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Jerry Dammers

Ska
Ska

Jerry Dammers is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Gil Evans, Rico Rodriguez, The Wailing Wailers, The Who and The Kinks. Those roots explain a lot about how Jerry Dammers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Smiley Culture, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Madness, The Beat, The Selecter, UB40 and The Pioneers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Jerry Dammers, reaching back through Gil Evans and forward to Madness. 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
Jerry DammersGil EvansRico RodriguezThe Wailing WailersThe WhoThe KinksSun RaMadnessThe BeatThe SelecterUB40The PioneersThe CommunardsSimple MindsCarl BarâtSmiley Culture

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Jerry Dammers connections

Jerry Dammers grew out of Gil Evans, Rico Rodriguez, The Wailing Wailers and The Who, shares an orbit with Smiley Culture, went on to shape Madness, The Beat, The Selecter and UB40. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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