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The Cables is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Heptones, The Aces, Slim Smith, The In Crowd and Third World. Those roots explain a lot about how The Cables arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Maytones, Joe White, The Versatiles and Vin Gordon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo and The Gladiators, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around The Cables, reaching back through The Heptones and forward to Dennis Alcapone. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Cables connections
The Cables grew out of The Heptones, The Aces, Slim Smith and The In Crowd, shares an orbit with The Maytones, Joe White, The Versatiles and Vin Gordon, went on to shape Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo and The Gladiators. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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