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Desmond Dekker is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Byron Lee, Jimmy Cliff, Derrick Morgan, Trojan Records and Leslie Kong. Those roots explain a lot about how Desmond Dekker arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Derrick Morgan, Toots and the Maytals, The Ethiopians and Prince Buster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob Marley, The Specials, Apache Indian, Robert Palmer and The Duke Spirit, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Desmond Dekker, reaching back through Byron Lee and forward to Bob Marley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Desmond Dekker connections
Desmond Dekker grew out of Byron Lee, Jimmy Cliff, Derrick Morgan and Trojan Records, shares an orbit with Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Derrick Morgan, Toots and the Maytals and The Ethiopians, went on to shape Bob Marley, The Specials, Apache Indian and Robert Palmer. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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