A Bitter Feud Between Aston "Familyman" Barrett and the Marley Family 

If Bob was alive they would have never made him that big and he would have been struggling like 98 % of the other musicians out here. They made him a brand and here they are making merchandise off the dead. #evil

Was it no Bob Marley who insisted none of the band members sign a contract because Rastafarians do not sign contract? That was the reason why Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the Wailers group because they refused to be part of the band without signing any contracts. Chris Blackwell loved things that way as Bob Marley ended up owning royalties to some songs he never wrote. Rita Marley was deeply involved also.

@@SovereignSoulTV he needs to get active. He's been quiet too long. Chronixx got the opportunity to be the new crown prince of reggae but he looks to have lost his hunger and that's worrying for fans like me. We still waiting for his second album 😭

​@@ssliburd1Bob sold millions before his death he was already a big rock star,having his studio and record company and producing others artists he would have been a reggae legend no matter what,his tragic death made him an iconic.

@@SovereignSoulTV now its Al Anderson n the. Marvin Junior left

Word!!!

Bless for them words, & so true.

Yeah

What a shame. .

nope, aston and carly were not close , carly liked bob more aston didnt care about carly

@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 who anything about close wot are you talking about...??? Yu talking to me...if so you make no sense I dunno what you mean...

@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 ARE YOU one of those culture vulture people...Yo.. check dis . I am 63 years old and I used to Go to BOB Studio, EVERYDAY .. smoke weed and Chil' ,..there was a brother there Name juicy that used to sell fried fish weed and juices ,... whoever you Are don't come to,..' Correct ( me ).. You probably weren't even born in 1980...I think that your ,..' Tenacity ' Is getting the better of you ... your Probably not black..( by the way you Presented yourself...much less Jamaican... .. Chil' dude.

He was paid off in 94

@@IngramPetersJr-nr7rm paid off ".. like all the other artist...you sound like a producer....I am sure if he was " Paid Off " ,...that he would not still be asking for money and he is at the end of his Life... further more he just doesn't strike me as that kind of person,.. him and Bob were good friends...I am sure he would not have Lasted if he were not genuine.

I only have my own Dad now, out of my parents, your late father reminds me of my own, in having a presence which meant that his love for you was without question. I hope that you carry that with you always, and the wisdom you absorbed from him without registering it at the time. I'm sure it will surface for you when it's needed. Peace.

Me too. And the philosophy.

100%

Sound without proper message is noisy

@@dionmarecha1713 yea I agree, but in reggae, the most important instruments are the drums and the bass guitar. Instruments attracts people to listen a song.

Especially the live recordings and performances. Babylon by Bus is an album masterpiece

The Marleys are all about money. Bob Marley Vodka is coming to a store near you.

​@antoniusdesir5585 Rita Marley, that is. Rita Marley murdered those wailers' musicians for their own money. At the end of the day, the Almighty God is real.

@@ahiareds5118I did find out that she and Chris Blackwell did shady stuff including forging Bob signature to exclude the wailers from royalties. That new Bob biopic to me is just another money grab. How many Marley movies and documentaries have we seen. I seriously don’t need to know Bob’s favorite food or baby mother. Maybe that’s mostly for their mostly white audience. All that being said I have to be honest and say Rita Marley is my favorite female vocalist of all time. Am a huge fan of her music.

​@@antoniusdesir5585TBF this is the first ever Marley movie

Without a good reggae bassist, a band is nothing!

😍😍😍

May he be cradled by his personal Ancestors and our collective Ancestors until such time 🌹 So sorry for your loss Beluved Manners an Respek Sistar NeroDiamante 1PerfectLove 🙏🏿🙏🏿❤🖤💚🌹

What 6 songs did the Barret Brothers write ?

Your father & uncle were geniuses! It’s very unfortunate that greed caused misfortunes

Sorry for that but I think that if Bob Marley was here he could have given them the money regardless. I think that Ziggy and the other family can settle privately something to the remaining family members of the Barrrets.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Much love to you. Stay strong. ♥

He is the real revolutionary

Tosh, seh\sung *the hammer* for a reason!...

This feud has nothing to do with Bob, so your comment is out of context, what the wife and children do has nothing to do with Bob, so there should be no comparison with Peter unless you are comparing the both of them.

