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Rico Rodriguez

Ska
Ska

Rico Rodriguez is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Oh Carolina, Count Ossie, Burning Spear, Ansel Collins and Don Drummond. Those roots explain a lot about how Rico Rodriguez arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, Ijahman Levi, The Heptones and The Mighty Diamonds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Specials, Paul Young, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jerry Dammers and The Foundations, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Rico Rodriguez, reaching back through Oh Carolina and forward to The Specials. 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
Rico RodriguezOh CarolinaCount OssieBurning SpearAnsel CollinsDon DrummondThe SpecialsPaul YoungLinton Kwesi JohnsonJerry DammersThe FoundationsPrince BusterDerrick MorganIjahman LeviThe HeptonesThe Mighty DiamondsDon DrummondU-RoySlim Smith

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Rico Rodriguez connections

Rico Rodriguez grew out of Oh Carolina, Count Ossie, Burning Spear and Ansel Collins, shares an orbit with Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, Ijahman Levi and The Heptones, went on to shape The Specials, Paul Young, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Jerry Dammers. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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