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Sly Dunbar

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Reggae

Sly Dunbar is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Adé Bantu, Toots Hibbert, The Legendary Pink Dots, Vincent "Randy" Chin and Burning Spear. Those roots explain a lot about how Sly Dunbar arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sly & Robbie, The Mighty Diamonds, The Aggrovators, Aswad and Twinkle Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Ini Kamoze, Beenie Man and Red Dragon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Sly Dunbar, reaching back through Adé Bantu and forward to The Mighty Diamonds. 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
Sly DunbarAdé BantuToots HibbertThe Legendary Pink D…Vincent "Randy" ChinBurning SpearLee "Scratch" PerryDave BarkerAnsel CollinsThe Mighty DiamondsBlack UhuruIni KamozeBeenie ManRed DragonJunior MurvinBob MarleyBob DylanSly & RobbieThe Mighty DiamondsThe AggrovatorsAswadTwinkle BrothersU-RoyKing TubbyGregory Isaacs

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Sly Dunbar connections

Sly Dunbar grew out of Adé Bantu, Toots Hibbert, The Legendary Pink Dots and Vincent "Randy" Chin, shares an orbit with Sly & Robbie, The Mighty Diamonds, The Aggrovators and Aswad, went on to shape The Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Ini Kamoze and Beenie Man. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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