Bunny Wailer

The Honourable
Bunny Wailer
OM OJ
Wailer performing in 2014
Wailer performing in 2014
Background information
Birth nameNeville O'Riley Livingston
Also known asBunny Livingston
Bunny O'Riley
Born(1947-04-10)10 April 1947
Kingston, Jamaica
Died2 March 2021(2021-03-02) (aged 73)
Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
Years active1960–2020
LabelsJAD Records
Universal Music
Formerly ofBob Marley & The Wailers

Neville O'Riley Livingston OM OJ (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He 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 was also known as Jah B,[2] Bunny O'Riley,[3] and Bunny Livingston.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AP-death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Walters, Basil (23 August 2010). "Bunny Wailer chants support for Rasta Millennium Council". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. ^ Anand Prahlad (2001). Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-60473-659-5.
  4. ^ Colin Grant (20 June 2011). The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh, and Wailer. W. W. Norton. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-393-08218-0.