Complete your Wailing Souls record collection. Discover Wailing Souls's full discography. Shop new and used Vinyl and CDs. The Wailing Souls (originally The Renegades) are a Jamaican reggae vocal group whose origins date back to the 1960s. The group has undergone several line-up changes. Complete your Wailing Souls record collection. Discover Wailing Souls's full discography. Shop new and used Vinyl and CDs.
The Wailing Souls Also known as The Renegades The Little Roys The Classics Atarra Pipe and the Pipers Origin, Jamaica Genres, Years active 1966 ( 1966)–present Labels Channel One Massive Live & Learn Website Members Winston 'Pipe' Matthews Lloyd 'Bread' McDonald Past members George 'Buddy' Haye Oswald Downer Norman Davis Ziggy Thomas Maisha The Wailing Souls (originally The Renegades) are a Jamaican vocal group whose origins date back to the 1960s. The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years with Winston 'Pipe' Matthews and Lloyd 'Bread' McDonald the only constant members. They have been nominated for three times. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Formation and Studio One era [ ] The group formed in 1964, originally called The Renegades, comprising Winston 'Pipe' Matthews, Lloyd 'Bread' McDonald, and George 'Buddy' Haye, who had attended the same vocal classes held by in the early 1960s as. Jam Dvd Copy 4.0.0.2010.
Matthews had previously recorded as a member of The Schoolboys for. They recorded as backing singers with and released their own debut single, 'Lost Love', before recording several singles for 's label, including 'Back Out With It', 'Row Fisherman Row', and 'Mr. Fire Coal Man'. The group became The Wailing Souls in 1968 and in the same year Haye left and new members Oswald Downer and Norman Davis joined. Under the new name they recorded singles such as 'Dungeon' and 'Thou Shalt Not Steal'. 1970s [ ] In 1970 the group began working with producer, releasing the 'Gold Digger' single.
In this period, their singles were often released under names such as The Little Roys, The Classics, Atarra, and Pipe and the Pipers, to avoid confusion with The Wailers. They went on to record with members of the Wailers later that year on the singles 'Harbour Shark', 'Walk Walk Walk', and 'You Should've Known Better'. By 1974 Downer and Davis had left, and original member Buddy Haye returned, along with Joe Higgs, although Higgs' tenure in the band was short-lived as he was recruited for a US tour with.
His replacement was, a founder member of. In the mid-1970s, The Wailing Souls association with producer and his brought them a string of hits, backed by house band, including 'Back Biter', 'Very Well', 'Things and Time', 'Jah Jah Give Us Life', and 'War'. In 1977 the band started their own 'Massive' label, further hits following in 'Bredda Gravalicious' and 'Feel the Spirit'. The band's success reached another level in 1978 when their Wild Suspense album, featuring remixed tracks from their singles, was released internationally. 1980s [ ] In the early 1980s they recorded with for the duo's Taxi label and continued to record at Channel One for producer, singles from this era including 'Fire House Rock', which was the title track from their 1980 album, released. In the same era they also worked with other producers such as ( Wailing). From 1981 to 1984 they were largely based in the United States, and on their return to Jamaica, Haye stayed behind as did Dennis, until he returned to Jamaica and Black Uhuru in 1985.