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Redirect|The WailersInfobox musical artist | name = The Wailers| image = Bob-marley-wailers-crystal-palace.jpg| alt =| caption = Bob Marley & the Wailers performing at Crystal Palace, London (1980)| background = group_or_band| alias = The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers| origin = Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston , Jamaica | genre = Reggae , ska , rocksteady , roots reggae | years_active = 1963–1981| label = Island Records|Island , Tuff Gong , Trojan Records|Trojan , Studio One (record label)|Studio One , Beverley's | associated_acts = The Wailers Band , The Original Wailers , The Upsetters , I Threes | url =| current_members =| past_members = Peter Tosh Bunny Wailer Bob Marley Cherry Smith Beverley Kelso Junior Braithwaite Constantine Walker Hugh Malcolm Aston Barrett Carlton Barrett Earl Lindo Junior Marvin Al Anderson (The Wailers)|Al Anderson Alvin Patterson Rita Marley Marcia Griffiths Judy Mowatt Tyrone Downie The Wailers were a Jamaican people|Jamaican reggae , ska and rocksteady band created by Peter Tosh . The band formed when self taught musician Peter Tosh met Neville Livingston ( Bunny Wailer ), and Robert Nesta Marley ( Bob Marley ) in 1963 and taught them how to play guitar, keyboards, and percussion. By late 1963 Junior Braithwaite , Beverley Kelso , and Cherry Smith had joined The Wailers. After Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the band in 1974, Bob Marley began touring with new band members. His new backing band included brothers Carlton and Aston "Family Man" Barrett on drums and bass respectively, 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.
History
The band formed when self taught musician Peter Tosh met Neville Livingston ( Bunny Wailer ), and Robert Nesta Marley ( Bob Marley ) in 1963 and taught them how to play guitar, keyboards, and percussion. By late 1963 Junior Braithwaite , Beverley Kelso , and Cherry Smith had joined The Wailers. They were known variously as The Teenagers, The Wailing Rudeboys, The WailingWailers and finally The Wailers. By 1966 Braithwaite, Kelso and Smith had left the band, which then consisted of the trio Livingston, Marley and Tosh (Neville Livingston being the birth name of Bunny Wailer).
Some of The Wailers most notable songs were recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry and his studio band The Upsetters . During the early 1970s The Upsetters members Aston Barrett|Aston "Family Man" Barrett and his brother Carlton Barrett|Carlton (Carlie) Barrett , http://www.uncarved.org/dub/scratch.html Lee Scratch Perry Interview, New Musical Express , 17 November 1984 formed the Wailers Band , providing instrumental backing for The Wailers.
The Wailers recorded groundbreaking ska and reggae songs such as " Simmer Down ", "Trenchtown Rock", "Nice Time", "War", " Stir It Up " and " Get Up, Stand Up ".
The Wailers disbanded in 1974 due to Tosh and Livingston's refusal to tour. Bob Marley formed Bob Marley & The Wailers with Bob Marley himself as guitarist, songwriter and main singer, the Wailers Band as the backing band, and the I Threes as backup vocalists. The Wailers Band included the brothers Carlton Barrett and "Family Man" Barrett on drums and bass respectively, Junior Marvin and Al Anderson (Wailers)|Al Anderson playing lead guitar, Tyrone Downie and Earl Lindo|Earl "Wya" Lindo playing keyboard, and Alvin Patterson|Alvin "Seeco" Patterson playing percussion. The I Threes consisted of Bob Marley's wife Rita Marley , Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths .
Livingston believed that producer Chris Blackwell , whom he called "Chris Whiteworst", was responsible for the bad relationship between the band members, as he thought Blackwell released their albums under "Bob Marley and the Wailers" instead of "the Wailers" since 1969, which tested their friendship. Perry released two compilation albums for Trojan Records in 1974, Rasta Revolution and African Herbsman , which contained songs from Soul Rebels and Soul Revolution , respectively, and he was the copyright holder of several songs from these albums.cite book |url= http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=h4nfr2cYAMQC& dq |title=Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley |page=222-223 |author=Timothy White |publisher=Henry Holt|date= 2 May 2006 |accessdate=17 May 2012 These changes caused a major dispute between Marley and Perry, when the former saw the albums, six months after their publication, in the Half Way Road in England.cite book |url= http://books.google.co.uk/books? id=h4nfr2cYAMQC& dq |title=Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley |page=224 |author=Timothy White |publisher=Henry Holt|date= 2 May 2006 |accessdate=17 May 2012
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer all enjoyed considerable success as reggae music continued to gain popularity during the 1970s and 1980s.
Several of the group's members have died subsequent to Marley's death in 1981: Carlton Barrett and Tosh in 1987, Braithwaite in 1999, and Smith in 2008. http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/12/cherry_1013.html? imw=Y Palm Beach Post - Ermine Cherry Dempsey-Barker, former member of the Wailers, dies (October 12, 2008)Bunny Wailer and Beverley Kelso are the only surviving members of the group's original line-up.
John Masouri|Masouri, John (2007) ''Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's "Wailers" Wise Publications ISBN 1-84609-689-8
Christopher John Farley|Farley, Christopher (2007). Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley , Amistad Press ISBN 0-06-053992-5
Vivien Goldman|Goldman, Vivien (2007) ''The Book of Exodus: The Making and Meaning of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Album of the Century Three Rivers Press ISBN 1-4000-5286-6
External links
Official website| http://www.bobmarley.com/
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