Jambands: Memories of Bob Marley from the Disciplined Watcher and the Godfather of Reggae Bass
Memories of Bob Marley from the Disciplined Watcher and the Godfather of Reggae Bass
AOL: Robbie Shakespeare, reggae bassist of Sly and Robbie, dies at 68
“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 ...
Robbie Shakespeare, the renowned reggae bassist who helped move the genre into new sonic territory and whose playing was heard on classics by Black Uhuru and Peter Tosh as well as albums by rock icons ...
Robbie Shakespeare, the Jamaican bass guitarist best known as half of the reggae and dub duo Sly and Robbie, died on Wednesday, Jamaica's culture minister said. He was 68. Born Robert Warren Dale ...
The Globe and Mail: Garry Lowe, 64, was the bassist who gave Big Sugar its reggae groove
He was the gentle, dreadlocked musician who gave the popular Canadian blues-reggae rock group Big Sugar its distinctive bass sound. But Garry Lowe, who died of cancer on July 7 at the age of 64, ...
Garry Lowe, 64, was the bassist who gave Big Sugar its reggae groove
Reggae (/ ˈrɛɡeɪ / ⓘ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also refers to the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. [1] The 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals titled "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. [2]