He was silence

@@zawadiyahb.7982 you dont know the Jamaican saying : What gone bad a morning cant go good a evening .... after what took place with the original Wailers group...you think there isnt a Karmic reaction...check the history and you see why this is happening now.

Where are they gonna get the money from? The check gotta come from Island Records and Island Records gotta get the check from Universal Music Group. Entertainers don’t have enough money to pay other entertainers.

Rita is a witch

It’s not true. She tried to support them but she can’t in to perpetuity. Also she needed to give money to Bunny and Tosh. Record executives are the ones who set up dishonest contracts

Bob should have made a will and not leave everyone to “ fight over it” as per Bob’s words. Money will show people up for who they are

He shouldn't have so many kids !!

​@@2msvalkyrie529that's none of your Buisness

@@evertonbrownsnr.5807lol, how is that none of that person business, when that could be a main factor why he probably don’t have any of his money today, especially if them children was gotten all over de place?

Why are people conflating separate issues the Central issue is not about him being broke today what about his entitlement to royalties so I do not see how the number of kids. He has has any relevance to the Central issue. Unfair and unjust ,….. just because we have the power to type whatever we want 😮to type. irrespective of relevance to the substantive issue. had he been 10:50 10:50 receiving the royalties that he believes he was entitled to then we would probably not be discussing the number of kids. He allegedly has I think we should show the man courtesy and respect and demonstrate some self restraint instead of shooting from the hip just because we feel like it

@@huggyb04 🙄 did he not sign a contract for a large sum of money and that’s what cause him to forfeit his royalty payment? An unrighteous world cares not whether we can read, write, or comprehend. Whatever verbal agreement he and Bob had is not gonna hold up in any court, when Bob was owned by Island Records. Btw the different women and children all over de place, plus whatever other extra curricular activities he got into made him lose his money, like a typical entertainer life. One wrong is not bigger than the other. He gotta take some responsibility too.

Yeah. Once you settle there's no going back

True indeed

He was misguided and made a huge mistake, but if Blackwell and the Marley weren't so greedy, the issue would have not risen to start with, and all would have get the slice they deserved from the huge cake Bob left.

It's not as simple as that there MUST be more to it than that-it's most likely that "Family Man" was told that he would continue to receive future royalty income for the songs that he wrote for Bob. Remember he couldn't read or write and he was dealing with a crafty/dishonest owner of a record company. It was when Bob hired Don Taylor as his business manager that he was able to stop Chris Whitewell from claiming that he was the producer of the albums that the Wailers did with Island record. There are numerous reggae artists who have had bad experiences with Island record such as Jimmy Ciff, Max Romeo and others. Max Romeo once described his record deal with Island records as a "death certificate". And why would Lee 'Stratch' Perry record a song naming Blackwell as a vampire, “sucking the blood of the sufferers"???

There are numerous reggae artists who have had bad experiences with Island record such as Jimmy Ciff, Max Romeo and others. Max Romeo once described his record deal with Island records as a "death certificate". And why would Lee 'Stratch' Perry record a song naming Blackwell as a vampire, “sucking the blood of the sufferers"???@@musamusashi

He passed away.

Dont blame his family he was begged to sign a will up to a day before his death. The lawyer herself interveiw said without one it will go to your wife and children and in his Bob voice he said “dat a’right”

Why didn’t Bob Marley ensure the contracts with the record companies were more solid. He and Don Taylor. The problem is with the original contracts. Even Bob signed bogus contracts

Bob never came up with the one drop !!!! Who told you that

@@shawnrichards1393 I never said he invented the one drop sound.

Reading is fundamental.

@@shawnrichards1393Reading is clearly your weakness.

Yes the Barrett Brothers's contribution to Reggae music is very undisputed, They not only were part of the wailers band, they were session musicians from 60's, the inhouse names you've mentioned. The pop world which include's Hip hop many artists were paid handsomely living in luxuries. But Reggae foundation musicians and artists have been ripped off by everyone from some of the Producer's right up to Lawyers and big corporate companies. though the music never stops playing and being embraced in every corner of the planet, the musicians that worked hard through many many years to produce the finest of all music still fighting on and going to their graves without being fairly paid whats theirs for their mass contribution. WHAT AN EVIL CRUEL AND GREEDY WORLD WE LIVE IN

Am shocked to hear this...they could have sat down to talk about it....

