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Bunny Wailer Born As Neville Livingston On 10 April 1947 In Kingston Jamaica-2 March 2021 Was A Three-Time Grammy Award Winner Singer Percussionist And Devoted Rastafarian Known For The Reggae Classic Dreamland. He Is Founding Member Of Reggae Group The Wailers With Bob Marley And Peter Tosh. Bunny Marley's Step Brother Toured With The Band In England And USA After The Success With The 1973 Albums Catch A Fire And Burnin' But Meant It Was Against Rastafari To Perform For Almost Only White People And Left Wailers 1973. He Then Made A Number Of Solo Reggae Albums. Blackheart Man 1976 Is A Good Example Of His Religious Roots Reggae And Rock 'n' Groove 1981 Of Solid Uptempo Sly & Robbie Based Reggae. He Started To Tour Internationally Again And Is Regarded As One Of The Most Important Reggae Artists Ever. Bunny Wailer Has Won The Grammy Award For Best Reggae Album In 1991 1995 And 1997.
- - - Bunny Wailer Was A Singer Songwriter And Percussionist Born Neville O'Riley Livingston On April 10 1947 In Kingston Jamaica. He Was Founder And An Original Member Of Ska Rocksteady And Reggae Group The Wailers Formed 1963 Along With Bob Marley And Peter Tosh. The Young Livingston Spent His Earliest Years In The Village Of Nine Mile In St. Ann Parish. It Was There That He First Met Bob Marley And The Two Toddlers Became Fast Friends. The Boys Both Came From One Parent Families Livingston Was Being Brought Up By His Father Marley By His Mother. Later Bunny's Father Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston Lived With Bob Marley's Mother Cedella Booker And Had A Daughter With Her Named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh Had A Son Andrew Tosh With Another Of Bunny's Sisters Shirley Making Andrew His Nephew Livingston Was Underused As A Writer And Lead Vocalist In The Wailers Compared With Marley And Tosh. When Wailers Regularly Changed Producers During The Early Reggae Years In The Late 1960s Livingston Continued To Be A Key Part Of The Group's Distinctive Harmonies. He Sang However Lead On "Dreamland" A Cover Of El Tempos' My Dream Island Which Soon Became Bunny's Signature Song "Riding High" "Brainwashing" And On One Verse Of The Wailers' Impressions-Like "Keep On Moving" Both Produced By Lee "Scratch" Perry. In 1971 He Recorded The Original Version Of Pass It On Bunny Wailer Toured With The Wailers In England And The United States But Soon Became Reluctant To Leave Jamaica. He And Tosh Became More Marginalized In The Group As The Wailers Became An International Success And Attention Was Increasingly Focused On Marley. Bunny Wailer And Peter Tosh Subsequently Left The Wailers To Pursue Solo Careers. They Were Replaced By The I Threes A Move To Broaden The Base Of Success For The Wailers In The Non-Jamaican Market. After Leaving The Wailers Bunny Became More Focused On His Spiritual Faith. He Identified With The Rastafari Movement As Did The Other Wailers. He Self-Produced A Number Of His Recordings After Striking Out On His Own. He Has Also Written Much Of His Own Material As Well As Re-Recording A Number Of Cuts From The Wailers Catalogue. Bunny Wailer Has Recorded Primarily In The Roots Style In Keeping With His Often Political And Spiritual Messages. The Album "Blackheart Man" Is A Good Example Of His Roots Reggae Style And The Dub Version Dub D*sco Vol 1 Equally Magnificent If Hard To Find. "Sings The Wailers" Successfully Reworks Many Of The Wailers Songs With The Backing Of Top Jamaican Musicians Sly And Robbie. He Has Also Had Success Recording In The Typically Apolitical More Pop Dancehall Style. He Has Outlived His Contemporaries In A Culture Where Death By Violence Is Commonplace. Bunny Wailer Has Won The Grammy Award For Best Reggae Album In 1990 1994 And 1996. Bunny Wailer Died On 2 March 2021. ALBUMS WITH ORIGINAL MATERIAL * ''Blackheart Man'' 1976 Island Records|Island /Solomonic
* ''Protest'' 1977 Island/Solomonic
* ''Struggle'' 1978 Solomonic
* ''Dubd'sco Vol.1'' 1978 Solomonic
* ''In I Father's House'' 1979 Solomonic
* ''Bunny Wailer Sings The Wailers'' 1980 Island/Solomonic
* ''Dubd'sco Vol.2'' 1981 Solomonic
* ''Rock 'n' Groove'' 1981 Solomonic
* ''Tribute'' 1981 Solomonic
* ''Hook Line & Sinker'' 1982 Solomonic
* ''Roots Radics Rockers Reggae'' 1983 Shanachie Records|Shanachie * ''Live!'' 1983 Solomonic
* ''Marketplace'' 1985 Solomonic
* ''Rootsman Skanking'' 1987 Shanachie International Re-Release Of ''Rock And Groove'' Edited Version Plus 3 Extra Tracks * ''Rule Dance Hall'' 1987 Shanachie
* ''Liberation'' 1989 Shanachie
* ''Time Will Tell A Tribute To Bob Marley'' 1990 Shanachie International Re-Release Of ''Tribute'' 2 Extra Tracks * ''Gumption'' 1990 Shanachie
* ''The Never Ending Wailers'' 1991 * ''Dance Massive'' 1992 * ''Just Be Nice'' 1993 RAS Records|RAS * ''Hall Of Fame A Tribute To Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary'' 1996 RAS
* ''Communication'' 2000 Solomonic/Tuff Gong
* ''World Peace'' 2003 Solomonic
* ''Rub A Dub'' 2007 Solomonic
* ''Cross Culture'' 2009 Solomonic
* ''Combinations Vol.1'' 2009 Solomonic
* ''Blackheart Man Remastered & Extended '' 2009 Solomonic
* ''Reincarnated Souls'' 2013 VP - 3CD 2DVD Set

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