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Junior Braithwaite

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Braithwaite was with The Wailers for eight months and sang lead on such songs as "Habits", "Straight and Narrow Way", "Don't Ever Leave Me", and "It Hurts To Be Alone". He had the best voice in The Wailers, according to
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for the next 20 years, and returned to Jamaica in 1984 to work with Bunny Wailer on a Wailers' reunion project. With the murder of
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Braithwaite and fellow musician Chaka/ Lawrence Scott were shot dead in Scott's home in Kingston on 2 June 1999.
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started in 1963, together with Braithwaite, when ska music had become popular in Jamaica. Soon after
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in September 1987, plans for world tours with a reunited Wailers never materialized.
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Live Forever: September 23, 1980 • Stanley Theatre • Pittsburgh, PA
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with hopes of pursuing a medical career. He lived primarily in
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Junior Braithwaite interviewed by Roger Steffens, 5 May 1985
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Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary
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One Love: The Very Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers
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The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers 1967–1972
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