![]() ![]() ![]() During a 1997 interview, he recalled, "I saw ( Knibbs) playing and I thought, 'I want to be a drummer' because he's the hardest worker in the band. According to Keyboard Magazine, "(Dunbar's) electro/acoustic shuffles and stomps are second to none".ĭunbar's earliest inspiration for playing the drums was sparked while watching Lloyd Knibbs and the Skatalites on television. ![]() On his own, Dunbar has recorded four solo albums - Simply Sly Man in 1976, Sly, Wicked and Slick in 1977, Sly Go Ville in 1982, and Reggae Drumsplash, an encyclopedic exploration of Jamaican rhythms that includes 843 sampled loops, in 1997. Sly & Robbie's own albums include Friends, which received a Grammy award as "Best Reggae Album" in 1999. As one-half of the Riddim Twins, Dunbar joined with bassist Robbie Shakespeare to provide the rhythm section and/or production for recordings by reggae artists including Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, the Mighty Diamonds, and U-Roy and non-Jamaican performers including Bob Dylan, Grace Jones, the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, Ian Dury, Herbie Hancock, Maxi Priest, Cindy Lauper, Carly Simon, KRS-One, and Queen Latifah. The foundations of Jamaica's drumming style were set by the innovative playing of Sly Dunbar (born: Lowell Fillmore Dunbar). ![]()
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