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Leroy Smart

Leroy Smart is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dillinger, Ken Boothe, Johnny Osbourne, Bunny Lee and The Revolutionaries. Those roots explain a lot about how Leroy Smart arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Mighty Diamonds, Freddie McKay, Dennis Brown, Michael Prophet and Yabby You, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Junior Reid, Michael Palmer, Gregory Isaacs, Jacob Miller and Dillinger, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Leroy Smart, reaching back through Dillinger and forward to Junior Reid. 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
Leroy SmartDillingerKen BootheJohnny OsbourneBunny LeeThe RevolutionariesJunior ReidMichael PalmerGregory IsaacsJacob MillerDillingerDelroy WilsonJoe StrummerThe ClashThe Mighty DiamondsFreddie McKayDennis BrownMichael ProphetYabby YouThe HeptonesGregory IsaacsOwen Gray

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Leroy Smart connections

Leroy Smart grew out of Dillinger, Ken Boothe, Johnny Osbourne and Bunny Lee, shares an orbit with The Mighty Diamonds, Freddie McKay, Dennis Brown and Michael Prophet, went on to shape Junior Reid, Michael Palmer, Gregory Isaacs and Jacob Miller. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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