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The Slickers

The Slickers is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Pioneers, Trojan Records and Byron Lee. Those roots explain a lot about how The Slickers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Melodians, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Clancy Eccles, Jimmy Cliff and The Ethiopians, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jerry Garcia Band, Jim Capaldi, Traffic, UB40 and Sublime, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around The Slickers, reaching back through The Pioneers and forward to Jerry Garcia Band. 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 SlickersThe PioneersTrojan RecordsByron LeeJerry Garcia BandJim CapaldiTrafficUB40SublimeThe SilencersTaj MahalJohn MartynThe MelodiansDesmond Dekker & The…Clancy EcclesJimmy CliffThe EthiopiansDerrick MorganToots and the MaytalsDandy

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The Slickers connections

The Slickers grew out of The Pioneers, Trojan Records and Byron Lee, shares an orbit with The Melodians, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Clancy Eccles and Jimmy Cliff, went on to shape Jerry Garcia Band, Jim Capaldi, Traffic and UB40. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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