Bob
Bunny
Peter
Rita
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Bunny
Wailer
Neville
O'Reilly Livingston, known popularly as Bunny Wailer,
was only nine years old when he first met Bob Marley
in the rural community of Nine Miles in the parish of
St. Ann's. When Bob's mother moved in with Bunny's father,
the families headed back to Kingston. Bunny had a lifelong
interest in music and, as a founding member of the Wailers,
played a major role in the arrangments of the group's
songs. His solo debut came in 1975 with one of reggae's
greatest masterworks, the album "Blackheart Man."
His independent career, centered on his own Solomonic
label, had produced classics both in the rootical Rastafarian
mode and in the dancehall style as well. He has twice
won the Grammy for Reggae Album of the Year. His infrequent
live apperances are often the stuff of legend, particularly
his breathtaking performance in Aspen, Colorado in 1994,
where he played under a double rainbow. He sees his
continuing mission as "fulfilling Bob's work"
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