Sly Dunbar, whose drumming with bassist Robbie Shakespeare made for an all-but-unrivaled reggae rhythm section utilized by such greats as Bob Marley, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, has died. He was 73.

Sly Dunbar, a pioneering reggae drummer, has died. He was 73. Most widely known as one-half of the production and performing partnership Sly & Robbie - along with Robbie Shakespeare - he crafted and ...

Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He ...

Sly Dunbar, a Grammy Award-winning drummer and a member of the production duo Sly & Robbie, has died. Along with the late Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar formed the Taxi Records label in 1980 and ...

Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, the Jamaican drummer for the former reggae group Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, confirmed the news to Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner on Monday. “About ...

Our writer recalls a 1999 trip to Jamaica to meet with the reggae icon about new music and how 'reggae keeps changing' Famous reggae rhythm section and producing team Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare ...

Sly Dunbar, the drummer in the legendary reggae rhythm section, Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar, along with bassist Robbie Shakespeare, played on hundreds of indelible reggae hits across a ...

Tributes have been paid to reggae bassist Robbie Shakespeare who has died aged 68. The bassist had recently undergone surgery related to his kidneys in a Florida hospital, according to The Jamaica ...

Robbie Shakespeare, the legendary bass player and one half of the band Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 68. Shakespeare's friend, manager and producer Guillaume Bougard confirmed the musician's ...

The legendary drummer played with everyone from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

Sly Dunbar, one-half of legendary duo Sly & Robbie, who helped launch several careers via Taxi Records and is widely considered among the most influential drummers in the history of reggae, has died.

“We kept praying for a miracle, but it was not enough,” said Shakespeare’s manager and producer. Famed bass player Robbie Shakespeare, one half of the pioneering reggae band Sly and Robbie, has died ...