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Bunny Wailer

Chanteur/euse, Musicien/ne
Jamaïque

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Bunny Wailer est l’un des trois fondateurs des Wailers, un groupe qui a transformé le reggae…


Bunny Wailer, de son vrai nom Neville Livingstone, est né à Kingston en 1947. Il rencontre Bob Marley dès l’enfance et les deux vont faire la paire. En effet, les deux potes se retrouvent à l’adolescence et vont devenir les élèves de Joe Higgs qui leur enseigne tout son savoir musical. C’est à cette époque qu’ils rencontrent un certain Peter Tosh…

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English

As a founding member of the Wailers, and the trio’s only surviving member, Bunny Wailer, has become a respected elder statesmen of the Jamaican music scene. His vocal and composing contributions to the Wailers had helped seen to that, while over the years Wailer has endeavored to keep the group’s memory alive. But beyond the Wailers’ legacy, and his own solo career, the artist has also made a significant mark beyond the music scene. Born Neville O’Riley Livingston on April 10, 1947, in Kingston, Jamaica, the young Livingston actually spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Miles in St. Ann’s. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two toddlers became fast friends.

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