Bob Marley

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Aston “Family Man” Barrett, former bass guitarist to The Wailers, has filed suit in London’s High Court against the family of Bob Marley and Island-Universal Records Ltd., staking claim to $105 million in unpaid royalties from the reggae legend’s postmortem money vein.

 

The number figures are from co-writer earnings owed for songs penned by Barrett and Marley, as well as royalties from a 1974 contract with the label. Barrett claims that Marley vowed an equal distribution of royalty shares to the band members from albums including Babylon by Bus, Natty Dread, and Rastaman Vibration.

 

http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/20...ly_retribution/

 

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Island-Universal and the Marley family are refuting Barrett’s appeal to litigation based on claims that the 60-year-old former guitarist, and father to over 52 children...

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... father to over 52 children...

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Man, he laid some serious pipe...