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Sly Dunbar

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Reggae

Sly Dunbar is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Dave & Ansel Collins, Ansel Collins, Alpha Blondy, Lloyd Knibb and Toots Hibbert. 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, Scientist and Aswad, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Peter Tosh, The Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Ini Kamoze and Beenie Man, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Sly Dunbar, reaching back through Dave & Ansel Collins and forward to Peter Tosh. 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 DunbarDave & Ansel CollinsAnsel CollinsAlpha BlondyLloyd KnibbToots HibbertThe Legendary Pink D…Adé BantuVincent "Randy" ChinPeter ToshThe Mighty DiamondsBlack UhuruIni KamozeBeenie ManRed DragonJunior MurvinBob MarleySly & RobbieThe Mighty DiamondsThe AggrovatorsScientistAswadTwinkle BrothersU-RoyKing Tubby

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Sly Dunbar connections

Sly Dunbar grew out of Dave & Ansel Collins, Ansel Collins, Alpha Blondy and Lloyd Knibb, shares an orbit with Sly & Robbie, The Mighty Diamonds, The Aggrovators and Scientist, went on to shape Peter Tosh, The Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru and Ini Kamoze. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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