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08-09-2005, 03:04 PM
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who was he and what did he play ?? i love his tone and his grooves are sick. also any pics?
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08-09-2005, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Abluesbassist who was he and what did he play ?? i love his tone and his grooves are sick. also any pics? | Aston "Family Man" Barrett
...feel like I have answered this question somewhere before.
Google for images of him. |
08-09-2005, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta GA | | | Aston was fantastic. Coupled with his brother - what a fantastic rhythm section. He was money.
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08-10-2005, 07:18 PM
| | | | he also had sort of a solo carreer
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08-10-2005, 07:54 PM
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Check out "Catch A Fire - The Original Jamaican Recording", the second disc on the Deluxe Edition two disc set.
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08-10-2005, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by the_vza1 he also had sort of a solo carreer |
Yes I. Check out his album "Familyman In Dub"... Downright killer. |
08-10-2005, 08:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | He mostly played Fender Jazz basses and Acoustic heads. If you like his grooves you should check out:
Lloyd Brevett (gave Familyman his first bass & taught him)
Robbie Shakespear (Familyman gave HIM his start)
Earl Flabba Holt (the other heavyweight Jamaican bassplayer)
There are a pile of others, but you could get pretty far with just those four to start.
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08-10-2005, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by loendmaestro Aston was fantastic. Coupled with his brother - what a fantastic rhythm section. He was money. | Sadly, like quite a few good and important reggae players, he was murdered...
These days he playin' with Peter, Jacob, Bob, Dennis, and being mixed by Tubby...
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08-10-2005, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies Sadly, like quite a few good and important reggae players, he was murdered... |
This initially confused me. Family Man is still alive, his brother Carlton was murdered - may he rest in peace. |
08-10-2005, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ErikP.Bass This initially confused me. Family Man is still alive, his brother Carlton was murdered - may he rest in peace. |
Sorry..in my mind I had made a comment about Carly...it just never made it to my keyboard...it's been a very long day. 
It would have been in the vein that Aston's playing has never been as good as when Carlton was with him...
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08-11-2005, 05:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | theres a couple of live bob marley dvd's out, even though they hardly ever show 'familyman', the shows are killer. the wailers nail the groove. |
08-11-2005, 06:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Yeah, I've checked most of those out...pretty good stuff. I'm very much partial to 73 tour shows and 75-76 era shows...I find that 77-80 is too much of a much and I prefer the stripped down quicker earlier stuff.
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08-11-2005, 09:05 AM
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08-11-2005, 09:45 AM
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08-11-2005, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkKing Amazing player. Locking into the groove and laying it down. They called him 'Familyman' because he had many illegitimate children while touring (alledgedly). |
I believed they called him familyman because he was the 'father' figure to all the band mates. According to familyman he was/is the musical director of the wailers. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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