Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aston Barrett, a longtime bassist for the legendary reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers has died. He was 77. Aston Barrett, a ...

Reggae icon Aston “Family Man” Barrett, who was the longtime bassist in Bob Marley & The Wailers, died at his home in Florida on Saturday “after a long medical battle.” He was 77. The news came via ...

The visceral melodic pulse heard in the bass playing of Aston “Family Man” Barrett, who died on February 3, is most closely associated with anchoring the messages and providing the sonic heartbeat ...

Born in Kingston in 1946, Barrett enjoyed singing as a young man but did not take it up professionally. He was drawn to the playing of the late Lloyd Brevett, a founding member of the iconic ...

When a key band member passes away, the group doesn’t have to die with that recording artist. Shortly after reggae icon Bob Marley succumbed to cancer in 1981, Wailers bassist Aston “Familyman” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aston Barrett, bassist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, died on Saturday at 77 years old. Barrett’s death was shared by Jamaica’s ...

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, legendary reggae bassist who played in Bob Marley & The Wailers, passed away this morning at age 77. His son Aston Barrett Jr. broke the news on social media earlier today.

Aston Barrett, bassist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, died on Saturday at 77 years old. Barrett’s death was shared by Jamaica’s minister of culture on X (formerly Twitter) in a series of tweets.