Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Also the Title of a Funny Movie: Bob Marley and the Wailers with "Rat Race"



Bob Marley and the Wailers, a reggae and ska band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963, brings us today's random tune. Many of the band's early songs were recorded with the aid of Lee "Scratch" Perry and his studio band The Upsetters. The Wailers were known for recording some of the most notable reggae songs in history. Tosh and Wailer left the band in 1974, leading to a revamped Wailers lineup. Marley died in 1981 of malignant melanoma, and Tosh was killed in a gang holdup at his home in 1987. You can find this song, Rat Race, on Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1976 album Rastaman Vibration. The song points out the self-imposed rat race of the human condition.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley_and_the_Wailers

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