◇ image via WikipediaJacob Miller
Jacob Miller is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Niney the Observer, Earl Zero, Leroy Smart, Leroy Wallace and Augustus Pablo. 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, Peter Tosh and Wailing Souls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Althea & Donna, Nasio Fontaine, Daddy Freddy, King Tubby and Inner Circle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Jacob Miller, reaching back through Niney the Observer and forward to Althea & Donna. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
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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Jacob Miller connections
Jacob Miller grew out of Niney the Observer, Earl Zero, Leroy Smart and Leroy Wallace, shares an orbit with Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, The Mighty Diamonds and Peter Tosh, went on to shape Althea & Donna, Nasio Fontaine, Daddy Freddy and King Tubby. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Leroy Smartartist
- Michael Prophetartist
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