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Sly and Robbie is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Tyrone Downie, The Congos, The Aggrovators, Night Nurse and Roots Radics. Those roots explain a lot about how Sly and Robbie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sound Dimension, Prince Jammy, King Tubby, Scientist and The Aggrovators, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joe Cocker, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Williams, Chaka Demus & Pliers and Shaggy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 72 connections around Sly and Robbie, reaching back through Tyrone Downie and forward to Joe Cocker. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sly and Robbie connections
Sly and Robbie grew out of Tyrone Downie, The Congos, The Aggrovators and Night Nurse, shares an orbit with Sound Dimension, Prince Jammy, King Tubby and Scientist, went on to shape Joe Cocker, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Williams and Chaka Demus & Pliers. 72 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sly and Robbie
Sounds and acts that shaped Sly and Robbie.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Sly and Robbie.
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Bands Sly and Robbie shaped
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