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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Black Uhuru, Sly and Robbie, Toots & the Maytals, The Pioneers, Voice Mail, Bob Marley & The Wailers, The Gladiators, Inner Circle, The Congos, Althea & Donna, The Heptones, The Cables, Mighty Diamonds, Me and You, The Abyssinians, T.O.K., Culture, The Wailers Band, The Silvertones, Morgan Heritage, The Original Wailers, The Morwells, The Aggrovators, The Techniques, Twinkle Brothers, The Revolutionaries, Soul Syndicate, The Ethiopians, The Uniques, The Meditations, Israel Vibration, The Upsetters, Third World, Knowledge, Dave and Ansell Collins, The Melodians, The Tennors, Chaka Demus & Pliers, The African Brothers, Steely & Clevie, The Maytones, The Wailing Souls, The Paragons, The Royals, Ward 21, The Aces, The Gaylads, The Jamaicans, The Slickers, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Carlton and The Shoes, The Chosen Few, Chalice, The Chantells, I Threes, Higgs and Wilson, Brian and Tony Gold, The In Crowd, Roots Radics, Now Generation Band, The Tartans, The Tamlins, Word, Sound and Power, The Hippy Boys, Dutty Cup Crew, The Versatiles. Excerpt: Sly and Robbie are one of reggae's most prolific and long lasting production teams. The rhythm section of drummer Lowell Dunbar (nicknamed Sly after Sly Stone, one of his favorite musicians) and bass guitarist Robert Shakespeare started working together in the mid 1970s, after having established themselves separately on the Jamaican music scene. They are humorously also sometimes referred to as Sly Drumbar and Robbie Basspeare, one example being the sleeve notes of Black Uhuru's Red album. Sly and Robbie may well be the most prolific recording artists ever. One estimate is that they have played on or produced some 200,000 songs, considering that some of their riddims such as "Revolution" have been used on over 100 songs. Before joining forces, Sly was drumming for the Ski...
