Sly Dunbar - March 7, 2017

[@punanny123]

Sly n Robbie are living legends. Sorry I cannot comment about Sly without saying Robbie. A very humble man who does his thing for the love of music not for fortune or to brag.

[@robinrhodie4428]

THE BEST DRUMMER ALL SLY DUNBAR REGGAE MUSIC 🎶🎶🎶🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🦁🦁🦁 GO MAN BLESSED TO MAN JAH BLESS LIVING LEGEND OF REGGAE MUSIC REST IN PEACE ELDER RASTA JAH RASTAFARI REMEMBER ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE REST IN PEACE ✝️✝️✝️🙏🙏🙏

[@x.x.7646]

When I first head the Revolutionaries decades ago I fell in love with oldschool dub and I knew that this drummer is a genius. And he proves it til today. Thanks Sly.

[@grahamgartside1765]

Had the pleasure of meeting the man at the Simmons factory in the 80s. Nice guy and a brilliant drummer

[@DidYouReadEULA]

Mr. Dunbar's work on Joe Cocker's severely underrated 'Sheffield Steel' album is simply sublime. Maestro.

[@richardsandys3288]

Great album

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

Was such an amazing experience, honor and privilege to spend some hours with this great man! He actually nicknamed me King Kong! 😅

[@jracerichards]

Those so called drummers doing tutorials on youtube havn't grasped the intricacies of this Man's drumming skill. La Machina the human machine

[@naijanistan]

I first got introduced to Sly Drumbar (Dunbar) and Robbie Shakespeare through Peter (the Rebel) Tosh's 1976/77 released record album titled, "EQUAL RIGHTS & JUSTICE". Ever since, Sly made me a Believer and his drum follower. And that was over 40 years ago. I wish him many more decades of great RIDDIMS. Amen.

[@ikhowaka1471]

Legend at work

[@jahnkonoo]

Sly Drum Dunbar & Robbie Bass Shakespeare are walking playing living Super Beings of Music... I've heard them play everything. Funk Jazz Latin Afro Beat Pop Hip Hop Rock Metal .............

[@areaboy777]

He makes it look sooo easy.💯❤💛💚

[@MistaTamilan]

Yeah you don't even notice how difficult this is until you try to imitate his feel behind the kit.

[@Hotters9060]

@@MistaTamilan I try imitating Carlton Barrett's style of the Wailers and it is very difficult to do.

[@daved4716]

What he is actually playing isn't difficult, His discipline , touch , groove and what he leaves out is the difficult bit . 🥁🥁🥁🥁👍👍👍👍 (Put head phones on, you can hear him humming along ) 😁😁😁😁

[@areaboy777]

@@daved4716 let's hear what you got.🤣

[@daved4716]

@@areaboy777 😁😁😁 Hope you didn't get me wrong, I'm a massive fan bud , my favourite drumming is always "less is more " type approach, for the song ,the groove..... jr Robinson , Sly , Purdie, porcarro etc... That type of groove, feel ,can't be taught..🥁👍

[@juliekerry5304]

AMAZING 💚💜 THE HEARTBEAT OF REGGAE 💚💜

[@conahdalton1302]

Living legend the original octopus drummer

[@philipgana9913]

King of drums

[@yard407]

Toujours un plaisir de regarder tes vidéos

[@jracerichards]

Sly's list of credits is insane. The Stones, Beres , Taurus , Mighty Diamonds, Gladiators, UB40, Mick Jagger. Bob Dylan , Sinead O Connor, Mick Hiucknall, Black Uhuru, Leroy Smart,D Brown , Gregory Isaacs ,IIni Kamoze ,Yellowman, Half Pint, Grace Jones ,Bunny ,Peter And Bob , Maxi Priest . He co wrote Cheerleader with Omi. BUju Banton I could go on but this list would be endless.

[@frankbarnabas6449]

Junior Richards, even Bob Marley

[@rlinton123]

Try to use punctuations in your next comments for clarity ok.

[@jracerichards]

@@rlinton123 Why don't you try not to be as annoying as you sound? Oh and by the way, the fact that you crave validation from people on the internet is sad, and the fact that you try to do it by using punctuation is equally as sad.

[@rsh1574]

Also Grace Jones, KRS1 n The Fugees

[@koenvansparrentak3182]

Merci, Guillaume!

[@hepburndavis296]

The triplets on the hi-hat is a very difficult technique. Coupled with that, he is playing an open hi-hat. I respect his steadiness and focus. Notice he kinda lost concentration but quickly recovered using the rolls an flams towards the end.

[@jahnkonoo]

I LOVE IT

[@ernanilisboa5548]

thanks very much

[@smoothoperator7023]

Saw him in Phila last wknd- the man is amazing. Put in work non stop 2.5 hrs straight. Couldnt take my 👀 off him.

[@brookiestorer5231]

He seems like the most decent sort of a guy...

[@jracerichards]

He is. Very humble

[@mike627]

beast mode

[@blogu1439]

Lenda viva do reggae!!

[@2raloo]

30 yrs never change. same riddim same look.

[@t-man5196]

2raloo more like 40 years

[@JuniorRodigan]

30 years ??? Lol .... When he was 14-15 Sly played drums on the massive crossover hit DOUBLE BARRELL by DAVE & ANSEL COLLINS . The year was 1971 .... Do the math !!!! One of the GREATEST MUSICIANS in the history of modern music. Salute Sir Sly.

[@braceduo5585]

Mesmerising

[@FC-xc3zy]

The master at the control.

