Bunny Wailer

Wailer was born Neville O'Riley Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston.{{cite magazine |last1=Romano |first1=Nick |title=Reggae legend Bunny Wailer of the Wailers dies at 73 |url=https://ew.com/music/bunny-wailer-death-dead/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=2 March 2021 |language=en}} He spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two young boys befriended each other quickly.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-04|title=Bunny Wailer obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/04/bunny-wailer-obituary|access-date=2021-03-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}} The boys both came from single-parent families; Livingston was brought up by his father, Marley by his mother.{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=Bunny Wailer: Reggae legend who played with Bob Marley dies, aged 73 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56256885 |work=BBC News |date=2 March 2021}}{{Cite web|first=Brian|last=Bonitto|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/home-again-bunny-wailer-8217-s-father-8217-s-home-to-become-a-heritage-site_131324?profile=1116|title=Home Again|work=Jamaica Observer|access-date=29 April 2020|date=24 April 2018|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304070923/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/home-again-bunny-wailer-8217-s-father-8217-s-home-to-become-a-heritage-site_131324?profile=1116|url-status=dead}} Later, Wailer's father Thaddeus "Thaddy Shut" Livingston lived with Marley's mother Cedella Booker in Trenchtown and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with Wailer's sister Shirley, making Andrew his nephew.{{cite news |last1=Werman |first1=Marco |title=A night of real reggae with Bunny, the last Wailer standing |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-06/night-real-reggae-bunny-last-wailer-standing |work=The World from PRX |date=6 May 2016 |language=en}}

Wailer had originally gone to audition for Leslie Kong at Beverley's Records in 1962, around the same time his step-brother Bob Marley was cutting "Judge Not". Wailer had intended to sing his first composition, "Pass It On", which at the time was more ska-oriented. However, Wailer was late getting out of school and missed his audition.{{cite book|first=Roger |last=Steffens|title=So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yt9SDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT138|date=11 July 2017|publisher=W. W. Norton|isbn=978-0-393-63479-2|page=138}} A few months later, in 1963, he formed "The Wailing Wailers" with Marley and friend Peter Tosh, and the short-term members Junior Braithwaite and Beverley Kelso.{{cite book|author=Maureen Sheridan|title=Bob Marley: The Stories Behind Every Song : Soul Survivor|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OATAQAAIAAJ&q=%22called%20The%20Teenagers%22|year=1999|publisher=Carlton|isbn=978-1-85868-749-0|page=138}}{{cite news |last1=Tsioulcas |first1=Anastasia |title=Bunny Wailer, Iconic Reggae Singer And Wailers Co-Founder, Has Died At Age 73 |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972832265/bunny-wailer-iconic-reggae-singer-and-wailers-co-founder-has-died-at-age-73 |work=NPR |date=2 March 2021 |language=en}} Wailer tended to sing lead vocals less often than Marley and Tosh in the early years, but when Marley left Jamaica in 1966 for Delaware in the US, and was briefly replaced by Constantine "Vision" Walker, Wailer began to record and sing lead vocals on some of his own compositions, such as "Who Feels It Knows It", "I Stand Predominate", and "Sunday Morning".{{cite book|author=Martin Charles Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_H9AAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-0-86241-827-4|page=506}} Wailer's style of music was influenced by gospel music and the soul singer Curtis Mayfield.{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CrJGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Dancing%20Shoes%22|year=1995|publisher=Guinness Pub.|isbn=978-0-85112-662-3|page=4353}}{{cite book|author=Roger Steffens|title=So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yt9SDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT51|date=11 July 2017|publisher=W. W. Norton|isbn=978-0-393-63479-2|page=51}} In 1967, he recorded "This Train", based on a gospel standard, for the first time, at Studio One.{{cite news |last1=Joseph |first1=Adam |title=One of reggae's greatest celebrates 40th anniversary in Salinas |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/music/one-of-reggae-s-greatest-celebrates-40th-anniversary-in-salinas/article_56c1fcac-fc4b-11e5-8ce5-3f76430d2d0a.html |work=Monterey County Weekly |date=7 April 2016 |language=en}}{{cite magazine |last=Katz |first=David |title=The Mojo interview: Bunny Wailer |magazine=Mojo |issue=191, October 2009 |pages=38–42}}

