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Barrett played on Get Up, Stand Up, Stir it Up, Jamming, No Woman, No Cry and Could You Be Loved.

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, who has died aged 77, was the bass guitarist with the Wailers and played a key role in the band’s rise – producing and arranging several of their records – as reggae broke out of Jamaica and became a global phenomenon; he also played with Lee “Scratch” Perry, Burning Spear and Peter Tosh in a wide-ranging career.

Bassist and bandleader with Bob Marley and the Wailers who played a key role in bringing reggae to an international audience