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Tommy McCook

Ska
Ska

Tommy McCook is a Ska act. Their sound grew out of Rupie Edwards, Lloyd Charmers, The Aggrovators, Yabby You and The Abyssinians. Those roots explain a lot about how Tommy McCook arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Derrick Morgan, Owen Gray, The Techniques, Don Drummond and Lloyd Charmers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bitty McLean and Earl Lindo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Tommy McCook, reaching back through Rupie Edwards and forward to Bitty McLean. 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
Tommy McCookRupie EdwardsLloyd CharmersThe AggrovatorsYabby YouThe AbyssiniansBitty McLeanEarl LindoDerrick MorganOwen GrayThe TechniquesDon DrummondLloyd CharmersPrince BusterThe ParagonsThe Ethiopians

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Tommy McCook connections

Tommy McCook grew out of Rupie Edwards, Lloyd Charmers, The Aggrovators and Yabby You, shares an orbit with Derrick Morgan, Owen Gray, The Techniques and Don Drummond, went on to shape Bitty McLean and Earl Lindo. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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