Wailer was arrested on charges of possession of cannabis in June 1967 and served a 14-month prison sentence.[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Singing-the-jailhouse-rock_13075810 Singing the jailhouse rock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303170010/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Singing-the-jailhouse-rock_13075810 |date=3 March 2021 }}, Jamaica Observer, Published 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012 Around this time he, Bob Marley, and Peter Tosh signed an exclusive recording agreement with Danny Sim's JAD Records{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Rasha |title=Legendary reggae artist Bunny Wailer, last living founder of Bob Marley and the Wailers, dies at 73 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/03/02/bunny-wailer-dead-73-reggae-bob-marley-and-the-wailers/6886069002/ |work=USA Today |date=2 March 2021}} and an exclusive publishing agreement with Sim's music publishing company Cayman Music.{{cite news |last1=Eames |first1=Tom |title=The Story of... 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash |url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/i-can-see-clearly-now-johnny-nash-meaning-lyrics/ |work=Smooth Radio |date=7 October 2020 |language=en}}

As the Wailers regularly changed producers in the late 1960s, Wailer continued to contribute songs to the group's repertoire. The music critic Kwame Dawes says that Wailer's song lyrics were carefully crafted and literary in style, and he remained a key part of the group's distinctive harmonies.{{cite book|author=Kwame Dawes|title=Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDUDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT85|date=26 June 2012|publisher=Bobcat Books|isbn=978-0-85712-838-6|pages=85–87}}{{cite news |last1=Sisario |first1=Ben |title=Bunny Wailer, Reggae Pioneer With the Wailers, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/arts/music/bunny-wailer-dead.html |work=The New York Times |date=2 March 2021}} Wailer sang lead on such songs as "Dreamland" (a cover of El Tempos' "My Dream Island", which soon became his signature song{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Kevin O'Brien |last2=Chen |first2=Wayne |title=Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music |date=1998 |publisher=Temple University Press |location=Philadelphia |isbn=978-1-56639-629-5 |page=165}}) "Riding High", "Brainwashing", and in the bridge of the Wailers' song, "Keep On Moving" (sung in the style of Curtis Mayfield of the Impressions), produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry.{{cite book|author=David Katz|title=People Funny Boy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqoGHlWton4C&q=%22Keep%20On%20Moving%22|year=2000|publisher=Payback Press|isbn=978-0-86241-854-0|page=128|quote='Keep On Moving' was a full re-working of the Impressions' 'I've Got To Keep On Moving' that the group had taken a stab at with Perry at Studio One, and featured Bunny's shrill imitation of Curtis Mayfield in the bridge.}} In 1971, the Wailers recorded Bunny Wailer's song "Pass It On", which he said he wrote in 1962; it was released as a dubplate mix on JAD's "Original Cuts" compilation.{{cite book|author1=Roger Steffens|author2=Leroy Jodie Pierson|title=Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Klv0AAAAMAAJ&q=%2202%20Note:%20Although%20this%20early%20version%20of%20the%20song%22|year=2005|publisher=Rounder Books|isbn=978-1-57940-120-7|page=167}} This version of the song features different lyrics and music in the verses to the later versions of "Pass It On" – Wailer would later reuse these in "Innocent Blood". By 1973, each of the three founding Wailers operated his own label, Marley with Tuff Gong,{{cite book|author1=Ian McCann|author2=Harry Hawke|title=Bob Marley: The Complete Guide to his Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=de-aAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT86|date=12 December 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-735-8|page=86}} Tosh with H.I.M. Intel Diplo,{{cite book|author=John Masouri|title=Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDn_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT120|date=13 May 2013|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-871-3|page=120}} and Bunny Wailer with Solomonic.{{cite book|author=Timothy White|title=Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4nfr2cYAMQC&pg=PA500|date=2 May 2006|publisher=Henry Holt and Company|isbn=978-0-8050-8086-5|page=500}} He sang lead vocals on "Reincarnated Souls", the B-side of the Wailers first Island single of the new era, and on two tracks on the Wailers last trio LP, "Burnin'": "Pass it On" and "Hallelujah Time". By now he was recording singles in his own right, cutting "Searching For Love", "Life Line", "Trod On", "Arab Oil Weapon", and "Pass It On" (a new recording of the Wailers song) for his own label.

