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Jamaican reggae band

The Wailers Band is a reggae band formed by former members of Bob Marley and the Wailers after his death in 1981, one of several spinoffs from Marley's original group.

After the death of Bob Marley in 1981, the Wailers continued, led by Aston "Familyman" Barrett and Junior Marvin. The band played a heavy worldwide touring schedule and recorded as backing band with several singers. Carlton "Carly" Barrett, 36, was murdered at his Jamaica home in 1987; despite this, and with a majority of the original musician lineup, they released their first album after Marley's death, I. D., in 1989. They followed up with an additional two studio albums, Majestic Warriors in 1991 and JAH Message in 1994. In addition to these three studio albums, a live album consisting of live performances of the band between the years of 1995 and 1997 was released as My Friends in 1997. Junior Marvin departed the band to pursue solo work after this album and what was described as a disappointing 1997 tour.

In 1998, Gary Pine joined the band's lineup as lead singer after Junior Marvin's departure. In 2003 the band released a live DVD titled The Wailers Live and followed it up in 2006 with the live album Legend Live. In 2008, Junior Marvin joined another former Wailer, Al Anderson, in another Marley spinoff known as The Original Wailers, but left in 2011 to form The Legendary Wailers. That same year the Wailers Band were guests on the Kenny Chesney single "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"; the single proved successful, topping the US Country charts and peaking at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2014, The Wailers Band embarked on a worldwide tour marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the Legend compilation. In 2015, Aston "Familyman" Barrett began the process of reuniting past members of the Wailers, using the name the Wailers Reunited. Shows occurred in South America which included past members such as Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Junior Marvin, Al Anderson, and Tyrone Downie. In 2015 the Wailers Band performed in India for the first time. A US and UK tour took place in 2016, after which "Familyman" Barrett retired from the group; despite this, he would be included as an official member well into 2020. His son and Wailers drummer, Aston Barrett Jr took over as leader of the band.

On August 21, 2020, the group released the album One World, their first studio album in twenty six years. This was the first studio album released that contained a lineup without any of the original musicians in the band's lineup; the album, however, did receive contributions from the trio the I Threes, Marley's backing vocalists. Aston "Family Man" Barrett died on 3 February, 2024.