Neville O'Riley Livingston
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Neville O'Riley Livingston 🇯🇲

Bunny Wailer (Known as "Bunny Wailer")
["reggae_musician","singer_songwriter","percussionist","rastafarian_leader"]
Born Apr 10, 1947 🇯🇲 Kingston, Jamaica
Passed Away Mar 02, 2021 Kingston, Jamaica
Lifespan 73 years old
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"Rastafari is the foundation. Music is the weapon of the righteous."

Archival Overview

Reggae icon, singer, and percussionist who was the last surviving founding member of The Wailers alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, winning three Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album as a solo visionary.

Biographical Record

Neville O'Riley Livingston was raised alongside Bob Marley in Nine Mile and Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica. In 1963, Livingston, Marley, and Peter Tosh formed The Wailing Wailers, recording ska and rocksteady hits under producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd before collaborating with Lee "Scratch" Perry. Livingston's sweet high tenor harmonies and spiritual percussion anchored classic albums including Catch a Fire and Burnin'.

Devoted to the Rastafari faith and disliking the commercial demands of international touring, Bunny Wailer left the group in 1973. He launched a brilliant solo career with Blackheart Man (1976), widely considered one of roots reggae's finest masterworks. Over a solo career spanning five decades, he won three Grammy Awards and received Jamaica's Order of Merit in 2017.

Key Life Milestones

April 13, 1973

Release of Catch a Fire with The Wailers

Released the watershed international album that brought roots reggae and Jamaican music to a global audience.

September 8, 1976

Release of Blackheart Man

Released his seminal solo masterpiece Blackheart Man exploring Rastafarian spirituality, social justice, and roots reggae.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Dreamland Farm
Clarendon, Jamaica
GPS: 17.9667, -77.2500
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