The “Rude Boy” Jamaicain Forma with his Sly Dunbar drummer’s accomplice One of the most famous rhythmic sections of the 1980s.
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With his accomplice Sly Dunbar, he had formed one of the two most famous rhythmic sections of Reggae, the other being that of the Barrett brothers, members of the Wailers of Bob Marley. Jamaican Bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who suffered from kidney problems, died on Wednesday, December 8 in Miami (Florida) at the age of 68. The brand for surname Sly and Robbie, also nicknamed Drumbar and Basspear, will have so much marked the story of the kind it exported its international talent.
With Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare leaves his name on the credits of tens of thousands of recordings, who go from albums from Peter Tosh after his departure from the Wailers to those of Grace Jones or Bob Dylan in the 1980s. Passing, in France, by the two kinds of Serge Gainsbourg, to Arms and Cætera (1979) and bad news from the stars (1981). Its unique leg is this round itself the silhouette of this taisseux with the dreadlocks covered with a Gavroche cap, imperturbably releasing the groove behind a syncope of its comprehension. At its debut on a slight bass höfner violin, then on a bulky fender jazz.
Born September 27, 1953 in Kingston, Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare grew up in an environment of musicians, including his elder brother Lloyd, who sings in 1967 with Max Romeo at The Emotions, Rocksteady Group, the style that made the style that made the Junction between SKA and reggae. The rough Boy first starts at the acoustic guitar he lets loose for four strings after meeting Aston “Family Man” Barrett, came in his neighborhood providing Ganja. The bassist of the Upsetters – who will soon join the Wailers with his brother drummer Carlton – gives him lessons, the horn and introduces it into the recording studios.
Partnership under the sign of magic
Robbie Shakespeare Lands Sly Dunbar in a club in 1972 but their partnership, placed by both the magic, if not the divine intervention, will take some time to materialize with The Revolutionaries, The group House of the Channel One Studios who had just featured a sixteen revolutionary track. The pair is noticed on the island in 1976 with the Right Time album of the Mighty Diamonds and especially by accompanying the singer Peter Tosh who publishes this same year Legalize It, his first post-Wailers album. With him, they have the opportunity to make himself known in North America in 1978, invited in the first part of the Rolling Stones. Sly and Robbie then join the Black Uhuru Group and work with its success with the classic Sinsemilla in 1980.
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