Bunny Wailer (born Neville O'Riley Livingston, 10 April 1947), also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singersongwriter 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. He has been named by Newsweek as one of the three most important musicians in World music.
Early life and the Wailers
The young Livingston actually spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two toddlers became fast friends. The boys both came from one parent families; Livingston was being brought up by his father, Marley by his mother. Later, Bunny's father Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston lived with Bob Marley's mother Cedella Booker and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with another of Bunny's sisters, Shirley, making Andrew his nephew.
Bunny Wailer "Rise and Shine" from "A Reggae Session"
In Memory of Bunny Wailer. May his music and how he lived his life inspire us all.
Bunny performs his powerful song "Rise and Shine" in "A Reggae Session."
"A Reggae Session" is an all star, all-singing, all dancing outdoor concert, filmed live at Fort Charles, Jamaica in 1988, which originally aired on HBO's Cinemax channel. Featured are some of the greatest names of Reggae and a son of the greatest Reggae name of all, with unforgettable performances by Bunny Wailer, Ziggy Marley, The I-Three, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Toots Hibbert, The Neville Brothers, Carlos Santana, and Jimmy Cliff, with Sly & Robbie.
The show video has been enhanced for a higher definition viewing experience.
"A Reggae Session" is now streaming on PEACOCK and CRITERION CHANNEL, and is available for instant ...
published: 03 Mar 2021
Bunny Wailer - Rise & Shine + DUB version
Another dynamite retro LP by Bunny WAILER, my favourite Bassline of the Solomonic label, so put on your speakers to receive the full Basssssss ~ SSSSSSSSSSSS
published: 19 Mar 2017
BUNNY WAILER - Rise and Shine - reggae dub roots 12" single - Solomonic
From 1981, and on his own Solomonic label, this is Bunny Wailer in a serious mood, but with an optimistic solution. The ponderous beat lays heavy against his soaring, swooping chants, where he tells of how the people have been oppressed for far too long, but they can "rise and shine" and once again be free and happy. Freed from the shackles of slavery and free enough to become even the first black President of the USA. The dream may have come true. The dream where all people, black and white, yellow and brown, unite in peace and harmony.
We've been down in the valley much too long.
We've been down in captivity oh so long.
We've been down in humility much too long.
We've been down in slavery oh so long.
But we're gonna rise and shine!
And win our liberation,
for now is the time
...
published: 02 Feb 2009
Bunny Wailer - Rise & Shine 12"
Bunny Wailer 12inch
Rise And Shine + Salomonic Dub
Salomonic SM007 - OG UK - 1981
Producer: Bunny Wailer
published: 01 Oct 2014
Rise & Shine (12" Mix)
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Rise & Shine
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Released on: 2019-03-02
Composer: Bunny Wailer
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published: 01 Mar 2019
Bunny Wailer Rise And Shine With Solomonic Dub - 12 Inch - DJ APR
In Memory of Bunny Wailer. May his music and how he lived his life inspire us all.
Bunny performs his powerful song "Rise and Shine" in "A Reggae Session."
"...
In Memory of Bunny Wailer. May his music and how he lived his life inspire us all.
Bunny performs his powerful song "Rise and Shine" in "A Reggae Session."
"A Reggae Session" is an all star, all-singing, all dancing outdoor concert, filmed live at Fort Charles, Jamaica in 1988, which originally aired on HBO's Cinemax channel. Featured are some of the greatest names of Reggae and a son of the greatest Reggae name of all, with unforgettable performances by Bunny Wailer, Ziggy Marley, The I-Three, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Toots Hibbert, The Neville Brothers, Carlos Santana, and Jimmy Cliff, with Sly & Robbie.
The show video has been enhanced for a higher definition viewing experience.
"A Reggae Session" is now streaming on PEACOCK and CRITERION CHANNEL, and is available for instant viewing on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, VUDU, Tubi, IMDb TV, WatchFreeFlix, and Plex. Also available on, or coming soon to, other platforms.
New, enhanced DVD is now available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reggae-Session-Various/dp/B08WNY4ZBD
#bunnywailer
In Memory of Bunny Wailer. May his music and how he lived his life inspire us all.
Bunny performs his powerful song "Rise and Shine" in "A Reggae Session."
"A Reggae Session" is an all star, all-singing, all dancing outdoor concert, filmed live at Fort Charles, Jamaica in 1988, which originally aired on HBO's Cinemax channel. Featured are some of the greatest names of Reggae and a son of the greatest Reggae name of all, with unforgettable performances by Bunny Wailer, Ziggy Marley, The I-Three, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Toots Hibbert, The Neville Brothers, Carlos Santana, and Jimmy Cliff, with Sly & Robbie.
The show video has been enhanced for a higher definition viewing experience.
"A Reggae Session" is now streaming on PEACOCK and CRITERION CHANNEL, and is available for instant viewing on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, VUDU, Tubi, IMDb TV, WatchFreeFlix, and Plex. Also available on, or coming soon to, other platforms.
New, enhanced DVD is now available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reggae-Session-Various/dp/B08WNY4ZBD
#bunnywailer
Another dynamite retro LP by Bunny WAILER, my favourite Bassline of the Solomonic label, so put on your speakers to receive the full Basssssss ~ SSSSSSSSSSSS
Another dynamite retro LP by Bunny WAILER, my favourite Bassline of the Solomonic label, so put on your speakers to receive the full Basssssss ~ SSSSSSSSSSSS
Another dynamite retro LP by Bunny WAILER, my favourite Bassline of the Solomonic label, so put on your speakers to receive the full Basssssss ~ SSSSSSSSSSSS
From 1981, and on his own Solomonic label, this is Bunny Wailer in a serious mood, but with an optimistic solution. The ponderous beat lays heavy against his so...
