Neville O'Riley better known as Bunny Wailer, and also as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B,is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy award winner, he is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music.
After leaving the Wailers, Bunny became more focused on his spiritual faith. He identified with the Rastafari movement, as did the other Wailers. He has also written much of his own material as well as re-recording a number of cuts from the Wailers catalogue. Bunny Wailer has recorded primarily in the roots style, in keeping with his often political and spiritual messages.
He and Tosh would frequently sing each other's background vocals in the start of their solo careers. The album Blackheart Man is a good example of his roots reggae style, while Sings the Wailers successfully reworks many of The Wailers songs with the backing of top Jamaican musicians, Sly and Robbie.
He experimented with disco on his album Hook Line & Sinker. He has also had success recording in the typically apolitical, more pop, dancehall style. He has outlived his contemporaries in a culture where death by violence is commonplace.
BUNNY WAILER - OFFICIAL DISCOGRAPHY:
1) The Wailers - Discography: (1962 - 1974)
[The band was formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer]
Official Albums:
.1965 - The Wailing Wailers - (Reissue Cd in 1994 with Bonus Tracks)
.1970 - Soul Rebels
.1971 - Soul Revolution - (Aka: "Soul Revolution Part II" 1971)
.1971 - Soul Revolution Part II (Instrumental) - (Reissue: "Upsetter Revolution Rhythm" 2004)
.1971 - The Best Of The Wailers - (Official Album)
.1973 - African Herbsman
.1974 - Rasta Revolution
2) Discography with: "Bob Marley and The Wailers"
[The band was formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer]
Official Albums:
.1973 - Catch a Fire
.1973 - Burnin'
3) Bunny Wailer - Discography: (1976 - Present)
Official Albums:
.1976 - Black Heart Man
.1977 - Protest
.1978 - Dubd'sco Vol 1 - (Reissue: "Dubd'sco Volumes 1 & 2" 1999)
.1978 - Struggle
.1979 - In I Father's House - (Reissue: "Roots Radics Rockers Reggae" 1983 with 2 New Tracks)
.1981 - Dubd'sco Vol 2 - (Reissue: "Dubd'sco Volumes 1 & 2" 1999)
.1981 - Rock'n'Groove - (Reissue: "Rootsman Skanking" 1987 with 3 New Tracks)
.1981 - Sings The Wailers
.1981 - Tribute - (Reissue: "Time Will Tell: A Tribute To Bob Marley" 1990 with 2 New Tracks)
.1982 - Hook Line & Sinker
.1983 - Live!
.1985 - Marketplace
.1987 - Rootsman Skanking
.1987 - Rule Dance Hall
.1988 - Liberation
.1990 - Just Be Nice
.1991 - Gumption
.1992 - Dance Massive
.1993 - The Never Ending Wailers - (Includes tracks remixed and alternative versions)
.1994 - Crucial Roots Classics - (Includes previously unreleased tracks (1978-82) + Compilation)
.1995 - Hall Of Fame: A Tribute To Bob Marley - (2 Cd)
.2000 - Communication
.2003 - World Peace - (Includes new tracks + Compilation)
.2007 - Rub-A-Dub
.2007 - Combination Vol. 1 - (Bunny Wailer with Guest, includes the same songs from "Rub-A-Dub)
.2009 - Cross Culture
.2013 - Reincarnated Souls
4) Unofficial Albums/Bootleg:
.1986 - Roots Of Jamaica - (Cd)
[(Live Recorded in Madison Square Garden 1986) - (Clinton label)]
.2006 - Bunny Wailer's Sound Clash - (EP Digital Release)
[Live recorded at the Reggae Sunsplash, Jamaica in 1988) - (Charly Records)]
1) The Wailers - Discography: (1962 - 1974)
[The band was formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer]
Official Albums:
.1965 - The Wailing Wailers - (Reissue Cd in the 1994 with Bonus Tracks)
(Original Press):