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Article: IT'S ALL ABOUT DESTINY BUNNY WAILER LOOKS BEYOND THE TRAGEDY.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2006
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Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer
Bunny Wailer, a founder of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and the trio's only living member, acknowledges the recent lawsuit in which a member of Marley's band unsuccessfully sought royalty payments from the late reggae legend's estate.
But he says the attempt by Wailers bass player Aston ``Family Man'' Barrett in a British court to receive more than $125 million for himself and his late brother, drummer Carlton Barrett, was wasted effort.
``It was futile, mon,'' said Wailer, who was born Neville Livingston in 1947. ``There's no way they going to win. It wasted time. If they were smart ...''
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