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Article: 'Oh what a Rat Race!'
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- The Weekly Gleaner
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- May 29, 2008
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THE WAILERS, Bob Marley's band of brothers who rose to international fame with him during the 1970s, are the subject of a new book by American writer and reggae historian, John Masouri.
That book, Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers, was released in March. It is the latest tome based on reggae's most famous performer, but it is his band that stands front and centre this time.
THE WAILERS AFTER BOB
Masouri looks at the Wailers in the aftermath of Marley's death from cancer in 1981. There is the death of drummer Carlton Barrett, the band's fight to stay relevant with the loss of key members, and the legal battles waged by bass player Aston 'Family Man' Barrett against the Marley ...