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Val Bennett

Val Bennett is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Take Five. Those roots explain a lot about how Val Bennett arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lloyd Charmers, The Kingstonians, Derrick Morgan, Don Drummond and Prince Buster, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lloyd Knibb, Ernest Ranglin, Prince Buster, Pat Kelly and Delroy Wilson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Val Bennett, reaching back through Take Five and forward to Lloyd Knibb. 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
Val BennettTake FiveLloyd KnibbErnest RanglinPrince BusterPat KellyDelroy WilsonBunny LeeHarry J AllstarsLee "Scratch" PerryLloyd CharmersThe KingstoniansDerrick MorganDon DrummondPrince BusterThe EthiopiansThe HeptonesByron Lee & The Drag…

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Val Bennett connections

Val Bennett grew out of Take Five, shares an orbit with Lloyd Charmers, The Kingstonians, Derrick Morgan and Don Drummond, went on to shape Lloyd Knibb, Ernest Ranglin, Prince Buster and Pat Kelly. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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