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Mikey Dread

Reggae
Reggae

Mikey Dread is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Bongo Herman, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Clash, Prince Far I and Creation Rebel. Those roots explain a lot about how Mikey Dread arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as King Tubby, Joe Gibbs & The Professionals, Jacob Miller, Wailing Souls and Dennis Brown, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rod Taylor, Junior Murvin, Earl Sixteen, John Brown's Body and Sugar Minott, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Mikey Dread, reaching back through Bongo Herman and forward to Rod Taylor. 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
Mikey DreadBongo HermanLee "Scratch" PerryThe ClashPrince Far ICreation RebelThe CongosUB40Freddie McGregorRod TaylorJunior MurvinEarl SixteenJohn Brown's BodySugar MinottKing TubbyJoe Gibbs & The Prof…Jacob MillerWailing SoulsDennis BrownGregory IsaacsU-RoyJunior Murvin

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Mikey Dread connections

Mikey Dread grew out of Bongo Herman, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Clash and Prince Far I, shares an orbit with King Tubby, Joe Gibbs & The Professionals, Jacob Miller and Wailing Souls, went on to shape Rod Taylor, Junior Murvin, Earl Sixteen and John Brown's Body. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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