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Slim Smith

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Slim Smith is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Glen Adams, Bunny Lee, Jimmy Riley, Leroy Sibbles and Niney the Observer. Those roots explain a lot about how Slim Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sound Dimension, Clancy Eccles, Hopeton Lewis, The Heptones and Tommy McCook, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lloyd Charmers, The Cables, Errol Dunkley and Pat Kelly, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Slim Smith, reaching back through Glen Adams and forward to Lloyd Charmers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Slim Smith was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. In their book Reggae: The Rough Guide (1997), Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton described Smith as "the greatest vocalist to emerge in the rocksteady era".

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Slim SmithGlen AdamsBunny LeeJimmy RileyLeroy SibblesNiney the ObserverLloyd CharmersThe CablesErrol DunkleyPat KellySound DimensionClancy EcclesHopeton LewisThe HeptonesTommy McCookTommy McCook & The S…The KingstoniansThe Ethiopians

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Slim Smith connections

Slim Smith grew out of Glen Adams, Bunny Lee, Jimmy Riley and Leroy Sibbles, shares an orbit with Sound Dimension, Clancy Eccles, Hopeton Lewis and The Heptones, went on to shape Lloyd Charmers, The Cables, Errol Dunkley and Pat Kelly. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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