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Funeral

Bob Marley And The Wailing Wailers

Session date, January, 1968

  • Peter Tosh, lead vocal
  • Bob Marley, harmony vocals
  • Rita Marley, harmony vocals
  • Hugh Malcolm, drums
  • Jackie Jackson, bass
  • Lyn Taitt, guitar
  • Winston Wright, piano
  • "Dizzy" Johnny Moore, trumpet
  • Tommy McCook, tenor saxophone

Recorded at West Indies Studio in Kingston, 4 track
Engineer, Carlton Lee
Producer, The Wailers

Matrix: WIRL BM 3672-1
First release: Wail 'N Soul 'M

Bunny says he and Peter wrote the song as a message to Coxsone. (In late
1966 Coxsone tried to convince Bob to carry on without Peter and Bunny.
Instead, the Wailers left Coxsone.)

You can hear or buy this song on:
Fy-Ah, Fy-Ah (cd)
The Complete Wailers 1967-1972 volume 9 - Freedom Time (cd)
Wail'n Soul'm Singles Selecta (cd)

The song sounds best on:
Fy-Ah, Fy-Ah (cd)

Learn more about the album on Discogs
Fy-Ah, Fy-Ah
The Complete Wailers 1967-1972 volume 9 - Freedom Time
Wail'n Soul'm Singles Selecta

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