The Boys of Reggae

Soundcheck | Jun 29, 2011

Bob Marley wasn’t a lone hero of Jamaican music. The three original Wailers - Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley - were a resilient Rasta trio that rose out of the Trench Town housing project in Kingston, Jamaica. We’ll speak with Colin Grant, author of “The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer” about the three original Wailers and the Jamaican political history that influenced their music.

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