◇ image via WikipediaErnest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin is a Reggae and Ska act. Their sound grew out of Prince Buster, The Skatalites, Bob Marley, The Wailers and The Melodians. Those roots explain a lot about how Ernest Ranglin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tommy McCook, The Heptones, Jacob Miller, Sly & Robbie and The Abyssinians, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tony Allen, Courtney Pine, Michael Franti, Wailing Souls and Bob Marley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Ernest Ranglin, reaching back through Prince Buster and forward to Tony Allen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ernest Ranglin connections
Ernest Ranglin grew out of Prince Buster, The Skatalites, Bob Marley and The Wailers, shares an orbit with Tommy McCook, The Heptones, Jacob Miller and Sly & Robbie, went on to shape Tony Allen, Courtney Pine, Michael Franti and Wailing Souls. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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