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Johnny Clarke

Reggae
Reggae

Johnny Clarke is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Bunny Lee, The Meditations, Rupie Edwards, Niney the Observer and Glen Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Johnny Clarke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dennis Brown, The Mighty Diamonds, Freddie McKay, The Heptones and Leroy Smart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into King Tubby, Freddie McKay and Barry Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Johnny Clarke, reaching back through Bunny Lee and forward to King Tubby. 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
Johnny ClarkeBunny LeeThe MeditationsRupie EdwardsNiney the ObserverGlen BrownEarl ZeroKing TubbyFreddie McKayBarry BrownDennis BrownThe Mighty DiamondsFreddie McKayThe HeptonesLeroy SmartJacob MillerKing TubbyGregory Isaacs

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Johnny Clarke connections

Johnny Clarke grew out of Bunny Lee, The Meditations, Rupie Edwards and Niney the Observer, shares an orbit with Dennis Brown, The Mighty Diamonds, Freddie McKay and The Heptones, went on to shape King Tubby, Freddie McKay and Barry Brown. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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