The Original Wailers
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Al Anderson & Junior Marvin
Junior Marvin
Junior Marvin also known as Junior Marvin-Hanson, Junior Hanson and Junior Kerr. He is a Jamaican born guitarist and singer and is best known for his association with Bob Marley and The Wailers. He started his career as Junior Marvin with the band Hanson in 1973...

, worldwide celebrated musicians, who toured and recorded with Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

 until his passing have for the past two years been touring internationally and consistently with their band T.O.W spreading their message of “One Love” in an explosive mix of roots
Roots reggae
Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of God, called Jah by rastafarians. It also is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor...

, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 and reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

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In ’74 when Bob Marley went solo, on the brink of international stardom, he surprised the music community by choosing as his lead guitarist the soft spoken, American Al Anderson.
It was Anderson’s stunning lead work on such classics as ‘No Woman, No Cry
No Woman, No Cry
"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. The original...

’, ‘Dem Belly Full’ and ‘Curfew’ (Three O’ Clock Road Block) that first alerted rock fans to Wailers’ music.
Over a billion dollars worth of Marley’s music featuring Al Anderson’s evocative guitar work has been sold worldwide.
Al has also played with the legendary Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...

, James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...

, Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...

, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

, Steel Pulse, Aswad, Inner Circle, Traffic and Ben Harper.

Junior Marvin joined Marley as singer/guitarist during the sessions for Exodus and Kaya
Kaya (album)
Kaya is a roots reggae album released by Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1978. The album consists of tracks recorded alongside those present on the Exodus album in 1977. The album has a very relaxed, laid back sound, lacking much of the militant quality of the Wailers lyrically and musically...

albums, shortly before the band’s legendary appearance at London’s Rainbow Theatre in ’77.
Junior has also to his credit worked with Ike & Tina Turner, Steve Windwood, Linda Lewis, T.Bone Walker, Billy Preston, Chris Wood in both the US and UK.

Al Anderson’s main ambition is to promote T.O.W’s new album ‘Miracle’.
In addition to live performances the band will be playing original songs from the CD and classics of the past from Legend.

‘Miracle’ is a collective album reminiscent to the electric days of the original three, Peter, Bob and Bunnys’ class of music. It was always the standard of the three of them, how they sang of reality that captured my attention. To forever keep their memories of my time I spent with them is to keep the realities in the music we perform now.
‘Miracle’ is all live recording, no drum machines, tracks done in real time so getting the original sound from the beginning to this very day, very much keeping the spirit of the music original and alive. When we got together in 1974 at the National Arena in Jamaica it made an impact on my life musically to date and being part of those three original Wailers left me the standard of their musical genius.


T.O.W is not just centered around Al and Junior they are joined on stage with band members in the form of esteemed and super talented musicians Desi Hyson (Vocals/Keyboards), Steve Samuels (Bass Guitar), Paapa Nyarkoh (Drums) and Marty Batista (Keyboards and Organ).
This reformed configuration breathes new life into each and every live show. T.O.W carries forward the true spirit and realities of the original music and message of “One Love”.

Albums

The Original Wailers are expected to release a new album called ‘Miracle’ with new material in early 2011
2010 in music
2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music...

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Musicians

  • Al Anderson (Lead Guitar/Vocals)
  • Junior Marvin
    Junior Marvin
    Junior Marvin also known as Junior Marvin-Hanson, Junior Hanson and Junior Kerr. He is a Jamaican born guitarist and singer and is best known for his association with Bob Marley and The Wailers. He started his career as Junior Marvin with the band Hanson in 1973...

     (Lead Vocals/Lead Guitar)
  • Steve Samuels (Bass)
  • Paapa Nyarkoh (Drums)
  • Desi Hyson (Lead Vocals/Keyboards)
  • Marty Batista (Keyboards/Organ)
  • Erica Newell (Backup Vocals)

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