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Working with longtime partner bassist Robbie Shakespeare (who died in 2021), Dunbar was one half of the dynamic duo that provided the thrumming backbeat to reggae classics from the likes of Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, Gregory Isaacs and countless others.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
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.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
But for two of the group’s members, bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor, that massive success brought pressures and a yearning to break out of the Duran Duran bubble.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Francis Buchholz, the former bassist for the German hard rock band Scorpions who performed at the height of the band’s global stardom, has died.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
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.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
But for two of the group’s members, bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor, that massive success brought pressures and a yearning to break out of the Duran Duran bubble.
—David Chiu, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Francis Buchholz, the former bassist for the German hard rock band Scorpions who performed at the height of the band’s global stardom, has died.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Bassist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bassist. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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