Bunny Wailer toured with the Wailers in England and the United States, but soon became reluctant to leave Jamaica. He and Tosh were more marginalised in the group as the Wailers attained international success, and attention was increasingly focused on Marley. Wailer subsequently left the Wailers in 1973{{cite news|last=Pareles |first=Jon|title=Dance Fever No Matter the Message|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/16/arts/pop-review-dance-fever-no-matter-the-message.html|work=The New York Times|date=16 December 1997}} and adopted the name "Bunny"{{cite magazine |author1=Daniel Kreps |title=Reggae Icon Bunny Wailer -- Founding Member of the Wailers -- Has Died at 73 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bunny-wailer-obit-1035643/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302182411/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bunny-wailer-obit-1035643/ |archive-date=2 March 2021 |url-status=live }} in pursuit of a solo career after balking when Chris Blackwell wanted the Wailers to tour freak clubs in the United States, stating that it was against his Rastafari principles.Bunny quoted directly in the documentary, Marley Before leaving the Wailers, Wailer had become more focused on his spiritual faith. He identified with the Rastafari movement, as did the other Wailers. He also composed much of his own material as well as re-recording a number of cuts from the Wailers' catalogue. Wailer recorded primarily in the roots style, in keeping with his often political and spiritual messages; his album Blackheart Man was well received.{{cite book|author=David Vlado Moskowitz|title=Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDKfGRCq73cC&pg=PA312|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33158-9|page=312}} According to the journalist Peter Mason, writing in the Guardian newspaper, Blackheart Man "is widely felt to be one of reggae’s highest peaks".{{cite news |title=Bunny Wailer obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/04/bunny-wailer-obituary |access-date=4 March 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=4 March 2021}}

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After leaving the Wailers, Wailer experimented with disco on his album Hook Line & Sinker,{{cite news |title='Jah B' leads the pack among top national honours |url=https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/jah-b-leads-pack-among-top-national-honours |work=Loop Jamaica |date=16 October 2017 |language=en}} while Sings the Wailers reworks many of The Wailers songs with the backing of Jamaican session musicians, Sly and Robbie.{{cite news |last1=Mint |first1=Reggie |title=Best Reggae Singers: 20 Of Reggae's Greatest Voices |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-reggae-singers/ |work=uDiscover Music |date=28 July 2020}} He also had success recording in the typically apolitical, more pop, dancehall style.{{cite news |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Bunny Wailer Dead At 73 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2117917/bunny-wailer-dead-at-73/news/ |work=Stereogum |date=2 March 2021 |language=en}}

During this musical period, one of the highlights of Bunny Wailer's career was composing the hit single "Electric Boogie" in 1982 for Marcia Griffiths. This song led to the dance craze "Electric Slide" in 1986, which gained popularity in Washington D.C. and other parts of the world. Bunny Wailer also recorded versions of the song for himself, although with less success compared to Griffiths' versions.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-18 |title=The Music Diaries {{!}} Bunny Wailer honoured, great works acknowledged |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20180218/music-diaries-bunny-wailer-honoured-great-works-acknowledged |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=jamaica-gleaner.com |language=en}}

