◇ image via WikipediaDave Barker
Dave Barker is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Upsetters, James Brown, Otis Redding and Glen Brown. 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 18 connections around Dave Barker, reaching back through The Upsetters 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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Dave Barker connections
Dave Barker grew out of The Upsetters, James Brown, Otis Redding and Glen Brown, shares an orbit with Derrick Morgan, Derrick Harriott, Lloyd Charmers and The Techniques, went on to shape Sly Dunbar. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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