BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

From Nine Miles, Jamaica.  The Wailers began as Bob Marley (vocals/guitar), Peter Tosh (vocals) and Bunny Wailer (vocals).  Playing ska and rock steady, they developed reggae music into a national art form and then became the first world music band to succeed globally.  Their impact on punk music is a given with much of early UK punk influenced by the dub and reggae which were so popular in the clubs of the day.  This is evidenced in the music of The Clash, Elvis Costello and the second wave ska scene that sprang up in punk's wake.  Marley and company refined and defined reggae to become the undisputed kings of the genre.  The band expanded to include a rhythm section: an American, Al Anderson (guitar), Carlton Barrett (drums) and his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bass), as well as the backing group The I-Threes which contained Marley's wife Rita, Judy Mowatt, and Marcia Griffiths (who would have a dance phenomenon with her solo hit "The Electric Boogie" in 1990).  Both Bunny and Peter eventually left for solo careers.  The band grew to world acclaim when Island Records signed the group in 1972 ending their sporadic output which was mostly confined to singles during the previous decade.  Marley rose as not only the political voice of a nation but as the Rastafarian movement's chief supporter.  Later group members would include Tyrone Downie (keyboards), Earl Lindo (guitar) and Junior Marvin (guitar).  When he died of brain cancer in 1981, it seemed as if the impact of his spirit had died as well.  In the years since his death however, several of his children, chiefly Ziggy, have carried on the sound of his legacy and introduced it to new audiences worldwide.  In 1987, Wailers band member Carlton Barrett was killed during a robbery. Peter Tosh also met a similar fate that same year when killed by an old acquaintance.  Sadly in 1999, early Wailers member Junior Braithwaite was also killed during an in home burglary, having only recently moved back to Kingston after twenty years in Chicago.  Today, The Wailers continue to play and Bunny Wailer, the soul survivor of the original trio is looked upon as the grandfather of the scene, still making his reggae music as in the beginning.  1963-81.  

see THE WAILERS, PETER TOSH, BUNNY WAILER.  

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Buffalo Soldier
Concrete Jungle
Could You Be Loved
Exodus
Get Up Stand Up
I Shot The Sheriff
Iron Lion Zion
Is This Love
Jamming
Lively Up Yourself (version one)
Lively Up Yourself (version two)
No Woman No Cry
One Love
One Love - People Get Ready
Redemption Song
Roots Rock Reggae
Rude Boy
Simmer Down
Slogans
So Much Trouble In The World
Soul Rebel
Stir It Up
Trench Town Rock (version one)
Waiting In Vain

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