Drummer Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar (got his nickname Sly from listening to Sly Stone) and bass player Robert Shakespeare met in the mid seventies. Sly already had quite a reputation as a drummer. He had played on several Jamaican hit records. Robert Shakespear had already done a good deal of studio work,...
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Drummer Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar (got his nickname Sly from listening to Sly Stone) and bass player Robert Shakespeare met in the mid seventies. Sly already had quite a reputation as a drummer. He had played on several Jamaican hit records. Robert Shakespear had already done a good deal of studio work, like 'Stir it up' from Bob Marley and some stuff with the Aggravators. Sly was playing at a club called Tit for Tat and Robbie was up the street at Evil People. They heard each other playing on their breaks, and they liked what they heard. It didn't take very long for them to decide to form a rhythmic drum-'n-bass partnership, and Sly & Robbie was a fact. In Jamaica they released several albums with the Revolutionaries, some of which were later released in Europe and the USA.
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