◇ image via WikipediaTyrone Downie
Tyrone Downie is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Alpha Blondy, Earl "Chinna" Smith and Vincent "Randy" Chin. Those roots explain a lot about how Tyrone Downie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Earl "Chinna" Smith, The Wailing Souls, Ronnie Davis and Vin Gordon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sly and Robbie, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Julian Marley, Grace Jones and The Abyssinians, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Tyrone Downie, reaching back through Alpha Blondy and forward to Sly and Robbie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tyrone Downie grew out of Alpha Blondy, Earl "Chinna" Smith and Vincent "Randy" Chin, shares an orbit with Earl "Chinna" Smith, The Wailing Souls, Ronnie Davis and Vin Gordon, went on to shape Sly and Robbie, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Julian Marley and Grace Jones. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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