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Biography

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Reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist Neville O'Riley Livingston was born 1947, April 10, in Kingston, Jamaica.
Neville lived with his father (Thaddius Livingston) in Nine Mile, Jamaica. He attended the Stepney School. It was there that Neville and Robert Nesta Marley became friends.

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Neville and his father moved to Kingston, Jamaica in 1952. Neville's father and Robert's mother were both single parents. In Kingston they lived together and had a daughter (Claudette "Pearl" Livingston).

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Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, Winston Hubert "Peter" McIntosh, Neville O'Riley "Bunny" Livingston and Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite learned breath control, harmony techniques, music theory and songwriting from Jamaican singer / arranger / composer Joe Higgs. Higgs gave free music lessons at his yard on Third Street in Trench Town, Jamaica. He was a devout rasta.
Bob, Peter, Bunny, Junior, Beverly Kelso and Cherry Green joined to start "The Teenagers" vocal group in 1963. The group was renamed "The Wailing Rudeboys", "The Wailing Wailers" and last "The Wailers".
Bunny left The Wailers temporary in 1967. He was arrested and sentenced to 14 months in prison for marijuana possession.
Bunny rejoined The Wailers in 1968, September.

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The Wailers signed a deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records and recorded the album "Catch A Fire" in 1972. "Catch A Fire" was the first international Reggae album.
Bunny left The Wailers in 1973. He refused to tour outside of Jamaica.
Bunny started his solo career.
Bunny started the "Solomonic" label in 1973.
Bunny and Peter recorded the songs "Bide Up" and "Fighting Against Conviction" for Bunny's "Blackheart Man" album.
Bunny, Peter and Bob recorded a new version of The Wailers' song "Dreamland" for Bunny's "Blackheart Man" album.

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Peter, Bunny, Junior and Vision recorded songs for The Wailers' "The Never Ending Wailers" album in 1984.
Bunny toured outside of Jamaica for the first time (since 1973) in 1986.
Bunny, Junior and Vision performed the song "Together Again" at the Madison Square Garden in 1986.

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Bunny performed at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival for the first time in 1990.
Bunny's "Time Will Tell: A Tribute To Bob Marley" album won the 1990 Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1991.
Bunny's "Crucial! Roots Classics" album won the 1994 Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1995.
Bunny's "Hall Of Fame: A Tribute To Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary" album won the 1996 Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1997.

