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Jackie Mittoo

Ska
Ska

Jackie Mittoo is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of The Aggrovators, Cimarons and Ken Boothe. Those roots explain a lot about how Jackie Mittoo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Heptones, Lone Ranger, The Ethiopians, Derrick Harriott and Derrick Morgan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lord Tanamo, Sugar Minott, Musical Youth, Lily Allen and Superchunk, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Jackie Mittoo, reaching back through The Aggrovators and forward to Lord Tanamo. 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
Jackie MittooThe AggrovatorsCimaronsKen BootheLord TanamoSugar MinottMusical YouthLily AllenSuperchunkUB40Bob MarleyLeroy SibblesThe HeptonesLone RangerThe EthiopiansDerrick HarriottDerrick MorganFreddie McKayDennis BrownPrince Buster

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Jackie Mittoo connections

Jackie Mittoo grew out of The Aggrovators, Cimarons and Ken Boothe, shares an orbit with The Heptones, Lone Ranger, The Ethiopians and Derrick Harriott, went on to shape Lord Tanamo, Sugar Minott, Musical Youth and Lily Allen. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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