[@rastanz]

Met him at the Raggamuffin in New Zealand, humble soul, we a cool conversation,

[@lucicarlossantos6572]

Sly e muito bom gosto muito de Sly e Robbie reggae de qualidade devem vir mais ao Brazil mostrar seu talento

[@lars-fenin]

the drum machine (man)

[@miuramamu]

ultimate groove

[@frmat6638]

master class

[@StringBath]

LEGEND

[@stevec4040]

It no get better 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@shaneamajohnson6006]

The rockers pattern may sound easy to musicians...or drummers... but I'd like to see you try doing those hi-hat patterns whilst dropping in those little snare accents and keeping them tight because let me tell you... Reggae sounds the most simple beats but in reality... it's one of the hardest to master...Sly is just laying it down here for the track...if he just jammed out without the track on headphones...he would blow your little tiny minds clean apart...go and listen to Black Uhuru "Tear it up" live and then come back.... and if that ain't enough... Glastonbury 1980's...The guy is a genuine master...is it easy....ha...The cow doesn't know the use of his tail... until the butcher cuts it off.... some youths just don't get it...no respect... open their mouths without realising they sound foolish...

[@mgsee]

Surprised that Sly is still using Koss K6 headphones from the 70's - I use to have a pair and I don't recall them being pretty ordinary, so I would think that compared to more current equipment they would be lag way behind in terms of sound quality. It would therefore be interesting to find out why he still uses them.

[@tabou1]

Michael Cuffe because he doesnt need super hifi headphones to play. Youd be surprised how adaptable JA musicians are. Remember, Channel One piano was missing keys and was slightly out of tune...

[@pedayahezekiel2344]

My role model 😎

[@gjgp89]

Groove.

[@ikhowaka1471]

Devastating performance.....wow he is good

[@pedrohlh]

Genius...

[@leogolive]

I don’t think people appreciate and understand what it takes to do what Sly just did in one take.

[@RJPaul-px6vt]

Why did they even bother inventing drum machines when we have Sly?

[@joededonato6218]

What’s the name of this song? Has it been released yet?

[@becp259]

literally easiest drumming pattern ever - but still sounds so good

[@tabou1]

if it is so easy, why can't anyone else on plaanet Earth play like Sly???

[@becp259]

Is that a serious question....? Lol. Wow.

[@rufdymond]

This guy is a truly astonishing drummer I have been a fan of Sly's since the early 70's and have seen him live many times. Yes this pattern might be simplistic but over the years this guy has put down some of the most majestic drumming tracks I've ever heard. A true legend.

[@barringtonjohnson6569]

Bec P I play Bass and I could play this ... nothing hard about this.

[@michaelslotboom5871]

The exact moment you told the world you will remain an amateur musician at best.

[@drrezash9287]

someone get this guy a quality drum kit!!!

[@tabou1]

He picked it himself But if you wish to donate one, I can facilitate

[@drrezash9287]

@@tabou1 Wow interesting he choose drums made out of non wood material!! the acoustic properties wont be as good as that of wood!!!

[@tabou1]

@@drrezash9287 listen to Red by Black Uhuru

[@drrezash9287]

@@tabou1 is that the drum kit in that album?

[@tabou1]

@@drrezash9287 something similar, this one was bought in 2016 or 2017

[@patoraffo5028]

4:40 😍

[@benf340]

I don’t really see the appeal of Sly myself, but the man lays down a groove for sure

[@jracerichards]

Of course you wouldn't simpleton.

[@steve-o6360]

What song is Sly Dunbar drumming to?

[@tabou1]

it's a riddim for a Mayer Hawthorne song that has yet to be written. we called it "heavy riddim"

[@steve-o6360]

Guillaume Bougard thanks!

[@pazy2000]

@@tabou1 has it been released yet ?

[@tabou1]

@@pazy2000 I guess not, I haven't seen anything from Mayer since then, except one song

[@pazy2000]

@@tabou1 thanks, that's too bad :(

[@blackjaguarlord]

Wow, he's lost a lot of weight.

[@tabou1]

Healthy diet and exercise

[@naliaefil]

Best drummer man in this world!❤

[@nyakwarObat]

Yo

[@balahassan4367]

@@nyakwarObat YO!

[@nyakwarObat]

@@balahassan4367spiritual warrior charge

[@brianmckenna1111]

2:00 " Eh? Eh? Mutherfucker? Eh?"

[@tabou1]

Sly doesn't use much profanity, here he is addressing the recording engineer Delroy Pottinger, nicknamed Fatta (when you meet him, you will see why) so he's going: "eh? eh? what this Fatta?" because Fatta had stopped recording because there was a change in pattern at that time that Sly wasn't aware of, hence the rest of the conversation

[@juliekerry5304]

Guillaume Bougard WAS IT FATHER BEING SAID CAUSE THIS MAN DOES NOT SEEM LIKE HE WOULD BE ADDRESSING SOMEONE LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE GENTLEMAN WHOM GROW UP A CERTAIN WAY WHERE MORALS WERE STILL AROUND JUST DONT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION AND MOST RASTA MEN ARE NOTHING BUT GENTLEMAN 🦋🌈💚💜

[@barringtonjohnson6569]

Julie Kerry just because he has locks don’t mean he his a Rasta.

[@jracerichards]

@@barringtonjohnson6569 We'll Sly is a Rasta Man

[@barringtonjohnson6569]

@@jracerichards just my opinion, never met the man.