◇ image via WikipediaZiggy Marley and the Melody Makers
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers is a Dancehall and Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Could You Be Loved, Nadine Sutherland, Bob Marley, The Wailers and Talking Heads. Those roots explain a lot about how Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steel Pulse, Aswad, Wailing Souls, Bob Marley & The Wailers and Junior Murvin, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into House of Shem, Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg, Ky-Mani Marley and Stephen Marley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, reaching back through Could You Be Loved and forward to House of Shem. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers connections
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers grew out of Could You Be Loved, Nadine Sutherland, Bob Marley and The Wailers, shares an orbit with Steel Pulse, Aswad, Wailing Souls and Bob Marley & The Wailers, went on to shape House of Shem, Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg and Ky-Mani Marley. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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