Lee Scracth Perry went to England and sold alot of records done with the Wailers as per Bunny Wailer.

@@pineapple-wi5mg yes and Scratch was sued for alot of that throughout the 90's and early 2000's. So again why has there not been the same justice for those seeking compensation from the Marleys???

you're believing lies, search AL Anderson interviews theres 3 or 4 40 minute interviews about this topic and Bob and the band he tells the true story of Aston who was very greedy and lazy who just wanted All of the bands money

Business is business

@@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 I watched the Al Anderson interview and you are right. He told spilled al the beans. I must say I was shocked and I don't think he's telling lies. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

Aston Barrett and brother were not there from the very beginning and joined the Original Wailers after almost 10 years after its formation in 1970.

Wanted all of the bands money? Yeah nah.Don't believe it. They should be given enough to live comfortably. This is shameful. @@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4

nope , look what this video is doing with these huge lies its going to be reported for misinformation

It's business. You grow by expanding which some call selling out

Also, Bob repented of his rastafarian connection and rededicated his faith in Jesus Christ again so he could be buried in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The Marley family won't talk about that part either because it detracts from the rasta image Bob cultivated for most of his life and in the height if his fame.

Exactly 👍

​@giq8747 he f'd up right there yeah, turn back rasta 🤷🏽‍♂️ if that's even the whole truth.... me lose offa de Marleys dem long time.....

KARMA

You're right, but also give Carlton 'Santa' Davis is credits. He was the original drummer on Africa Unite, Coming In From The Cold, Zimbabwe, and Chant down Babylon.

Carlton AND Aston, the two together created that sound since they were working for Lee Perry, and then developed it to perfection with The Wailers.

@@reggaegistxtra_ng o i wasn't taking anything away from Santa, he's a great drummer one of the best but we're talking about the original Wailers sound. If you listen to some of Israel Vibrations songs you'll hear that Wailers sound cause Carlton Barrett played drums on some of them. No disrespet to the other drummers but Carlton B. drumming is very unique, compared to the other Reggae drummers and the tuning of his drums is totally different.

​@@reggaegistxtra_ngdavis is a wicked, he drive away leave Petèr and friends to die, wicked boy that

True brother the truth .

Apparently so, all three equally talented but everything was Bob

Too late for that now. But i agree, in fact the JA government shouldve stepped in to assist him with his homes.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts

Real talk

I love this rationale.

In that interview, Al said to him that in the event he passes, he Al Anderson should not forget the Barret brothers. What he thought was that they will need his help because they are not educated. But I think what Marley meant was that they are the core of that powerful group. Without the two brothers, I don’t think the Wailers would have been this complete.

@@kamachiekaimachiande685 💯

Rita and her pickney dem will pay. Mark my words.

I'm sorry but he had 2 million dollars and chose to spend it in court to get more money which is a very foolish decision, he should have kept the money.

@@KallusGarnetit’s not about the money. It’s about getting what he’s rightfully entitled to

What did ekeamouse say?????

@@advancedadam.7699 Look it up.

Your thoughts are highly appreciated 🙏

Itwas so sad to hear these great icons of Bob Marley and The Wailers dismissed as merely session musicians the whole episode is distasteful, especially when you consider the fact that there is plenty to go around!!!! from what we know about the ethos of Bob Marley many of us do not think that this is what he would’ve wanted for his friends There is more than enough to go around. I think many would not agree that family man and his brother Carlton were mainly session musicians !!!! they were integral to the sound, personally, I think family man was stitched by his own attorneysto sign that earlier compromise agreement because lawyers have a way of manipulating your decision to what they really want which is not always necessarily what is best for the client but when they convince you that “that“ is the best you can get and then you’re confronted with horrendous cost. It makes it much easier for you to relent and just sign what they put in front of you Because you have to believe your lawyers, right I think hi’s lawyers at the time making him, sign a badthe compromise deal all those years ago and it came back to haunt himonce he had better clarity of thought and the process all in all it is a real shame. What happened, it was so not necessary There is so much money being generated by the estate that not one of his seeds shall sit ion the sidewalk and beg their bread I can only put pray, and hope that the man is made good before his time on earth ends. This is such a sad story..”greed”tarnishing the Marley brand

