The late Aston “Family Man” Barrett’s body of work is a living textbook on the theory and practice of reggae bass guitar. With Bob Marley & the Wailers, each of his bass parts seemed to feature its own melodic and rhythmic ingenuity.
“Fams” had already crafted riddem-rich sub-hooks on such classics as Stir It Up, Get Up, Stand Up, I Shot the Sheriff, No Woman, No Cry, Exodus, and One Love when he hit the studio with Marley to record Kaya in 1978.
