Bunny Wailer Movies
- 1999
Bob Marley's first professional album, Catch a Fire, introduced an enthusiastic international audience to reggae music. In this documentary, the principal collaborators on Catch a Fire recount how the album and its music were created. Featuring an in-depth interview with Wailer percussionist and vocalist Bunny Wailer, as well as archival interviews with Marley and Wailer musician, singer, and composer Peter Tosh ("Peter Mackintosh" on the album), the documentary reveals that Catch a Fire was conceived as a crossover record. Traveling to London with the eight-track tapes they had recorded in Jamaica, Marley and his band polished the recordings in Basing Street Studios, where they got advice and supervision from Island Records' honcho Chris Blackwell. White American session players like keyboard player John 'Rabbit' Bundrick and guitarist Wayne Perkins were brought in to sweeten the sound with overdubs intended to please an international audience. Rare home movies of the Wailers in Jamaica, and performance material of tracks like "Stir It Up," "Stop That Train," and "Kinky Reggae" round out the documentary. ~ Steve Blackburn, Rovi
- 1993
- R
One of the truly legendary figures of reggae music, Bunny Wailer was a founding member of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, and went on to a solo career in which he revealed himself as one of the strongest and most compelling voices in world music, equally adept at hardcore Rastafarian roots music and updated dancehall styles. Bunny Wailer in Concert was recorded during Wailer's triumphant performance at Madison Square Garden during his 1986 American tour, which marked his first appearances outside of Jamaica in nearly ten years. Selections include "Blackheart Man," "Cool Runnings," "Dreamland," and others. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
A host of legendary reggae performers meet up in Fort Charles, Jamaica to stage a once in a lifetime musical event spanning two generations in an all-star reggae mega-concert featuring unforgettable performances by Bunny Waller, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Chrissie Hynde, Toots Hibbert, Grace Jones, The Neville Brothers and Carlos Santana, Jimmy Cliff, and The I-Three. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- The Neville Brothers, Jimmy Cliff, (more)
