Neville O'Riley Livingston was born 1947, April 10, in Kingston, Jamaica.
Neville lived with his father (Thaddius Livingston) in Nine Mile, Jamaica. He attended the Stepney School. It was there that Neville and Robert Nesta Marley became friends.
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Neville and his father moved to Kingston, Jamaica in 1952. Neville's father and Robert's mother were both single parents. In Kingston they lived together and had a daughter (Claudette "Pearl" Livingston).
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Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, Winston Hubert "Peter" McIntosh, Neville O'Riley "Bunny" Livingston and Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite learned breath control, harmony techniques, music theory and songwriting from Jamaican singer / arranger / composer Joe Higgs. Higgs gave free music lessons at his yard on Third Street in Trench Town, Jamaica. He was a devout rasta.
Bob, Peter, Bunny, Junior, Beverly Kelso and Cherry Green joined to start "The Teenagers" vocal group in 1963. The group was renamed "The Wailing Rudeboys", "The Wailing Wailers" and last "The Wailers".
Bunny left The Wailers temporary in 1967. He was arrested and sentenced to 14 months in prison for marijuana possession.
Bunny rejoined The Wailers in 1968, September.
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The Wailers signed a deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records and recorded the album "Catch A Fire" in 1972. "Catch A Fire" was the first international Reggae album.
Classic Albums: Catch A Fire
Bunny left The Wailers in 1973. He refused to tour outside of Jamaica.
Bunny started his solo career.
Bunny started the "Solomonic" label in 1973.
Bunny and Peter recorded the songs "Bide Up" and "Fighting Against Conviction" for Bunny's "Blackheart Man" album.
Bunny, Peter and Bob recorded a new version of The Wailers' song "Dreamland" for Bunny's "Blackheart Man" album.
Bunny Wailer
Photo from "Protest" (1977)
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Peter, Bunny, Junior and Vision recorded songs for The Wailers' "The Never Ending Wailers" album in 1986.
Bunny toured outside of Jamaica for the first time (since 1973) in 1986.
Bunny, Junior and Vision performed the song "Together Again" at the Madison Square Garden in 1986.
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Bunny performed at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival for the first time in 1990.
Bunny's "Time Will Tell: A Tribute To Bob Marley" album won the 1990 Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1991.
Bunny's "Crucial! Roots Classics" album won the 1994 Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1995.
Bunny's "Hall Of Fame: A Tribute To Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary" album won the 1996 Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1997.
DISCOGRAPHY
Blackheart Man
1976
Blackheart Man
Fighting Against Conviction
The Oppressed Song
Fig Tree
Dreamland
Rastaman
Reincarnated Souls
Amagideon (Armageddon)
Bide Up
This Train
Protest
1977
Moses Children
Get Up, Stand Up
Scheme Of Things
Quit Trying
Follow Fashion Monkey
Wanted Children
Who Feels It
Johnny Too Bad
Roots Radics Rockers Reggae *
1979
Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae
Cease Fire
Let Him Go
The Conqueror
Rockers
Wirly Girly
Rockin' Time
Love Fire
* Also released as In I Father's House
Rootsman Skanking *
1981
Ballroom Floor
Collyman
Dance Rock
Gamblings
Rootsman Skanking
Cool Runnings
Cry To Me
Rock 'N' Groove
Another Dance
Jammins
* Also released as Rock 'N' Groove
Sings The Wailers
1981
Dancing Shoes
Mellow Mood
Dreamland
Keep On Moving
Hypocrite
I'm The Toughest
Rule This Land
Burial
I Stand Predominate
Walk The Proud Land
DUBD'SCO Volumes 1 & 2
1981
Roots Radics Dub
Battering Down Dub
Armageddon Dub
Dub Tree
Burning Dub
Rasta Dub
Dream Dub
Burial Dub
Predominately Dub
Dub The Proud Land
Rule This Dub
The Toughest Dub
Dancing Dub
Mellow Dub
Keep On Dubbing
Hypocritical Dub
Worly Girly Dubby
Time Will Tell *
1981
Soul Rebel
I Shot The Sheriff
Time Will Tell
Bellyfull
Redemption Song
No Woman No Cry
Slave Driver
War
Crazy Bald Head
Rebel Music
* Also released as Tribute
Marketplace
1985
Stay With The Reggae
Jump, Jump
Dance Hall Music
Cool And Deadly
Ally Worker
Dance The Night Away
Electric City
Tears In Your Eyes
Home Sweet Home
Together
Liberation
1988
Rise And Shine
Liberation
Botha The Mosquito
Want To Come Home
Ready When You Ready
Didn't You Know
Dash Wey The Vial
Bald Head Jesus
Food
Serious Thing
Rule Dance Hall
1988
Rule Dance Hall
Jolly Session
Saturday Night
Trash Ina We Bes
Put It On
Reggae In The U.S.A.
Haughty Tempo
Camouflage
Hot Foot Head
Stir It Up
Old Time Sinting
Reasons
Gumption
1990
Sounds Clash
Pieakka 'Bus Dem Shut'
Dog War
See And Blind
Warrior
Never Grow Old
Gumption
Wheel Yo Belly
Don Man
Reggae Burden
Dance Massive
1992
Ram Dance
Conscious Lyrics
Girls
Dance Massive
Don Dadda
Dance Ha Ti Gwan
Raggamuffin
Veteran
The Specialists
Still The King
Just Be Nice
1993
Electric Boogie
Electro Rap
Riding
Hook Line And Sinker
Soul Rocking Party
Bad Dub
Sitting In The Park
Family Affair
Hit Back The Crack
Back To School
Just Be Nice
Ballroom Floor
Crucial! Roots Classics
1994 Recorded: 1977-1985
Boderation
Baldheaded Woman
Old Dragon
Crucial
Innocent Blood
Trouble On The Road Again
Peace Talks
Unity
Togawar Game
Struggle
Free Jah Jah Children
Power Strugglers
Bright Soul
Here In Jamaica
Hall Of Fame [Disc 1]
1995
Profile
Roots
Chant Down Babylon
Forever Loving Jah
Three Little Birds
Trench Town
Rastaman Vibration
Roots Rock Reggae
Johnny Was A Good Man
Want More
No More Trouble
Africa Unite
One Drop
Ambush
Wake Up And Live
Can't Stop Them Now
Bad Card
Mi And Dem
Work
Rasta Dread
Bend Down Low
Talking Blues
Blackman Redemption
Sun Is Shining
Man To Man
Hall Of Fame [Disc 2]
1995
Stiff Neck Fool
Pimpers Paradise
Jump Nyabinghi
Mix Up
Give Thanks And Praise
Trouble In The World
Zion Train
Rastaman Rides Again
Judge Not
Fancy Curls
Zimbabwe
Winepress
Rat Race
Revolution
Top Rankin'
Rainbow Country
Simmer Down
Running Away
Guiltiness
Craven Choke Puppy
Natural Mystic
So Much Things To Say
Survivors
One Love
Lively Up Yourself
Small Axe
Final Statement
Communication
2000
Standing Ovation
Legends
Rockstone
Against All Odds
Genetic Order
The Peoples Cup
Almighty Is A Rappa
Help Us Jah
Bear The Cross
Ethiopia
Reggae Converts
Fiya Red
Disarmament Speech
Trigger Happy Kid
Teeni Wappaz
Stand In Love
Millenium Rock
The Definitive Discography
By Roger Steffens & Leroy Jodie Pierson