From 1981, and on his own Solomonic label, this is Bunny Wailer in a serious mood, but with an optimistic solution. The ponderous beat lays heavy against his soaring, swooping chants, where he tells of how the people have been oppressed for far too long, but they can "rise and shine" and once again be free and happy. Freed from the shackles of slavery and free enough to become even the first black President of the USA. The dream may have come true. The dream where all people, black and white, yellow and brown, unite in peace and harmony.
We've been down in the valley much too long.
We've been down in captivity oh so long.
We've been down in humility much too long.
We've been down in slavery oh so long.
But we're gonna rise and shine!
And win our liberation,
for now is the time
when all nations must be free.
So rise and shine!
Restore your strength and power,
waste no more time,
remember your history.
We've been down in a sufferation much too long.
We've been down in a condemnation oh so long.
We've been down in a segregation much too long.
We've been down in humiliation oh so long.
But we're gonna rise!
As the morning sun that surrounds you,
it's international morality time,
where mankind must be born anew.
So rise and shine!
For the sake of the younger generations,
putting hearts and minds,
to brotherhood and unity.
From 1981, and on his own Solomonic label, this is Bunny Wailer in a serious mood, but with an optimistic solution. The ponderous beat lays heavy against his soaring, swooping chants, where he tells of how the people have been oppressed for far too long, but they can "rise and shine" and once again be free and happy. Freed from the shackles of slavery and free enough to become even the first black President of the USA. The dream may have come true. The dream where all people, black and white, yellow and brown, unite in peace and harmony.
We've been down in the valley much too long.
We've been down in captivity oh so long.
We've been down in humility much too long.
We've been down in slavery oh so long.
But we're gonna rise and shine!
And win our liberation,
for now is the time
when all nations must be free.
So rise and shine!
Restore your strength and power,
waste no more time,
remember your history.
We've been down in a sufferation much too long.
We've been down in a condemnation oh so long.
We've been down in a segregation much too long.
We've been down in humiliation oh so long.
But we're gonna rise!
As the morning sun that surrounds you,
it's international morality time,
where mankind must be born anew.
So rise and shine!
For the sake of the younger generations,
putting hearts and minds,
to brotherhood and unity.
In Memory of Bunny Wailer. May his music and how he lived his life inspire us all.
Bunny performs his powerful song "Rise and Shine" in "A Reggae Session."
"A Reggae Session" is an all star, all-singing, all dancing outdoor concert, filmed live at Fort Charles, Jamaica in 1988, which originally aired on HBO's Cinemax channel. Featured are some of the greatest names of Reggae and a son of the greatest Reggae name of all, with unforgettable performances by Bunny Wailer, Ziggy Marley, The I-Three, Chrissie Hynde, Grace Jones, Toots Hibbert, The Neville Brothers, Carlos Santana, and Jimmy Cliff, with Sly & Robbie.
The show video has been enhanced for a higher definition viewing experience.
"A Reggae Session" is now streaming on PEACOCK and CRITERION CHANNEL, and is available for instant viewing on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, VUDU, Tubi, IMDb TV, WatchFreeFlix, and Plex. Also available on, or coming soon to, other platforms.
New, enhanced DVD is now available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reggae-Session-Various/dp/B08WNY4ZBD
#bunnywailer
Another dynamite retro LP by Bunny WAILER, my favourite Bassline of the Solomonic label, so put on your speakers to receive the full Basssssss ~ SSSSSSSSSSSS
From 1981, and on his own Solomonic label, this is Bunny Wailer in a serious mood, but with an optimistic solution. The ponderous beat lays heavy against his soaring, swooping chants, where he tells of how the people have been oppressed for far too long, but they can "rise and shine" and once again be free and happy. Freed from the shackles of slavery and free enough to become even the first black President of the USA. The dream may have come true. The dream where all people, black and white, yellow and brown, unite in peace and harmony.
We've been down in the valley much too long.
We've been down in captivity oh so long.
We've been down in humility much too long.
We've been down in slavery oh so long.
But we're gonna rise and shine!
And win our liberation,
for now is the time
when all nations must be free.
So rise and shine!
Restore your strength and power,
waste no more time,
remember your history.
We've been down in a sufferation much too long.
We've been down in a condemnation oh so long.
We've been down in a segregation much too long.
We've been down in humiliation oh so long.
But we're gonna rise!
As the morning sun that surrounds you,
it's international morality time,
where mankind must be born anew.
So rise and shine!
For the sake of the younger generations,
putting hearts and minds,
to brotherhood and unity.
Bunny Wailer (born Neville O'Riley Livingston, 10 April 1947), also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singersongwriter 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. He has been named by Newsweek as one of the three most important musicians in World music.
Early life and the Wailers
The young Livingston actually spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two toddlers became fast friends. The boys both came from one parent families; Livingston was being brought up by his father, Marley by his mother. Later, Bunny's father Thaddeus "Toddy" Livingston lived with Bob Marley's mother Cedella Booker and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew Tosh, with another of Bunny's sisters, Shirley, making Andrew his nephew.