Lowell Fillmore Dunbar of Jamaica is best known as the Sly, half of the powerhouse rhythm and production team, Sly and Robbie. An established musician on the Jamaican scene, Sly Dunbar started collaborating with Robbie Shakespeare in the mid-1970s when they recorded several albums in Jamaica with the Revolutionaries. In their first major project as a duo, Sly and Robbie performed with Peter Tosh's backing band Word, Sound, and Power.