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Earl Sixteen

Earl Sixteen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dennis Brown, Winston McAnuff, Mikey Dread, Augustus Pablo and Kofi. Those roots explain a lot about how Earl Sixteen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wailing Souls, Leroy Smart, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs and The Abyssinians, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dreadzone, Leftfield and Dennis Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Earl Sixteen, reaching back through Dennis Brown and forward to Dreadzone. 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
Earl SixteenDennis BrownWinston McAnuffMikey DreadAugustus PabloKofiDreadzoneLeftfieldDennis BrownWailing SoulsLeroy SmartDennis BrownGregory IsaacsThe AbyssiniansBlack RootsTwinkle BrothersU-Roy

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Earl Sixteen connections

Earl Sixteen grew out of Dennis Brown, Winston McAnuff, Mikey Dread and Augustus Pablo, shares an orbit with Wailing Souls, Leroy Smart, Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs, went on to shape Dreadzone, Leftfield and Dennis Brown. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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