The Slickers were a Jamaican rocksteady and reggae group in the late 60's and early 70's, best known for the track
Johnny Too Bad, which appeared on the soundtrack to
The Harder They Come starring reggae legend
Jimmy Cliff. The group was formed by Derrick Crooks of
The Pioneers and Winston Bailey around 1965. However, with Derrick as the only constant member the line-up has been pretty fluid, overlapping with both
The Pioneers and
The Reggae Boys. Other known members were Derrick's brother Sydney Crooks, Roy Beckford, George Dekker and Abraham Green (later known as
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