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Skin, Flesh and Bones

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Skin, Flesh and Bones was an early-1970s backing band formed around bassist Lloyd Parks with Sly Dunbar on drums and Ansel Collins on piano and organ, resident at Kingston's Tit For Tat club and scoring a 1973 Jamaica/UK hit with "Here I Am Baby"; its personnel fed directly into both The Revolutionaries and Parks's own We The People Band.

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SecondHandSongs; United Reggae (Ansel Collins interview).

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