Wailer's music had dancehall and rockers influences,{{cite magazine|author=Rob Kenner|title=Boom Shots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA114|magazine=Vibe|date=1995|publisher=Vibe Media Group|page=114}}{{cite book|first=Robert |last=Christgau|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '80s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3cYiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22rockers%20studio%20flash%22|year=1990|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=978-0-679-73015-6|page=429}} best exemplified by the album Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers on which he reinterpreted some of the Wailers material as a solo roots singer with roots reggae-based backing by Sly and Robbie. The album, produced by Bunny Wailer, was recorded at Harry J Studio.{{cite book |last1=Steffens |first1=Roger |title=Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography |date=2005 |publisher=Rounder Books |location=Cambridge, MA |isbn=978-1-57940-120-7 |page=126 |edition=1st}} Some of these tracks are reworked classic Wailers tracks such as "Dreamland", a cover of El Tempos' "My Dream Island" with slightly reworked lyrics that became Bunny's signature song. This was recorded in 1966 by Clement Coxsone Dodd, and in 1972 with Lee "Scratch" Perry; it was released as a 7" in 1971 with a U-Roy version on the B-side.{{cite book|author1=Ian McCann|author2=Harry Hawke|title=Bob Marley: The Complete Guide to his Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=de-aAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT29|date=12 December 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-735-8|page=29}} Another classic is "Dancing Shoes", first recorded in the mid-1960s as a driving ska/soul classic with Bunny Wailer on lead vocals.{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Roy |title='Musically Speaking' offers untold Wailers stories |url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20170426/musically-speaking-offers-untold-wailers-stories |work=The Gleaner |date=26 April 2017 |language=en}}

Wailer won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album three times; in 1991 for the album Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley, in 1995 for Crucial! Roots Classics, and in 1997 for Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary.Smith, C. C. "Bunny Bags another Grammy." The Beat, vol. 16, no. 2, 1997., pp. 61. He was also featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including; Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Trey Anastasio, Gwen Stefani / No Doubt, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites.{{cite web |url=http://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/ |title=Linear CD Notes |website=Tootsandthemaytals.net |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161110054527/http://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/ |archive-date=10 November 2016 |url-status=dead}} Wailer's catalogue is now under the curation of his agent Simon Vumbaca.{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Vernon |title=Bunny Wailer thrown out of museum |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/security-guard-assaults-bunny-wailer-at-bob-marley-museum/ |website=Observer |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=4 November 2023}}

However, in 1991, Bunny Wailer faced one of the lowest points in his career at the annual Sting event in Portmore, when he was driven off stage by a shower of bottles thrown by the audience. This incident, not uncommon at dancehall events, highlighted the tension between Wailer's traditional style and the emerging trends popularized by artists such as Ninjaman and Shabba Ranks.[https://www.reggaestory.de/stories/bunny-wailer-zips-2021-12-en.html]

In August 2012, it was announced that Bunny Wailer would receive Jamaica's fifth highest honour, the Order of Jamaica.Bonitto, Brian (2012) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Tosh-gets-OM Tosh gets OM]", Jamaica Observer, 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012

In 2016, he played a month-long 'Blackheart Man' tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his 1976 album.Campbell, Howard (2016) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/The-shows-go-on-for-Wailer_61077 The shows go on for Wailer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303002243/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/The-shows-go-on-for-Wailer_61077 |date=3 March 2021 }}", Jamaica Observer, 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016

In October 2017, he was awarded the Order of Merit by the Jamaican government, the nation's fourth-highest honour.Johnson, Richard (2017) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/with-distinction_114110?profile=1116 With Distinction: Arts, entertainment fraternity members honoured at King's House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303002425/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/with-distinction_114110?profile=1116 |date=3 March 2021 }}", Jamaica Observer, 17 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017

In October 2019, a commemorative blue plaque dedicated by the Nubian Jak Community Trust honoring Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer was placed at the former site of Basing Street Studios in London, where Catch a Fire and Burnin' were completed.{{cite news|last=Motune|first=Vic|title=Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer to receive Blue Plaque honour|url=https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2019/09/27/bob-marley-peter-tosh-and-bunny-wailer-to-receive-blue-plaque-honour/|website=Voice Online|date=27 September 2019|access-date=1 December 2021}}

