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Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Bob Marley and the Wailers performing at Crystal Palace, London (1980)
Background information
Also known as The Teenagers, The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers, The Wailers
Origin Kingston, Jamaica
Genres Reggae, ska, rocksteady, R&B
Years active 1963–1981
Labels Studio One, Wail'n Soul'm, Tuff Gong, Beverley's, Upsetter, Island
Associated acts Bob Marley, The Upsetters, Word, Sound and Power, The Wailers Band, The Original Wailers
Website www.bobmarley.com
Past members Bob Marley (deceased)
Peter Tosh (deceased)
Bunny Wailer
Junior Braithwaite (deceased)
Cherry Smith (deceased)
Beverley Kelso
Constantine Walker
Aston Barrett
Carlton Barrett (deceased)
Earl Lindo
Tyrone Downie
Rita Marley
Marcia Griffiths
Judy Mowatt
Al Anderson
Alvin Patterson
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Donald Kinsey
Junior Marvin

Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican reggae band led by Bob Marley which developed from the earlier ska vocal group, the Wailers, created by Marley with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. By late 1963 singers Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith had joined the Wailers. By the early 1970s, Marley and Bunny Wailer had learned to play some instruments and brothers Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bass) and Carlton Barrett (drums), had joined the band. After Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh left the band in 1974, Marley began touring with new band members. His new backing band included the Barrett brothers, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on lead guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl "Wya" Lindo on keyboards, and Alvin "Seeco" Patterson on percussion. The "I Threes", consisting of Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, and Marley's wife, Rita, provided backing vocals.

The Wailers were formed when self-taught musician Hubert Winston McIntosh (Peter Tosh) met the singers Neville Livingston (Bunny Wailer), and Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) in 1963.

The lineup was known variously as the Teenagers, the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and finally the Wailers. The original lineup featured Junior Braithwaite on vocals, Bob Marley on guitar, Peter Tosh on keyboard, Neville Livingston (a.k.a. Bunny Wailer) on drums, and Cherry Smith and Beverley Kelso on backing vocals. By 1966 Braithwaite, Kelso and Smith had left the band, which then consisted of the trio Livingston, Marley and Tosh.


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