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Radio 2,4 mins

Aston Barrett - Interview

Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris

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Aston Barrett, bass player and original member of The Wailers remembers the decade in My 70s. He joined up with Bob Marley in the seventies, giving himself the nickname Family Man for his role in leading and organising the group. After Marley's death in 1981 he was responsible for taking the band forward and continues to tour with the group to this day. Here he picks a couple of his favourite Wailers songs and talk about his relationship with Bob Marley.

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