@@reggaegistxtra_ng Love your channel. Please read this book by Bob Marley's Manager, Don Taylor who is now deceased. It's based on facts about Rita M, etc: DON TAYLOR MARLEY AND ME THE REAL STORY AS TOLD TO MIKE HENRY

No he Told us

He told us plain and clear.... Many just choose not to listen.... But ya know, they (Rita and the Marley Family) will reap what they sow!!!!🔥🔥🔥

Costs Peter his life.

Yes, Bunny Walier told us years ago. I'm pretty sure Jo Mersa Marley knew too much like he said in I'm hurting inside. People practicing evil.

@@naturalmystic5232 well let us know what he said

If them Rasta’s was calling on and serving the Most High YAH, them heathen wouldn’t have stand a chance playing around them. But they choose to call Selassie name and wouldn’t let the man Rest In Peace.

Tosh was well educated

@@ronkali5365 IMO... Education doesn't assure us of achieving our goals,, yet it expands our opportunities. Peter was right in many things, but like all of us he made some bad choices... much aggression is often unproductive...

@@anthonyhutchinson77 You see it as aggression, many see it as a man taking no BS from anyone. Speaking his mind straight out not sugar coating anything

@@ronkali5365I understand that my brother... not taking BS from anyone is sometimes shortsighted... we all have experienced the vindictiveness of others because we try to stand for our rights. We have to face the reality of this world. Everything has its place and sometimes we need to choose our battles. We have lost the musical genius of Tosh and his undeserving suffering was most unfortunate... Even so give Thanks for his music... I have benefitted and I am thankful for it...

He mentioned Bob being a coke head too..wonder if that's true. Probably is.

Bunny wailer wrote an open letter,an on-line letter. Rita was a very dark woman. She got rid of both Tosh and Bob. Google on-line and see if it's still thete

@@joycendungu-nb9ds At least give us something to go on..

@@ronkali5365 God is good all the time,His justice endures forever

@@ronkali5365 l hope l understand you...with regards to exactly what happened,that letter by bunny wailer gave alot of details. Bunny himself escaped narrowly.lt was all about money. Bunny was really mistreated by Rita. After this open on-line letter,Rita went down with a stroke. This is all a painful experience,for all of us, Rita shocked everyone. Google "Bunny Wailer letter to the Ghanian Authorities" where Bunny requests the Ghanian Gov't to arrest Rita.

Rasta believe in eternal life that’s why they never have a will

@@RH421939illogical because yes you’ll live forever but your body the things you owned will say.

Still that was foolish he never left a will sorry​@@RH421939

Bob had a superstitious aversion to death (many have it) and refused to acknowledge it by preparing a Will. How much different would things had turned out apart from his children and baby mothers being resentful about what he would have left for who?

Exactly!!

Did you know the band members were all paid off in the 80s? Which is why Family Man's lawsuit was thrown out in 94??

@@IngramPetersJr-nr7rm do you have the links to the article?

​@@jr.rasentertainment4074no I read that in a book written about Marley.

I fully support the man

Can't be paid off and the music lives, always royalties as long as the music keep playing and making money, lije it is said 'mi nuh have no fren inna high society ' another criminal enterprise won that's all it is.​@IngramPetersJr-nr7rm

And where’s Family Man? Him dead. Rita outlived most of them living in luxury! wheelchair and all. Oop.

Well u ain't really saying nothing because everybody gonna die one day but wickedness is wickedness family man should've been paid in full looks like u defend fuckery which says alot about you​@@nasimaali9646

@@nasimaali9646 That won't get you past those gates

She can't walk or talk...Karma.

​@@jasmineclark1670you are so Right

Who was your dad if you don't mind me asking out of interest?

​@@winnig2284Coco melon

Lies

That's your own rumor you tryn to start

Oh, knock it off!

Yeah it’s my rumor that I’m starting that I read In a book 🤣

Wow... you smoking hard food fam