Bear with me while I take you on his journey with Bob Marley and the Wailers in an effort to eliminate any controversy of him being aka. Natty Wailer!

Natty Wailer met Bob Marley and the Wailers through the bass player Aston Barret known as Familyman in 1972. He then rehearsed, recorded and toured with them as a keyboard player.

PITTSBURGH (september 1980) - Uprising Tour in the USA

Source:

http://www.bobmarleyconcerts.com/198... and http://marley.wikia.com/wiki/1980-09-23

September 23, 1980

* Venue: Stanley Theater
* City: Pittsburgh
* State/Province: Pennsylvania
* Country: United States
* Recording Source Audience and Soundboard Band lineup
* Bob Marley, vocals, rhythm guitar
* Aston Barrett, bass *Carlton Barrett, drums
* Junior Marvin, lead guitar
* Al Anderson, lead guitar
* Ian Wynter, keyboards
* Tyrone Downie, keyboards
* Alvin Patterson, percussion
* The I-Threes, backing vocals


“WAILERS' BAND MEMBERS:

Source: http://www.mobilevisionusa.com/bob_c...

Aston Barrett
Carlton Barrett
Earl Lindo
Tyrone Downie
Junior Marvin
Alvin Patterson
Al Anderson
Winston Wright
Gladstone Wright
Ian Wynter
Bernard Harvey
Earl Chinna Smith
Donald Kinsey
David Madden
Philip Madden
Glen DaCosta
Ska Campbell


You will also find his name on the superbe " Bob Marley and the Wailers complete discography" by Roger Steffens, a Reggae bible for all of us!

INTERVIEW WITH ASTON BARRETT -

Interview with Aston "Familyman" Barret by Philipp H. Farber (2000) mentioning Natty as the keyboard player of the Wailers.

http://www.marleysite.com/interview/...


Interview with Ian “Natty Wailer” Wynter by Marco Virgona from BOB MARLEY Magazine Italy (JAN 09):

http://WWW.BOBMARLEYMAGAZINE...COM/i...

Note that you need to register in order to be able to view the interview published on the Bob Marley Magazine website, therefore you will also find the complete interview on our MySpace Blog Page (see blog from 30/01/09):
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...



Natty Wailer recorded numerous albums and compilations wit Bob such as Songs of freedom.

SONGS OF FREEDOM by BOB MARLEY
Performance credits: Keyboards

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Song...
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/stor...


Natty Wailer also recorded on Bob Marley's song "WAR":

1976 "WAR" on Rastaman Vibration:
Keyboards Ian Winter
http://marley.wikia.com/wiki/War


During the same period, Natty was also playing and recording with Familyman. You will find his name Ian Wynter (often mispelt Winter) on some of his albums such as "Familyman in Dub", "Guided Missile" and "Work".

ASTON BARRETT "Familyman In Dub" with Ian Wynter on Synthesiser & Piano:

http://itscomingoutofyourspeaker.blo...


ASTON BARRETT COBRA STYLE

CREDITS: Ian Winter (Piano), Ian Winter (Vocals), Ian Winter (DJ),
SOURCE: http://www.answers.com/topic/cobra-s...


EXODUS AND THE WAILERS- "Traffic Jam" produced by Aston Familyman Barrett
Synthetizer: Ian Wynter

SONG "WORK" (see http://www.wailers.co.uk/a-z0vw.html)

Recorded: 1976
Artist: The Wailers actually Familyman & The Rebel Arms
Lead Vocal: Ian Winter
Composer: Aston Barrett
Producer: Aston Barrett
Availability: Cobra Style (Heartbeat)


Other source: Penny Reel's 'Bob Marley - The Illustrated Disco/Biography - by Observer Station' (sadly well out of print): Ian Wynter wrote and voiced The Wailers Tuff Gong 7" 'Work'. This track was backed by The Wailers instrumental 'Guided Missile'. Both sides produced by Family Man.


Ian "Natty Wailer" Wynter has also recorded Organ and Piano with many other legendary artists:

Source: http /www.ro

* NATTY the Wailer


Natty Wailer, years in the making, is from and inspired by the old school Reggae of the legendary Bob Marley and the Wailers. Natty recorded and toured with Bob Marley and the Wailers as a keyboard player for over nine years. As a result, he's learnt the music trade to the extent of adapting the formula for making good music while spreading the importance of history and culture. After leaving the Wailers in 2000, he found his own entourage "Natty Wailer and the Reggae Vibes" with the main purpose of continuing this tradition. Subsequently, this is not just a musical career that he seeks to project but to pursue as the wider purpose of multiculturalism. He feels the need to contribute ultimately to world peace through music and culture. This indigenous music known as Reggae has the ability to bring all cultures and people together in a common way.

Natty Wailer’s Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/nattywailermusic

Natty Wailer’s Website:
http://www.nattywailer.net


CONTACTS:

Delphine (Natty Wailer’s Manager)
Tel.: 00353(0)868987805
E-mail: nattywailer@gmail.com


* NATTY WAILER WITH BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS:


Natty Wailer met Bob Marley and the Wailers through the bass player Aston Barret known as Family Man in 1972. He then rehearsed, recorded and toured with them as a keyboard player. Natty Wailer recorded numerous albums and compilations wit Bob such as Songs of freedom. During the same period, Natty was also playing and recording with Familyman. You will find his name Ian Wynter (often mispelt Winter) on some of his albums such as "Familyman in Dub", "Guided Missile" and "Work". Please see links below for further information.
After Bob's passing in 1981, he joined the Wailers for two tours in the USA as well as Europe before forming his own band named the Reggae Vibes in New-York in 2000 where he started composing and recorded his own music.

- Ian Winter mentioned as keyboard player for Bob Marley's song "War":
http://marley.wikia.com/wiki/War

- Interview of Aston Barret (Family man) with Philipp H. Farber (2000) mentioning Natty as the keyboard player of the Wailers.
http://www.marleysite.com/interview/...

PHF: Who is in the band now?
Family Man: We got myself, Family Man Barrett, Earl 'Wya' Lindo, Alvin 'Secco' Patterson, ' Glen DaCosta, saxophonist who play with us over the years, Ian Winter on keyboards, and the drummer is Rashasha, he's an African guy replacing my brother, Carlton Barrett. We have two ladies who do backing, Olive Branch and Mary Jo, she is from Cameroon. The lead singer is Gary Pines. He's from Jamaica, too, but lives in Brooklyn.

- Recent Interview with Ian “Natty Wailer” Wynter by Marco Virgona from BOB MARLEY Magazine Italy (JAN 09):

http://www.bobmarleymagazine.com/int...

Note that you need to register in order to be able to view the interview published on the Bob Marley Magazine website, therefore you will also find the interview below as well as on our MySpace Blog Page:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...


Greetings Marco and thanks for getting in touch!

Bob did prophecy in one of his songs titled "Bad card", he said "Them a go tired fe se mi face but them cannot get me out of the race" and everywhere you turn on the Globe, there is a Bob Marley's face if it's even on a T-shirt and his music is still one of the most played. He was a prophet as much as he is a legend. He was topped into a source of higher consciousness of the world around him and this he shared with all who would come in contact with him or his work.

I personally feel blessed to have met him and the team of musicians that worked with him. From this, I have drawn a lot of courage and strength. I was just coming out of high school at the time just at a time when I was still struggling with the question of who I am. After my first experience with the