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Clue J & His Blues Blasters

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Clue J & His Blues Blasters, led by double bassist Cluett Johnson with Ernest Ranglin, Rico Rodriguez, Roland Alphonso, Theophilus Beckford and Arkland "Drumbago" Parks, recorded "Shuffling Jug" (1959) for Coxsone Dodd; several members went on to form The Skatalites.

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Era: Open era →

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Story · Well supportedThe house bands that built the Jamaican sound

Singers and producers changed by the week; the studio band underneath them almost never did.