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Jacob Miller

Reggae
Reggae

Jacob Miller is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Niney the Observer, Leroy Smart, Augustus Pablo, The Wailers and Leroy Wallace. Those roots explain a lot about how Jacob Miller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, The Mighty Diamonds, Wailing Souls and Pablo Moses, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Daddy Freddy, King Tubby, Inner Circle, Maxi Priest and Althea & Donna, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Jacob Miller, reaching back through Niney the Observer and forward to Daddy Freddy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Jacob Miller was a Jamaican reggae artist. His first recording session was with the producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd in the late 1960s. While pursuing a solo career, he became the lead singer for Inner Circle, a Jamaican roots reggae band. Miller recorded and toured with Inner Circle before he died in a car crash in early 1980 at age 27. His age is very similar to American rockstar Jimi Hendrix, much compared to English singer John Lennon of the Beatles.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jacob MillerNiney the ObserverLeroy SmartAugustus PabloThe WailersLeroy WallaceEarl ZeroDaddy FreddyKing TubbyInner CircleMaxi PriestAlthea & DonnaNasio FontaineDennis BrownGregory IsaacsThe Mighty DiamondsWailing SoulsPablo MosesIjahman LeviThe AbyssiniansBlack Roots

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Jacob Miller grew out of Niney the Observer, Leroy Smart, Augustus Pablo and The Wailers, shares an orbit with Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, The Mighty Diamonds and Wailing Souls, went on to shape Daddy Freddy, King Tubby, Inner Circle and Maxi Priest. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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