Legendary American Blues guitarist Donald Kinsey, who recorded and toured with Reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, has died.
Kinsey died in Indiana in the USA on the age of 70 on February 6, which marked Marley’s 79th birthday. His dying got here three days after legendary Wailers bassist, Aston “Household Man” Barrett died on February 3 in Miami.
Kinsey started taking part in and performing as a younger little one, and he joined his father, bluesman Lester “Large Daddy” Kinsey in Large Daddy Kinsey and his Fabulous Sons when he was simply six or seven years outdated.
Along with his early proficiency within the blues, Kinsey was billed as “B.B. King Jr.” as a baby. Straight out of highschool, he started touring with Albert King, taking part in guitar and shortly main the blues legend’s band.
Later, he shaped White Lightnin’ together with his brother, Ralph. The band was signed to Island Data, and thru that connection, Kinsey found reggae music and had an opportunity to satisfy two of its greats, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh in 1975.
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Profession with The Wailers
Kinsey performed guitar on Tosh’s iconic debut, 1976’s “Legalize It,” and he toured with Tosh in help of the album. He additionally joined Bob Marley and the Wailers on their “Rastaman Vibration” album that very same 12 months, which later grew to become the forty eighth best-selling album on the Billboard Soul Charts.
Although Kinsey is taken into account an integral a part of that traditional album, he didn’t stick with the band. In December 1976, when gunmen entered Marley’s house and tried to assassinate him, Kinsey was there. He was capable of evade gunfire and carried out with the band on the free live performance Smile Jamaica two days later.
Kinsey took a break from the band however returned to touring, supporting each Tosh and American gospel group Staple Singers.
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In 1984, Kinsey, his brothers, and their father shaped the Kinsey Report, recording and performing collectively for a few years. In later years, he rejoined The Wailers Band, a by-product of Bob Marley and the Wailers which was shaped by Aston Barrett in 1989.
In 2020, The Wailers Band, together with Donald, launched One World, on Sony Music Latin. Produced by Emilio Estefan, One World was Grammy-nominated within the class Greatest Reggae Album.
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