Wailers usher 1-Year Anniversary of The Rose

(Published in Jackson Hole Weekly)The world’s most storied reggae band will usher in a significant milestone in the timeline of our local music scene—the revival and one-year anniversary of the Pink Garter Theatre and its sweet sister bar, The Rose.Also momentous is the addition of vocalist Danglin (Dwayne Anglin to his mother) to The Wailers’ lineup. By my calculations, The Wailers last show in the Tetons was Jan. 13, 2007 at the Mangy Moose. Around 2010, The Wailers began alternating thirty year-old Danglin with vocalist Koolant Brown, sometimes even staging both singers. During their heyday and up until Marley’s death in 1981, The Wailers toured with at least ten members including three backup vocalists (the “I Threes”). The six-piece lineup that we’ll see here in Jackson will include Danglin, backup vocalist Cegee Victory, and original Wailers bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett.“It’s one thing to sing along with Bob on the records when he’s singing, but the pressure is in the fact that the audience knows every word, even the ad-libs,” Danglin told The Province last month. “It’s so funny. Sometimes you’re singing and you’re not always going to sing the ad-libs, but they sing it for you. That just tells me how much they actually know these songs, line for line and word for word. It’s amazing.”Adding to the astonishing stat of 250 million albums sold, the world impact of The Wailers’ career extends even further outside of Marley’s legendary shadow. The band has also played with Sting, The Fugees, Stevie Wonder, Santana, Alpha Blondy, as well as reggae legends Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Burning Spear.The recent Grammy Awards performance and Marley tribute that was fronted by sons Ziggy and Damien, Sting, and Bruno Mars have set the charts ablaze all over again. Bob Marley and the Wailers' album Legend jumped from ninety-nine to thirty-four in Albums, returned to thirteen in Digital Albums, and currently tops the Catalog Albums chart. The Wailers, 8 p.m. Thursday at the Pink Garter Theater. Tickets are $20/advance, $25/day-of-show at The Rose, Pinky G’s or PinkGarterTheatre.com.