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Wailing Souls

Wailing Souls is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ernest Ranglin, Jimmy Cliff, The Who, Black Uhuru and The Rolling Stones. Those roots explain a lot about how Wailing Souls arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Burning Spear, The Gladiators, Gregory Isaacs, Bunny Wailer and Steel Pulse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sublime, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Wailing Souls, reaching back through Ernest Ranglin and forward to Sublime. 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
Wailing SoulsErnest RanglinJimmy CliffThe WhoBlack UhuruThe Rolling StonesBob DylanThe BeatlesThe WailersSublimeBurning SpearThe GladiatorsGregory IsaacsBunny WailerSteel PulseThe Mighty DiamondsDennis BrownThe Viceroys

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Wailing Souls connections

Wailing Souls grew out of Ernest Ranglin, Jimmy Cliff, The Who and Black Uhuru, shares an orbit with Burning Spear, The Gladiators, Gregory Isaacs and Bunny Wailer, went on to shape Sublime. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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