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The Mighty Diamonds is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Meditations, Tapper Zukie, The Temptations, The Stylistics and The Impressions. Those roots explain a lot about how The Mighty Diamonds arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Sugar Minott, Johnny Clarke, Dennis Brown, Wailing Souls and Jacob Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Musical Youth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around The Mighty Diamonds, reaching back through The Meditations and forward to Musical Youth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Mighty Diamonds were a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence. The group was formed in 1969 and were best known for their 1976 debut album, Right Time, produced by Joseph Hoo Kim, and the 1979 release, Deeper Roots.
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The Mighty Diamonds connections
The Mighty Diamonds grew out of The Meditations, Tapper Zukie, The Temptations and The Stylistics, shares an orbit with Sugar Minott, Johnny Clarke, Dennis Brown and Wailing Souls, went on to shape Musical Youth. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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