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Rita Marley

Reggae
Reggae

Rita Marley is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Crying in the Chapel, I Threes, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Nora Dean and Exuma. Those roots explain a lot about how Rita Marley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Marcia Griffiths, Peter Tosh, Wailing Souls, Matumbi and Linton Kwesi Johnson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Denver, Khaled, Shanachie Records, Los Pericos and Sharon Marley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 47 connections around Rita Marley, reaching back through Crying in the Chapel and forward to John Denver. 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
Rita MarleyCrying in the ChapelI ThreesZiggy Marley & The M…Nora DeanExumaZiggy MarleyPete SeegerBob MarleyJohn DenverKhaledShanachie RecordsLos PericosSharon MarleyNadine SutherlandFergieJohnny NashMarcia GriffithsPeter ToshWailing SoulsMatumbiLinton Kwesi JohnsonClinton FearonZiggy MarleyMax Romeo

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Rita Marley connections

Rita Marley grew out of Crying in the Chapel, I Threes, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers and Nora Dean, shares an orbit with Marcia Griffiths, Peter Tosh, Wailing Souls and Matumbi, went on to shape John Denver, Khaled, Shanachie Records and Los Pericos. 47 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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