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Wailer, Bunny

Singer, songwriter

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Bunny Wailer, named by Newsweek as one of the three most important musicians in world music (along with Nigeria’s King Sunny Ade and Brazil’s Milton Nascimento), is an enigmatic figure in the world of reggae. During his ten years as a member of the original Waiters, he was acknowledged as a songwriting equal to reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and was often described as the finest singer of the trio. Yet when the group disbanded in 1973 and Tosh and Marley went on to world acclaim, Wailer disappeared into the hills of Jamaica. For three years he was scarcely seen or heard from. Rumors proliferated about his ascetic existence and passionate study of the principles of the Rastafarian religion. But when he reemerged to record again, Wailer proved that he had not lost touch with the rhythms that moved the people; his albums were masterful blends of sociopolitical commentary and infectious, danceable melodies. After the untimely deaths of Marley and Tosh, Wailer was looke

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Bunny Wailer

Jamaican musician (1947–2021)

Musical artist

Neville O'Riley LivingstonOM 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,^[2]Bunny O'Riley,^[3] and Bunny Livingston.^[4]

Early life and family

Wailer was born Neville O'Riley Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston.^[5] He spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two young boys befriended each other quickly.^[6] The boys both came from single-parent families; Livingston was brought up by his father, Marley by his mother.^[7]^[8] Later, Wailer's father Thaddeus "Thaddy Shut" Livingston lived with Marley's mother Cedella Booker in Trenchtown and had a d

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BUNNY WAILER

Tribute: The Last Surviving Wailing Wailer
by Eric Doumerc
(August 2021)

Neville O'Riley Livingston was born on 10 April 1947 in Kingston, Jamaica. He was the son of Thaddeus Livingston, a carpenter and craftsman who lived in Trench Town who also had a rum bar, next door to Bob Marley's family. Bunny soon became Bob's friend and singing partner. Before moving to Trench Town with his family, young Bunny grew up in Nine Mile with his childhood friend Marley, and attended the same school in the neighbouring village of Stepney.

In Kingston, Bunny formed a vocal trio with Marley and a young guitarist they met on the streets of Kingston, Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh). Together, the formed the Wailing Wailers and first recorded for the producer Clement Dodd at his Studio One. They released their first single, "Simmer Down" in 1963 and remained at Studio One until 1966, when they decided to leave. They were dissastisfied with the way Clement Dodd treated them.