"Rise up this mornin'
Smile with the risin' sun
Three little birds Pitched by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs Of melodies pure and true Sayin',
"This is my message to you, whoo-hoo"
Singin', don't worry, about a thing
'Cause every little thing, is gonna be all right"
Lets take a trip down memory lane. The Wailers, was a reggae roots music band created by Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, and Bunny Wailer in 1963. 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. Bob Marley vocals as well as the lyrics which are uplifting and revolutionary make the group my favourite. After Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh left the band in 1974, Marley began touring with new band members as Bob Marley and the Wailers. 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. read more
Nesta Robert Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica.
Bob Marley was just 36 years old when he died of cancer in 1981, but the Jamaican-born reggae legend left a massive musical legacy. Marley received The United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World in 1978. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Neville O'Riley Livingston OM OJ (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music. He was also known as Jah B, Bunny O'Riley, and Bunny Livingston.
Peter Tosh is a name that will forever live in reggae history. Born on October 19, 1944, in Grange Hill, Jamaica, as Winston Hubert McIntosh, he was one of the original members of the Wailers band. He went on to pursue a successful solo career, promoting Rastafari.
A musician, singer, and songwriter, he was active in reggae, ska, rocksteady, and R&B. His 1975 hit “Legalize It” became an anthem for legalizing marijuana and by Rastafari and reggae music enthusiasts.Tosh was active in opposing South African apartheid. He went into self-imposed exile in 1984 on the advice of traditional medicine men in Africa. He re-emerged in 1987 and received a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Performance for his last record “No Nuclear War.”