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Owen Gray is a Gospel and Reggae act. Their catalogue also touches Ska. Their sound grew out of The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Millie Small and Bunny Lee. Those roots explain a lot about how Owen Gray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Derrick Morgan, Leroy Smart, The Techniques, Prince Buster and Nicky Thomas, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Millie, Derrick Morgan, Max Romeo, Delroy Wilson and Ken Boothe, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Owen Gray, reaching back through The Rolling Stones and forward to Millie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Owen Gray , also known as Owen Grey, was a Jamaican musician. His work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star.
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Owen Gray connections
Owen Gray grew out of The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Millie Small and Bunny Lee, shares an orbit with Derrick Morgan, Leroy Smart, The Techniques and Prince Buster, went on to shape Millie, Derrick Morgan, Max Romeo and Delroy Wilson. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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- Freddie McKayartist
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