Bunny Wailer - Keep On Moving (Live (Remastered)) '2022

Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. Rastaman / Blackheart Man (Live Remastered) (04:30)
2. Armagideon (Live Remastered) (02:19)
3. Fighting Against Conviction (Live Remastered) (01:38)
4. Dreamland (Live Remastered) (03:03)
5. Fire Burning (Live Remastered) (04:57)
6. Liberation (Live Remastered) (03:35)
7. Serious Thing (Live Remastered) (04:27)
8. Baldhead Jesus (Live Remastered) (03:46)
9. Crazy Baldheads (Live Remastered) (04:52)
10. No Woman, No Cry (Live Remastered) (05:47)
11. Legalize It (Live Remastered) (06:22)
12. Cool Running (Live Remastered) (04:01)
13. Rise & Shine (Live Remastered) (06:10)
14. Summer Down (Live Remastered) (03:06)
15. I'm The Dubmaster (Live Remastered) (02:30)
16. Hypocrite (Live Remastered) (05:09)
17. How Does It Feel (Live Remastered) (03:50)
18. Keep On Movin' (Live Remastered) (05:53)


 moreAfter a successful audition for Coxsone Dodd, their career took off
immediately with their first single, the classic "Simmer Down." Early on, all
four members contributed songs to the group, which enabled the Wailers to
continue without Marley after he left Jamaica in 1966 to seek work in the U.S.
By then, the group had been reduced to a trio with the departure of Braithwaite,
Green, and Kelso, but the core unit was so talented that the temporary loss of
one member didn't threaten their ascendancy. Over time, however, Livingston's
songwriting contributions to the group had lessened, although when he did turn
his hand to composing, the results were never less than scintillating. Marley,
of course, was more than happy to pick up the slack. By 1973, the Wailers were
untouchable, the biggest reggae band in Jamaica, and on the verge of an
international breakthrough when things started going downhill. Life on the road
is tough at the best of times, but the group were used to traveling the tiny
distances between Jamaican (mostly Kingston) clubs. Now they were off on their
first headlining tour off the island. The first leg was a three-month jaunt
across the U.K., followed by a tour in the U.S. Livingston would never make that
second tour; he barely made it through the first. Tensions were rising within
the Wailers, a situation exasperated by the tour. Livingston had enough, and
upon the group's return to Jamaica, he announced that he would not accompany the
band to the U.S. His real reasons remain unknown, but he intended to continue
touring with the band in Jamaica. How this would have actually worked in the
long run remains a moot point: before the year was out, Tosh had come to blows
with Marley and quit the band. The Wailers were no more. (They would however
make two final live appearances at benefit concerts after their official
demise.) Livingston pursued a solo career. He launched his own label, Solomonic,
with his debut solo single "Searching for Love," in 1973. The next year saw four
more singles, "Trod On," "Lifeline," "Arabs Oil Weapon" (which was actually
credited to the Wailers), and "Pass It On" (an alternate version to the one
found on the Wailers' Burnin' album). In 1976, these releases were finally
joined by Livingston's first solo album, the phenomenal Blackheart Man. The
singer was accompanied by Tosh and the Barrett brothers -- the Wailers' own
rhythm section, as well as Marley, who joined in on a new version of the Wailers
old number "Dreamland." Filled with a clutch of crucial songs, the album spun
off two seminal singles, "Battering Down Sentence" and "Rasta Man." Protest and
Struggle proved quick follow-ups over the next two years, and together with
Livingston's debut, the trio of albums made for a militant manifesto of his
deeply held political and religious convictions. Even though all three albums
were released by the Island label, which had early on struck a distribution deal
for Livingston's Solomonic label and were well received by the press, none would
have the impact that Tosh and Marley's releases were garnering.

