Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol Session '73

Time Will Tell

Bob Marley: The Legend Live

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Criteria Studios Rehearsal

Bob Marley: Uprising Live!

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live In Dortmund Germany 1980

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Tuff Gong Studio Rehearsal

Bob Marley & The Wailers: Capital Records Rehearsal

Carlton Barrett (17 December 1950 – 17 April 1987) was a Jamaican musician best known for being the long-time drummer for Bob Marley & The Wailers. Recognized for his innovative style, which featured a highly syncopated, broken triplet pattern on the hi-hat, and for his dazzling drum introductions, Barrett's prolific recordings with Marley have been internationally celebrated. He is credited with popularising the One Drop rhythm.
Carlton Barrett was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1950, the second son of Wilfred and Violet Barrett. As a teenager, he built his first set of drums out of empty paint cans he found on the street. Along with his contemporaries, drummers Sly Dunbar, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Style Scott and Carlton "Santa" Davis, Barrett was heavily influenced by Lloyd Knibb of The Skatalites.
In the 1960s, Barrett began performing with his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett, under the names The Soul Mates, The Rhythm Force and eventually The Hippy Boys, a line-up that featured Max Romeo on vocals, Leroy Brown, Delano Stewart, Glen Adams and Alva Lewis. In 1969, the brothers joined The Wailers (later Known as Bob Marley and The Wailers). During his years with Marley, Barrett continued to record for many of Jamaica's most well known artists and is featured on solo albums by Bunny Wailer (Blackheart Man), Augustus Pablo (King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown) and Peter Tosh (Legalize It and Equal Rights) as well as many others.

Carlton Barrett

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Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Capitol Session '73

Time Will Tell

Bob Marley: The Legend Live

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Criteria Studios Rehearsal

Bob Marley: Uprising Live!

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Live In Dortmund Germany 1980

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Tuff Gong Studio Rehearsal

Bob Marley & The Wailers: Capital Records Rehearsal