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The I-Threes

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Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths, who sang behind Bob Marley and the Wailers from 1974 after Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh left. All three were established recording artists in their own right before they joined and remained so afterwards, and the harmony they brought is a large part of why the later Wailers records sound as they do.

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I-THREES Feat RITA MARLEY - LIVE at Garance Reggae Festival 2012 HD by Partytime.fr

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Story · Well supportedThe women who shaped the harmony era

Before the I-Threes, a chain of Kingston vocal trios gave reggae's harmony sound its female voice.

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