and The Ethiopians, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sly Dunbar, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Dave Barker, reaching back through Glen Brown and forward to Sly Dunbar. 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
Dave BarkerGlen BrownJames BrownOtis ReddingThe UpsettersSly DunbarDerrick MorganDerrick HarriottLloyd CharmersThe TechniquesThe EthiopiansByron Lee & The Drag…Tommy McCook & The S…Owen Gray

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Dave Barker connections

Dave Barker grew out of Glen Brown, James Brown, Otis Redding and The Upsetters, shares an orbit with Derrick Morgan, Derrick Harriott, Lloyd Charmers and The Techniques, went on to shape Sly Dunbar. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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