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The Heptones

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Reggae

The Heptones is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Rupie Edwards, The Upsetters, Augustus Pablo, Niney the Observer and Boris Gardiner. Those roots explain a lot about how The Heptones arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Freddie McKay, Slim Smith, U-Roy, The Ethiopians and Tommy McCook & The Supersonics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Cables, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, The Wailers, The Maytals and The Techniques, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around The Heptones, reaching back through Rupie Edwards and forward to The Cables. 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 HeptonesRupie EdwardsThe UpsettersAugustus PabloNiney the ObserverBoris GardinerGlen CampbellBilly StewartThe TemptationsThe CablesSierra Leone's Refug…The WailersThe MaytalsThe TechniquesAlton EllisMusical YouthThe AbyssiniansFreddie McKaySlim SmithU-RoyThe EthiopiansTommy McCook & The S…Derrick HarriottJunior MurvinDerrick Morgan

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The Heptones connections

The Heptones grew out of Rupie Edwards, The Upsetters, Augustus Pablo and Niney the Observer, shares an orbit with Freddie McKay, Slim Smith, U-Roy and The Ethiopians, went on to shape The Cables, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, The Wailers and The Maytals. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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