◇ image via WikipediaRoy Shirley
Roy Shirley is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Solomon Burke and Bunny Lee. Those roots explain a lot about how Roy Shirley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Versatiles, Joe White, Ansel Collins and The Maytones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jah Stitch, Derrick Morgan, Dennis Alcapone, Michael Prophet and Ken Boothe, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Roy Shirley, reaching back through Solomon Burke and forward to Jah Stitch. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Roy Shirley connections
Roy Shirley grew out of Solomon Burke and Bunny Lee, shares an orbit with The Versatiles, Joe White, Ansel Collins and The Maytones, went on to shape Jah Stitch, Derrick Morgan, Dennis Alcapone and Michael Prophet. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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