◇ image via WikipediaFreddie McKay
Freddie McKay is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johnny Clarke, Burning Spear, Horace Andy, Coxsone Dodd and Dennis Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Freddie McKay arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Heptones, Lacksley Castell, Hopeton Lewis, Twinkle Brothers and Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Freddie McKay, reaching back through Johnny Clarke. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Freddie McKay connections
Freddie McKay grew out of Johnny Clarke, Burning Spear, Horace Andy and Coxsone Dodd, shares an orbit with The Heptones, Lacksley Castell, Hopeton Lewis and Twinkle Brothers. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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