Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live at Santa Cruz, USA 1979
From Nine Miles, Jamaica. The Wailers began as Bob Marley (vocals/guitar),
Peter Tosh (vocals) and Bunny Wailer (vocals). Playing ska and rock steady,
they developed reggae music into a national art form and then became the first
world music band to succeed globally. Their impact on punk music is a given
with much of early UK punk influenced by the dub and reggae which were so
popular in the clubs of the day. This is evidenced in the music of The
Clash, Elvis Costello and the second wave ska scene that sprang up in punk's
wake. Marley and company refined and defined reggae to become the undisputed
kings of the genre. The band expanded to include a rhythm section: an American,
Al Anderson (guitar), Carlton Barrett (drums) and his brother Aston "Family Man"
Barrett (bass), as well as the backing group The I-Threes which contained Marley's
wife Rita, Judy Mowatt, and Marcia Griffiths (who would have a dance phenomenon
with her solo hit "The Electric Boogie" in 1990). Both Bunny and Peter eventually
left for solo careers. The band grew to world acclaim when Island Records signed
the group in 1972 ending their sporadic output which was mostly confined to singles
during the previous decade. Marley rose as not only the political voice of a nation
but as the Rastafarian movement's chief supporter. Later group members would include
Tyrone Downie (keyboards), Earl Lindo (guitar) and Junior Marvin (guitar). When he died
of brain cancer in 1981, it seemed as if the impact of his spirit had died as well. In
the years since his death however, several of his children, chiefly Ziggy, have carried
on the sound of his legacy and introduced it to new audiences worldwide. In 1987, Wailers
band member Carlton Barrett was killed during a robbery. Peter Tosh also met a similar fate
that same year when killed by an old acquaintance. Sadly in 1999, early Wailers member Junior
Braithwaite was also killed during an in home burglary, having only recently moved back to
Kingston after twenty years in Chicago. Today, The Wailers continue to play and Bunny Wailer,
the soul survivor of the original trio is looked upon as the grandfather of the scene, still
making his reggae music as in the beginning. 1963-81.
1979-12-02
Santa Cruz, Civic auditorium
"Early show"
CD1:
1 - Rastaman Vibration (5:55)
2 - Wake Up And Live (5:30)
3 - Them Belly Full(But We Hungry) (3:31)
4 - Concrete Jungle (5:22)
5 - I Shot The Sheriff (4:36)
6 - Running Away~Crazy Baldhead (7:59)
7 - Ambush (4:05)
8 - The Heathen (5:10)
CD2:
1 - War~No More Trouble (7:06)
2 - Ride Natty Ride (4:32)
3 - Africa Unite (4:31)
4 - One Drop (4:15)
5 - Jamming (6:56)
6 - Is This Love (3:35)
7 - Natty Dread (3:49)
8 - Exodus (4:36)
9 - Get Up Stand Up (5:53)