Even though The Wailers were broke up Bob Marley continued to make music as “Bob Marley and The Wailers”. The group included brothers Carlton, Aston, and Barrett on drums and bass respectively; Junior Marvin and Al Anderson on lead guitar; Tyrone Downie and Earl Lindo on keyboards; and Alvin Patterson on percussion. The “I Threes”, women backing vocals consisted of Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, and Marley’s wife Rita. In 1975, Marley had his international breakthrough with his first hit outside Jamaica, “No Woman, No Cry,” from the album Natty Dread. In 1976, Marley got shot by a gunman in his house two days before “Smile Jamaica”, a free concert organized by the Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley in an attempt to ease tensions between two political groups. But the concert continued on time two days after the shooting. When asked why Marley said, “the people who are trying to make this world worse aren’t taking a day off. How can I?”
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