Aston “Household Man” Barrett, bassist with Bob Marley And The Wailers, dies aged 77

Aston “Household Man” Barrett, the bassist finest recognized for taking part in with Bob Marley & The Wailers, has died on the age of 77. 

The information was confirmed earlier as we speak (February 3) by Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister for Tradition, who wrote: “I share with you my deep remorse on the passing of Aston Francis Barrett, CD, popularly often called ‘Household Man’ or ‘Fams’. As a bass participant, keyboardist and guitarist, he was one of many two famed Barrett brothers, Aston and Carlton, who had been a part of Bob Marley and the Wailers and Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsetters within the early years of Reggae Music.” 

“As we commemorate Reggae Month 2024, I want to specific my honest condolences to his spouse, his kids, his family and to members of the native and worldwide Reggae Music fraternity.” 

(1) I share with you my deep remorse on the passing of Aston Francis Barrett, CD, popularly often called ‘Household Man’ or ‘Fams’. pic.twitter.com/kZciiqkvi6

— Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange (@Babsy_grange) February 3, 2024

Barrett was born on November 22, 1946, and have become a key determine within the early improvement of reggae music, first gaining fame as a member of The Upsetters, the home band of the visionary producer and singer Lee Perry. 

In 1970, he and his brother, the drummer Carlton Barrett, joined The Wailers’ backing band, shortly earlier than they signed a landmark file cope with Island Information. 

Barrett remained a member of the band for the rest of Marley’s life, enjoying on the legendary albums ‘Catch a Hearth’, ‘Burnin’’ and ‘Exodus’, amongst others. He was credited with defining the dub-influenced bass-heavy sound of the music that the Wailers produced, and later grew to become a mentor for Robbie Shakespeare of Sly & Robbie. 

He gained the nickname “Household Man” as a result of his function as a pure band chief, though it’s reported that he went on to father as many as 41 kids. 

In 2006, Barrett entered a drawn-out authorized battle with Island Information, claiming £60 million in unpaid royalties for his manufacturing and songwriting work on the albums, however he was in the end unsuccessful in his marketing campaign. 

He was named the twenty fifth biggest bassist of all time by NME readers in 2015.

The information arrives lower than two weeks earlier than the discharge of Bob Marley: One Love, the biopic of Marley during which Barrett might be performed by his personal son, Aston Barrett Jr. The movie is launched on February 14.