Forty-nine years ago today, on June 3, 1977, Bob Marley and the Wailers released Exodus, the ninth of what would be 13 studio ...
While the album received a ton of critical acclaim, it failed to claim the top spot on the charts. In the U.S., it peaked at ...
Catch a Fire launched Bob Marley's international career, while also cracking the foundation of his band. The Wailers were suddenly famous, despite having initially emerged from the Trench Town slum in ...
Island Records founder Chris Blackwell raised some eyebrows when he signed Bob Marley and The Wailers and offered the band a real advance. Though the amount (4,000 BP) was small in the grand scheme of ...
You didn’t see the name Bob Marley and The Wailers on the cover of the group’s first two Island LPs for a simple reason. At that point, they were still “The Wailers,” the band Marley, Peter Tosh, and ...
Original Wailers executive producer and guitarist Al Anderson (featured in the paper this week) joined Bob Marley and the Wailers in the wake of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer's departure from the band, ...
Tyrone Downie, a keyboardist widely known for his work with Bob Marley and The Wailers, has passed away. He was 66. According to People, Downie died on Saturday, Nov. 5, at a hospital in his native ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A historic recording of “Get Up, Stand Up,” one of Bob Marley’s best-loved and most powerful songs, recorded live at the Wailers’ legendary performance at the Sundown ...
The Wailers have sold more than 250 million albums. As they celebrate the 30th anniversary of their iconic album Legend, the group shares what it's like to carry on Bob Marley's legacy. If you are a ...
Downie performed with the group starting in the mid-1970s and contributed to albums featuring the singles "Redemption Song" and "Three Little Birds" Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022. He ...