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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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Era: Rocksteady, reggae and dub →
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