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Discography

	Blackheart Man 1976 Blackheart Man Fighting Against Conviction The Oppressed Song Fig Tree Dreamland Rastaman Reincarnated Souls Amagideon (Armageddon) Bide Up This Train
	Protest 1977 Moses Children Get Up, Stand Up Scheme Of Things Quit Trying Follow Fashion Monkey Wanted Children Who Feels It Johnny Too Bad
	Roots Radics Rockers Reggae 1979 Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae Cease Fire Let Him Go The Conqueror Rockers Wirly Girly Rockin' Time Love Fire Album AKA In I Father's House.
	Rootsman Skanking 1981 Ballroom Floor Collyman Dance Rock Gamblings Rootsman Skanking Cool Runnings Cry To Me Rock 'N' Groove Another Dance Jammins Album AKA Rock 'N' Groove.
	Sings The Wailers 1981 Dancing Shoes Mellow Mood Dreamland Keep On Moving Hypocrite I'm The Toughest Rule This Land Burial I Stand Predominate Walk The Proud Land
	DUBD'SCO Volumes 1 & 2 1981 Roots Radics Dub Battering Down Dub Armageddon Dub Dub Tree Burning Dub Rasta Dub Dream Dub Burial Dub Predominately Dub Dub The Proud Land Rule This Dub The Toughest Dub Dancing Dub Mellow Dub Keep On Dubbing Hypocritical Dub Worly Girly Dubby
	Time Will Tell 1981 Soul Rebel I Shot The Sheriff Time Will Tell Bellyfull Redemption Song No Woman No Cry Slave Driver War Crazy Bald Head Rebel Music Album AKA Tribute.
	Marketplace 1985 Stay With The Reggae Jump, Jump Dance Hall Music Cool And Deadly Ally Worker Dance The Night Away Electric City Tears In Your Eyes Home Sweet Home Together
	Liberation 1988 Rise And Shine Liberation Botha The Mosquito Want To Come Home Ready When You Ready Didn't You Know Dash Wey The Vial Bald Head Jesus Food Serious Thing
	Rule Dance Hall 1988 Rule Dance Hall Jolly Session Saturday Night Trash Ina We Bes Put It On Reggae In The U.S.A. Haughty Tempo Camouflage Hot Foot Head Stir It Up Old Time Sinting Reasons
	Gumption 1990 Sounds Clash Pieakka 'Bus Dem Shut' Dog War See And Blind Warrior Never Grow Old Gumption Wheel Yo Belly Don Man Reggae Burden
	Dance Massive 1992 Ram Dance Conscious Lyrics Girls Dance Massive Don Dadda Dance Ha Ti Gwan Raggamuffin Veteran The Specialists Still The King
	Just Be Nice 1993 Electric Boogie Electro Rap Riding Hook Line And Sinker Soul Rocking Party Bad Dub Sitting In The Park Family Affair Hit Back The Crack Back To School Just Be Nice Ballroom Floor
	Crucial! Roots Classics 1994 Boderation Baldheaded Woman Old Dragon Crucial Innocent Blood Trouble On The Road Again Peace Talks Unity Togawar Game Struggle Free Jah Jah Children Power Strugglers Bright Soul Here In Jamaica Songs recorded between 1977 and 1985.
	Hall Of Fame CD1 1995 Profile Roots Chant Down Babylon Forever Loving Jah Three Little Birds Trench Town Rastaman Vibration Roots Rock Reggae Johnny Was A Good Man Want More No More Trouble Africa Unite One Drop Ambush Wake Up And Live Can't Stop Them Now Bad Card Mi And Dem Work Rasta Dread Bend Down Low Talking Blues Blackman Redemption Sun Is Shining Man To Man
	Hall Of Fame CD2 1995 Stiff Neck Fool Pimpers Paradise Jump Nyabinghi Mix Up Give Thanks And Praise Trouble In The World Zion Train Rastaman Rides Again Judge Not Fancy Curls Zimbabwe Winepress Rat Race Revolution Top Rankin' Rainbow Country Simmer Down Running Away Guiltiness Craven Choke Puppy Natural Mystic So Much Things To Say Survivors One Love Lively Up Yourself Small Axe Final Statement
	Communication 2000 Standing Ovation Legends Rockstone Against All Odds Genetic Order The Peoples Cup Almighty Is A Rappa Help Us Jah Bear The Cross Ethiopia Reggae Converts Fiya Red Disarmament Speech Trigger Happy Kid Teeni Wappaz Stand In Love Millenium Rock

Thanks

Infinite Thanks

To Jah Jah for absolutely everything and so much more. Thy will be done.

3 Million Thanks

To my family for their unconditional love. Jah Jah, bless them.
To The Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Israel Vibration, UB40, Yellowman, Pato Banton, Don Carlos, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & The Maytals, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, The Gladiators, Culture, Charlie Chaplin, Ziggy Marley and Andrew Tosh. Jah Jah, bless them.
To all who have sent words of encouragement and positive vibrations. You know who you are, Jah knows who you are. Jah Jah, bless them.

Special Thanks

Patrick Murray
Claudia Taboada
Richi
Frank Sanchez
Stuart
Daniel Scott
Ken Pisano
David Bartell
Christian Regaud
Chris Singh
Mike Hart
Miss Mouse
Melissa D'Angelo
Robert Fowles
Fernanda
Flavia
Jason
Bo Selecta
Frederick Eugene Grinder III

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Discography

Blackheart Man

Protest

Roots Radics Rockers Reggae

Rootsman Skanking

Sings The Wailers

DUBD'SCO Volumes 1 & 2

Time Will Tell

Marketplace

Liberation

Rule Dance Hall

Gumption

Dance Massive

Just Be Nice

Crucial! Roots Classics

Hall Of Fame CD1

Hall Of Fame CD2

Communication

Links

@ Vital Spot

Reggae

The Wailers

Israel Vibration

UB40

Yellowman

Pato Banton

Patois

Thanks

Infinite Thanks

3 Million Thanks

Special Thanks