The Slickers

Although their biggest hit, "Johnny Too Bad," is a Jamaican classic and was included on the soundtrack to The Harder They Come, the exact makeup and history of the Slickers is a tangled mare's nest of rumors and contradictions. The first single to appear under the Slickers name, "Nana," was produced by Neremiah Reid, and appears to have been actually recorded on the sly by members of the Pioneers. Derrick Crooks was a member of the nascent Pioneers (along with his brother Sydney Crooks), and seems to have formed the actual Slickers around 1965 with Winston Bailey, although the...