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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 within Bob Marley’s music. In 1970, Family Man and his brother, drummer Carlton “Carly” Barrett, began playing with Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, who had formed the Wailers in 1963. Following the departure of Tosh and Wailer from the group in 1973 and throughout Marley’s rise to global stardom as the decade…

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, bassist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, has died aged 77.The news was confirmed on Saturday by Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s minister for culture, who wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “I share with you my deep regret at the passing of Aston Francis Barrett, popularly known as ‘Family Man’ or ‘Fams’ … He died at the University of Miami Hospital in Florida in the United States early this morning.”Barrett was born in 1946 and grew up in Kingston, where he would help to lay the foundations for reggae and…

Aston Barrett, the Jamaican bassist known as “Family Man” who served as the rhythmic architect for reggae legends like Bob Marley and the Wailers, Burning Spear, and Augustus Pablo, has died at the age of 77. Barrett’s death was announced on social media by his son Aston Barrett Jr. “With the heaviest of hearts, we share the news of the passing of our beloved Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett after a long medical battle,” Barrett Jr. wrote. “This morning, the world lost not just an iconic musician and the backbone of The…

On the back of his short-story collections, Young Skins and Homesickness, Colin Barrett was lauded by the Oprah Daily website as “a doyen of the sentence”. As accolades go, this has the dubious merit of being simultaneously embarrassing and accurate: a ludicrous phrase sullying a fair designation. Fair, because when reading Barrett, one is immediately struck by a sensation best described as relief: the realisation that one is in safe hands here; this is a writer of glaringly obvious talent, operating at a seriously high…

In rock star portraiture, it behooves a writer to avoid straightforward presentation of cliche. The story of a troubled virtuoso tormented by their own genius, turning to drink and drugs, then flaming out before their time has been told over and over again. And so in the making of Have You Got It Yet?, his new documentary about the Pink Floyd cofounder Syd Barrett, director Roddy Bogawa faced the peculiar task of fighting the ready-made drama of a man whose life story sounds like legend.Barrett led the group as guitarist…

Former Bronco star Shaquil “Shaq” Barrett, a member of two Super Bowl-winning teams, and his wife Jordanna paid $4.7 million to purchase a new Parker mansion. Barrett, an outside linebacker who played football at Colorado State University, signed with the Broncos in 2014 and played for the team for five seasons before joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was named to the Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams in 2019 and won Super Bowl rings with the Broncos in 2016 and the Buccaneers in 2021. Preston Newberry with Your Castle Real…

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In 1961, after several dud singles in a row, Barrett Strong turned his back on Motown Records. He swapped one factory for another to work on the production line at Chrysler: “I had to take care of my kids,” he reflected later. It was a bitter twist of fate for a singer whose 1959 single Money (That’s What I Want) – Motown’s debut release, later covered by both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – had sold almost 1m copies.Born in West Point, Mississippi in 1941, Strong moved with his family to Detroit after the end of the…

Barrett Strong, a singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the vocalist on Motown’s first hit single Money (That’s What I Want), has died, aged 81. The news was confirmed on Monday by the Motown Museum; no cause of death was given.It is with great sadness that we share the passing of legendary @ClassicMotown singer and songwriter Barrett Strong.The voice behind @motown's first hit, the iconic “Money (That’s What I Want),” was born in West Point, Mississippi on February 5, 1941 and was raised in Detroit.…

NEW YORK —  Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters, who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single, “Money (That’s What I Want),” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81.His death was announced Sunday on social media by the Motown Museum, which did not immediately provide further details.“Barrett was not only a great singer and piano player, but he, along with…