In November 2019, Wailer received a Pinnacle Award in New York from the Coalition to Preserve Reggae.Campbell, Howard (2019) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/bunny-wailer-gets-pinnacle-honour_179004?profile=1116 Bunny Wailer gets Pinnacle honour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303002901/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/bunny-wailer-gets-pinnacle-honour_179004?profile=1116 |date=3 March 2021 }}", Jamaica Observer, 6 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019

In October 2018, Wailer suffered a minor stroke, resulting in speech problems.Lyew, Stephanie (8 November 2018). "[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20181109/bunny-wailer-securing-legacy-following-minor-stroke Bunny Wailer Securing Legacy Following Minor Stroke]", Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 25 November 2018 After suffering another stroke in July 2020, he was hospitalized at Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, where he eventually died on 2 March 2021 at the age of 73,{{Cite web|first=Sharlene |last=Hendricks |url=https://apnews.com/article/bunny-wailer-dead-41f656973e58c6ebe98c223bc06ffc1b|title=Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies|publisher=Associated Press |date=2 March 2021}}{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Bonitto |title=Bunny Wailer is dead |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Bunny_Wailer_is_dead?profile=1017 |access-date=2 March 2021 |work=Jamaica Observer |date=2 March 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=Bunny Wailer: Reggae legend who found fame with Bob Marley dies, aged 73 |work=BBC News |date=2 March 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56256885 |access-date=3 March 2021}} of complications from the stroke he suffered the previous year.{{cite news |title=Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and founder of The Wailers, has died at 73 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bunny-wailer-dies-age-73-wailers-original-member-stroke-complications/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=www.cbsnews.com |date=3 March 2021}}

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• Blackheart Man (1976) Island/Tuff Gong (2 extra albums with Blackheart Man: Dubd'sco vol.1 (1976) Island/Tuff Gong and Blackheart Man (Remastered & Extended) (1976) Island/Tuff Gong){{cite news |last=Cooke |first=Mel |title=Bunny Wailer's 'Blackheart Man' remastered |work=Daily Gleaner |publisher=Gleaner Company |date=15 June 2009 |url=http://old.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090615/ent/ent1.html |access-date=8 June 2016}}
• Protest (1977) Solomonic{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|access-date=21 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
• Struggle (1978) Solomonic{{cite news |last1=DeRiso |first1=Nick |title=Reggae Legend Bunny Wailer Dies at 73 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bunny-wailer-dies/ |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=2 March 2021 |language=en}}
• In I Father's House (1979) Solomonic{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |title=Reggae & Caribbean Music |date=2002 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-87930-655-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARrDQKqFo7AC&q=%22Bunny%20Wailer%20Sings%20the%20Wailers%22&pg=PA296 |pages=296–297}}
• Bunny Wailer Sings the Wailers (1980) Solomonic
• Dubd'sco vol.2 (1981) Solomonic{{Cite web|url=https://www.reggae-vibes.com/articles/2021/03/bunny-wailer-the-blackheart-man-1947-2021/|title=Bunny Wailer - The Blackheart Man (1947-2021)|first=Mr T. at Reggae|last=Vibes|date=3 March 2021}}
• Rock 'n' Groove (1981) Solomonic
• Tribute (1981) Solomonic
• Hook Line & Sinker (1982) Solomonic
• Roots Radics Rockers Reggae (1983) Shanachie (international re-release of In I Father's House + 2 extra tracks)

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• Live! (1983) Solomonic
• Marketplace (1985) Solomonic

