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The Wailing Souls is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Linval Thompson, Uziah Thompson, Black Uhuru, Alborosie and Ernest Ranglin. Those roots explain a lot about how The Wailing Souls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Willi Williams, The Itals, Ranking Joe, Ronnie Davis and Winston Jarrett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jimmy Cliff, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around The Wailing Souls, reaching back through Linval Thompson and forward to Jimmy Cliff. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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The Wailing Souls grew out of Linval Thompson, Uziah Thompson, Black Uhuru and Alborosie, shares an orbit with Willi Williams, The Itals, Ranking Joe and Ronnie Davis, went on to shape Jimmy Cliff. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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