#74: Bob Marley and the Wailers

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As I told Romo, I'd get my first whiskey induced post since the World Series (look up November 2009). Number 74 is Bob Marley and the Wailers

Wiki Says: Bob Marley & The Wailers was a reggae band created by Bob Marley in 1974, after Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the precursor band, The Wailers. The brothers Carlton (drums) and Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bass) – who had joined The Wailers four years earlier – chose to stay with Marley.

The Barret brothers originally played with the Wailers while still in Lee "Scratch" Perry's studio band The Upsetters [1]

Bob Marley & The Wailers consisted of Bob Marley himself as guitarist, songwriter and lead singer, the Wailers Band as the backing band, and the I Threes as backup vocalists. The Wailers Band included the 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, consisted of Bob Marley's wife Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths.

Sometimes, usually for marketing purposes, recordings are indiscriminately attributed to either "Bob Marley", "The Wailers", or "Bob Marley & the Wailers".

Romo says: Number 93 is reggae master, Bob Marley. I only have "Legend", but that album itself lands him on the countdown.

Discovery:
The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Soul Rebels (1970)
Soul Revolution pts 1-2 (1971)
Catch a Fire (1973)
Burnin' (1973)
Rasta Revolution (1974)
Natty Dead (1974)
Rastaman Vibration (1976)
Exodus (1977)
Kaya (1978)
Survival (1979)
Uprising (1980)
Confrontation (1983)

Favorite songs:
Buffalo Soldier
Iron, Zion, Lion
I Shot the Sheriff
No Woman, No Cry
Stir It Up
Jamming
Three Little Birds

Last seen live: The Wailers (minus Bob Marley obviously), spring 2008

Year Active: 1963-1983, 1999-present

Bob Marley's music is overrated (yeah, I said it), and under appreciated. His Reggae as a whole isn't anything too special, but his message in his lyrics is on a whole new level. Believe it or not, Bob Marley did more than smoke pot, he made reggae what it is today and beyond.