Remaining in Jamaica, Livingston's profile would forever be overshadowed by his
globe-trotting former bandmates. 1980's In I Father's House did nothing to
change this situation, nor did the singles which had appeared during this period
-- "Bright Soul," "Rise and Shine," and "Free Jah Children," among others --
register outside of Jamaica. The same year, Livingston recorded Bunny Wailer
Sings the Wailers, a tribute to his former group, lovingly revisiting his own
favorites and accompanied by the Sly & Robbie-led Roots Radics. By the time the
album was released later in 1980, Marley had been diagnosed with cancer, and he
passed away the following spring. If that album had been a tribute to the band,
the next one was meant to honor his late friend. Tribute to the Hon Nesta Marley
was drawn from the same sessions as Bunny Wailer Sings, and Livingston was
determined to help keep the Wailers' legacy alive. The singer wasn't content to
merely look to the past, however, and his second release for 1981,
Rock'n'Groove, turned to dancehall for inspiration. Unfortunately, Livingston
hadn't quite come to the grips with the new rhythms flooding from there, and
1982's Hook Line & Sinker didn't make much of an impression, but the artist's
best performance that year wasn't in the studio at all, but on-stage. In
December, Livingston finally took the stage again for the first time since the
Wailers had reunited way back in November 1975 as co-headliners with Stevie
Wonder for a benefit concert for the Jamaican Institute for the Blind. Anyone
witnessing this show was left dumbfounded that the singer hadn't been performing
all along. His ferocious performance took place in Kingston and was captured on
tape for 1983's Live album. Livingston was accompanied by the Roots Radics, who
had been acting as his backing band over the last few years, ever since they'd
initially joined the singer for Bunny Wailer Sings... In 1985, the entrancing
Roots Radics Rockers Reggae was released, with the band gaining equal billing to
the singer. Also in 1985, Livingston inked a distribution deal with the U.S.
label Shanachie, which was inaugurated with his Marketplace album. It wasn't the
best of debuts, and the singer sounds decidedly discomforted by the slick
electronics and glossy production that stream across the record. Still,
Livingston was determined to keep up with Jamaica's ever-shifting musical styles
and fashions.

Although not always successful, the singer was never tempted to wallow in the
past, and has consistently given a sympathetic ear to the latest innovations in
production and rhythms. In 1986, Livingston broke with past tradition entirely,
and finally undertook his first tour outside of Jamaica since the Wailers back
in 1973. His American debut took place in Long Beach, California that July, with
his later appearance in New York recorded for the In Concert video. The next
year, the singer unleashed two new albums, Rootsman Skanking and Rule Dance
Hall, both boasting a strong and confident dancehall flavor. Livingston had
finally come to grips with dancehall, and a pair of singles, "Cool Runnings" and
a recut "Rock'n'Groove," proved it as they both soared up the Jamaican charts.
Having accomplished that, Livingston now, almost perversely, returned to an
older sound for 1989's equally wonderful Liberation, eschewing the dancehall
flavors for a return to a rootsier past. This turned out to be his most
acclaimed album of the decade, and in response the singer set off on a world
tour with backing provided by the then-recently re-formed Skatalites. The singer
opened the new decade with another heartfelt album in honor of his late friend,
Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley. The disc would earn Livingston a
Grammy. 1990 was a stellar year, with the singer also making his debut
appearance at the Reggae Sunsplash Festival. 1991 brought the Gumption album,
another covers' set, but this time from a variety of artists, including Toots
Hibbert and Johnny Clarke. The following year, Livingston returned with a
vengeance with Dance Massive, a joyous dancehall album where the taut rhythms
virtually overwhelm the songs. Just Be Nice followed hot on its heels in 1993.
It was another two years before a new album arrived. Hall of Fame: A Tribute to
Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary was a double album featuring 52 songs, all loving
re-creations of Marley's, the Wailers', and solo compositions. Accompanied by a
phenomenal aggregation of Jamaican sessionmen, the set would garner the singer
another well-deserved Grammy.

Meanwhile, Livingston was beginning to turn more of his attention toward
politics. He showed a particular interest in youth issues, and formed his own
political party, the United Progressive Party, whose platform called for the
decriminalization of marijuana as well as numerous educational reforms. The
artist's heavy involvement in politics kept him out of the studio for much of
the rest of the decade, but he finally returned in the new millennium with an
exciting album, Communication. Bunny Wailer suffered a stroke in July 2020, and
was hospitalized. He died on March 2, 2021 at the age of 73. ~ Jo-Ann Greene

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