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b. Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Knibbs began his musical career in the early 50s playing drums in the Val Bennett Band. Bennett is best remembered for providing the tenor saxophone on the Upsetters’ UK Top 5 hit, ‘Return Of Django’, in 1969. Knibbs later joined Eric Deans’ band before Deans re-located to England. Following his departure from the band, Knibbs began playing on recording sessions with a variety of producers including Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid and Prince Buster. Knibbs initially copied the R&B style as demanded by the sound system men. The sound later evolved into ska and Knibbs played on what is widely considered the first ska hit, ‘Easy Snappin’’, by Theophilus Beckford. By 1962, the ska explosion had taken Jamaica by storm and Knibbs joined the Skatalites. Following the band’s demise, Knibbs was enrolled by fellow Skatalite Tommy McCook to provide the drums in his new band, the Supersonics. After his valuable experience with the Skatalites and the Supersonics, Knibbs’ session work involved supporting most of the Jamaican artists who recorded in the ska and rocksteady periods, notably the Wailers, Alton Ellis and the Maytals. By the early 70s, Knibbs found work playing on cruise ships and later performed on Jamaica’s north coast with Len Hibbert’s band. In 1983, the Skatalites re-formed to play at the Reggae Sunsplash festival, leading onto appearances in London and Japan, taking them into the early 90s. With many of his colleagues now departed, Knibbs is regarded as one of the older statesman of Jamaican music.