◇ image via WikipediaDon Drummond
Don Drummond is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Lloyd Charmers and Coxsone Dodd. Those roots explain a lot about how Don Drummond arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook, The Ethiopians, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics and Derrick Morgan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Keith Hudson, The Skatalites and Rico Rodriguez, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Don Drummond, reaching back through Lloyd Charmers and forward to Keith Hudson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Don Drummond was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes. In 1966, Drummond was convicted of murdering his 23-year-old lover, Anita "Marguerita" Mahfood.
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Don Drummond connections
Don Drummond grew out of Lloyd Charmers and Coxsone Dodd, shares an orbit with Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook, The Ethiopians and Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, went on to shape Keith Hudson, The Skatalites and Rico Rodriguez. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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