Sly & Robbie

Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. Robbie Shakespeare died in December 2021 following kidney surgery.
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== Links to Peel ==
As a huge fan of reggae, John Peel played the work of Sly & Robbie frequently down the decades, not only in the form of releases under the celebrated duo's own name but also their work as rhythm section with the Revolutionaries and other top Jamaican studio bands of the 1970s, as well as their productions for Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru and others. 
As a production team, Sly & Robbie became known for updating roots reggae with electronic sounds and other innovations, which didn't always find favour with Peel. On his 31 July 1983 (BFBS) show, the DJ wondered aloud whether he was the only person unsure about their “metronomic” precision.
Peel also gave airime to many releases on the duo's own Taxi label, by artists including Gregory Isaacs, Capleton, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott, Beenie Man, Cutty Ranks, Anthony Red Rose, Bounty Killer, U-Roy, Johnny Osbourne, Junior Delgado and Chaka Demus.
From the 1980s, often based at the Compass Point studio of Island Records in Nassau, Sly & Robbie worked with many leading international musicians, including former Peel session artists such as Joe Cocker and Joan Armatrading.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*None
== Sessions ==
*None
== Other Shows Played ==
;1979
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*19 March 1979: War Of The Gods (album - Disco Dub) Gorgon GN 1001
*Peel March April 1979: Side Walk Doctor (album - Disco Dub) Gorgon GN 1001
*12 April 1979: Mickey Mouse (album - Disco Dub) Gorgon GN 1001
*24 April 1979: Side Walk Daughter (album - Disco Dub) Gorgon GN 1001 announced as "War Of The Gods" 
;1980s
*03 June 1980: Poker Face (LP - Gamblers Choice) Taxi
*04 June 1980: Deck Of Cards (album - Gamblers Choice) Taxi
*12 June 1980: Deck Of Cards (album - Gamblers Choice) Taxi
*10 September 1983 (BFBS): Iatola (7") Taxi
*22 May 1984 (with Robbie Lyn): Sleeping Beauty (7") Taxi TAXI-06-84
*26 May 1984 (BFBS) (with Robbie Lyn): Sleeping Beauty (7") Taxi TAXI-06-84
*08 May 1985 (with Home T-4): Do You Believe (7") Taxi
*28 August 1985: No Name On The Bullett (LP - Language Barrier) Island
*22 March 1986 (BFBS): Twilight Zone (album - Electro Reggae Vol. 1) Mango ISSP 4012 (as Taxi Gang)
*19 May 1987 (with Cat Coore & The Gang): Dub In Carnegie Hall (7") Vena
*27 May 1987 (with Cat Coore & The Gang): Dub In Carnegie Hall (7") Vena
*02 June 1987 (JP: 'I note that Sly & Robbie ‘Boops (Here To Go)’ has dropped to number 28 in the charts, here they are with the gang and Dub In Carnagie Hall'.)- (with Cat Coore & The Gang): Dub In Carnegie Hall (7") Vena 
*12 June 1987 (BFBS) (with Cat Coore & The Gang): Dub In Carnegie Hall (7") Vena
*26 April 1989 (with Kotch): Tequila (7") Taxi
*02 May 1989 (with Kotch): Tequila (7") Taxi
*19 June 1989: Return Of Taxi (7") Taxi
;1990s
*03 August 1991 (with ‎David Madden): Shank Eye (7") Taxi (as Taxi Gang)
*20 July 1991 ‎(with ‎David Madden): Shank Eye (7") Taxi (as Taxi Gang)
*25 June 1997 (with‎ Beenie Man): Foundation (LP - Presents The Sound Of La Trenggae) VP (as Taxi Gang)
;2000s
*03 May 2000 (Radio Eins): Softcore Surge (Da Lata Mix)
*05 March 2002 (meet Bunny Lee): Liquidator Dub (LP - At Dub Station) Jamaican
*18 April 2002 (Radio Eins) (meet Bunny Lee): Liquidator Dub (album - At Dub Station)
*02 May 2002 (Radio Mafia) (meet Bunny Lee: Liquidator Dub (album - At Dub Station)
*14 August 2002 (meet Bunny Lee): None Shall Escape The House Of Dub (LP - At Dub Station) Jamaican
;Other
*16 May 1984: Home T-4: Party (What's Going On) (album - Sly & Robbie Present Home T-4) Taxi
== Taxi Records Compilations ==
(LP - Sly And Robbie Present Taxi) Island / Taxi
*14 April 1981: General Echo: Drunken Master
*15 April 1981: Wailing Souls: Old Broom
*23 April 1981 (BFBS): Black Uhuru: World Is Africa
== See Also ==
*Revolutionaries
*Aggrovators
*Joe Gibbs
*Roots Radics
*Bunny Lee
*Prince Jammy
*Mad Professor
*Apache Indian
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia: Sly & Robbie
*Wikipedia: Sly Dunbar
*Wikipedia: Robbie Shakespeare
*Discogs
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