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The Gaylads

The Gaylads is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Coxsone Dodd, Leslie Kong and Lloyd Charmers. Those roots explain a lot about how The Gaylads arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Techniques, Derrick Morgan, The Ethiopians, The Paragons and Don Drummond, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, Bunny Wailer, Cornell Campbell and Ken Parker, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Gaylads, reaching back through Coxsone Dodd and forward to Ken Boothe. 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
The GayladsCoxsone DoddLeslie KongLloyd CharmersKen BootheDelroy WilsonBunny WailerCornell CampbellKen ParkerAfrican BrothersThe TechniquesDerrick MorganThe EthiopiansThe ParagonsDon DrummondThe JamaicansSlim SmithThe Kingstonians

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The Gaylads connections

The Gaylads grew out of Coxsone Dodd, Leslie Kong and Lloyd Charmers, shares an orbit with The Techniques, Derrick Morgan, The Ethiopians and The Paragons, went on to shape Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, Bunny Wailer and Cornell Campbell. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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