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The Meditations

The Meditations is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Congos, Winston Jarrett, Dobby Dobson and The Impressions. Those roots explain a lot about how The Meditations arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jacob Miller, The Mighty Diamonds, Wayne Jarrett, The Heptones and Dennis Brown, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Clarke, Jimmy Cliff, The Congos, Marcia Aitken and The Mighty Diamonds, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around The Meditations, reaching back through The Congos and forward to Johnny Clarke. 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 MeditationsThe CongosWinston JarrettDobby DobsonThe ImpressionsJohnny ClarkeJimmy CliffThe CongosMarcia AitkenThe Mighty DiamondsBob MarleyGregory IsaacsJacob MillerThe Mighty DiamondsWayne JarrettThe HeptonesDennis BrownWailing SoulsHalf PintJunior Murvin

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The Meditations connections

The Meditations grew out of The Congos, Winston Jarrett, Dobby Dobson and The Impressions, shares an orbit with Jacob Miller, The Mighty Diamonds, Wayne Jarrett and The Heptones, went on to shape Johnny Clarke, Jimmy Cliff, The Congos and Marcia Aitken. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Meditations

Roots4

Sounds and acts that shaped The Meditations.

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Kindred18

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with The Meditations.

Bands The Meditations shaped

Legacy7

Where the influence of The Meditations travelled next.

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