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Lloyd Charmers

Reggae
ReggaeSka

Lloyd Charmers is a Reggae and Ska act. Their sound grew out of Tinga Stewart, Slim Smith, Ken Boothe and Stranger Cole. Those roots explain a lot about how Lloyd Charmers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, The Kingstonians, Tommy McCook, Derrick Morgan and Nicky Thomas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Augustus Pablo, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Max Romeo and Tommy McCook, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Lloyd Charmers, reaching back through Tinga Stewart and forward to Augustus Pablo. 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
Lloyd CharmersTinga StewartSlim SmithKen BootheStranger ColeAugustus PabloDon DrummondRoland AlphonsoMax RomeoTommy McCookThe AbyssiniansCornell CampbellGregory IsaacsByron Lee & The Drag…The KingstoniansTommy McCookDerrick MorganNicky ThomasRoland AlphonsoTommy McCook & The S…Symarip

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Lloyd Charmers grew out of Tinga Stewart, Slim Smith, Ken Boothe and Stranger Cole, shares an orbit with Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, The Kingstonians, Tommy McCook and Derrick Morgan, went on to shape Augustus Pablo, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso and Max Romeo. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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