• Rootsman Skanking (1987) Shanachie (international re-release of Rock And Groove edited version plus 3 extra tracks)
• Rule Dance Hall (1987) Shanachie
• Liberation (1989) Shanachie
• Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley (1990) Shanachie (international re-release of Tribute + 2 extra tracks)Bonitto, Brian (22 January 2014) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Bunny-Wailer-turns-up-treble Bunny Wailer Turns Up Treble]", Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
• Gumption (1990) Shanachie
• The Never Ending Wailers (1991) RAS{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jun/23/guardianobituaries|title=Junior Braithwaite|date=23 June 1999|website=the Guardian}}
• Dance Massive (1992) Solomonic
• Just Be Nice (1993) RAS
• Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary (1996) RAS
• Communication (2000) Solomonic
• World Peace (2003) Solomonic
• Bunny Wailer's Sound Clash (2006) Charly Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.top-charts.com/r/bunny-wailers-sound-clash-bunny-wailer|title=Bunny Wailer's Sound Clash|website=www.top-charts.com}}
• Rub A Dub (2007) Solomonic
• Cross Culture (2009) Solomonic{{Cite web|url=http://voiceofthesufferers.free.fr/2009_bob_marley_and_the_wailers_simplified_discography.html|title=Bob Marley And The Wailers - Discography Simplified : 2009|website=voiceofthesufferers.free.fr}}

• Reincarnated Souls (2013), VP – 3CD + 2DVD set Solomonic
• Dub Fi Dub (2018) R.O.K./The Original Genesis{{Cite web|url=https://reggaefresh.com/bunny-wailer-wailing-souls-dub-fi-dub-2018/|title=BUNNY WAILER & WAILING SOULS - DUB FI DUB - 2018|date=10 September 2018}}

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• Crucial! Roots Classics (1994) RAS
• Retrospective (1995) Solomonic/Shanachie{{cite news |last1=Kenner |first1=Rob |title=Boom Shots |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CsEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22bunny%20wailer%22%20%22Rock%20'n'%20Groove%22&pg=PA114 |work=Vibe |publisher=Vibe Media Group |date=July 1995 |page=114 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Dubd'sco Volumes 1 & 2 (1998) RAS
• Bob Marley & The Wailers Vol 2: Bunny Wailer & Johnny Lover (2002) Saludos Amigos (with Johnny Lover){{cite web |title=Bob Marley And The Wailers , Guests Bunny Wailer & Johnny Lover - Bob Marley & The Wailers Vol. 2 Album |url=https://www.opencloudpa.it/Bob-Marley/Bob-Marley-Wailers-Vol/97396 |website=Favorite Music Albums - opencloudpa.it |publisher=OpenCloud PA |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en-us |date=2016 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106134533/https://www.opencloudpa.it/Bob-Marley/Bob-Marley-Wailers-Vol/97396 |url-status=dead }}
• Winning Combinations: Bunny Wailer & Dennis Brown (2002) Universal Special Products (with Dennis Brown){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bunny-wailer-mn0000636474/discography/all|title=Bunny Wailer – Album Discography|work=AllMusic|access-date=3 March 2021}}
• The Wailers Legacy (2006) Solomonic (Bunny Wailer & The Wailers){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Klv0AAAAMAAJ|title=Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography|publisher=Rounder Books|year=2005|last1=Steffens|first1=Roger|last2=Pierson|first2=Leroy Jodie|page=xiii|isbn=9781579401207}}
• Tuff Gong/Island Singles 1: Tread Along: 1969–1976 (2016) Dub Store Records/Tuff Gong/Island
• Solomonic Singles 2: Rise and Shine: 1977–1986 (2016) Dub Store Records/Solomonic

• Live (2005) Video Music, Inc.

• A Reggae Session (1988) Sony BMG, features "Roots, Radics, Rockers and Reggae" and "Rise and Shine"{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bunny-wailer-mn0000636474/credits|title=Bunny Wailer – Credits|work=AllMusic|access-date=3 March 2021}}

• Roots Reggae Library{{cite web|url=http://www.roots-reggae-library.com/2015/12/bunny-wailer.html|title=Bunny Wailer|publisher=Roots Reggae Library|access-date=3 March 2021}}

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• [http://www.iration.com/wailers The Wailers News]
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502203445/http://www.musicgonnateach.com/BunnyWailer/ Bunny Wailer [Discography, Biography & Lyrics] @ www.MusicGonnaTeach.com]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20041017084627/http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/42 Roots Archives - Artist : Bunny Wailer]

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