Robbie Shakespeare

Robbie Shakespeare

Jamaican musician
Bass player and producer with innumerable reggae and pop credits as half of Sly & Robbie.Wikipedia
BornSeptember 27, 1953
HometownKingston
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Robbie Shakespeare, bass guitarist who with Sly Dunbar formed one of the best-loved rhythm sections in popular music – obituary

  • Robbie Shakespeare, who has died aged 68, was regarded as the most influential bass player in reggae and its offspring and formed with the drummer Sly Dunbar the rhythm section “Sly and Robbie” which largely developed and popularised around the world the sound of Jamaican music in the post-Bob Marley era.

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Influential bassist Robbie Shakespeare dies aged 68

Influential bassist Robbie Shakespeare dies aged 68
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500-Push-Up
500-Push-Up
2020

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