Wailing Souls

The Wailing Souls is a
Jamaican reggae vocal group
that still recording and
performing live which the
origins way back to the 1960s.

They recorded with different
excellent Jamaican record
producers which include
Coxsone Dodd of Studio One,
Lloyd "King Jammy" James,
Henry "Junjo" Lawes, Delroy
Wilson and Freddie McGregor,
and also several recordings at
Tuff Gong (own by Bob Marley)
. The group is possibly best
known for two classic roots
reggae songs, "War" and
"Bredda Gravalicious" as well
as the more pop influenced
"All Over The World". Their
album Firehouse Rock and its
title track was one of their
early 1980s successes.

The band has recorded cover
versions of a wide variety of
songs, such as Kate and Anna
McGarrigle's "Heartbeats
Accelerating", The Who's "My
Generation" , The Beatles'
"Tomorrow Never Knows" and Bob
Dylan's "Like a Rolling
Stone". They also contributed
a song for the soundtrack of
the animated motion picture,
Titan A.E.. Influenced by "War
Deh Round a John Shop,"
Sublime altered the Wailing
Souls song and renamed it Pawn
Shop.

The group has seen many lineup
changes but the two singers
ever present are Winston
"Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd
"Bread" McDonald. They have
worked with Sly and Robbie,
the Roots Radics, Lloyd Parks
and many other renowned reggae
musicians. In 2006 they
released Classic Jamaican
Flava, a two disc set
featuring an compact disc and
DVD of a live performance in
San Francisco, California.
Their vocal style, like many
Jamaican harmony singers of
their era, is heavily
influenced by the Motown
Sound, perhaps because of the
radio exposure of Motown music
in Jamaica during the 1950s
and 1960s.

Videos In The Playlist:

WAILING SOULS - JAH GIVE US LIFE
WAILING SOULS - Shark Attack
Wailing Souls - Fire House Rock - fire house rock
The Wailing Souls-Them A Fret
The Wailing Souls - Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall
Wailing Souls - *Very Well*
Wailing Souls - Baby Come Rock
Wailing Souls - Renegade Survivor
Dog Bite - Wailing Souls SUPER POWER 1987
05. Wailing Souls - Things & Time [Dear John - Soundtrack]
Wailing Souls - Trouble Maker
Mr Fire Coalman - The Wailing Souls
Wailing Souls - Who No Waan Come
The Wailing Souls - Row Fisherman
Wailing Souls - Picky Picky Head