"Scratch" Perry, with whom they had now taken root.įor Perry, they took the name The Upsetters, and knocked out a long run of instrumentals, including "Clint Eastwood", On two 1969 UK chart hits, "Liquidator" for Harry J, and "Return of Django" for Lee On many sessions for Bunny Lee and Sonia Pottinger, the Barrett brothers also played They also released a couple of albums for Lloyd Charmers, Reggae with the Hippy Boys and Reggae Is Tight. The Hippy Boys became one of Kingston's busiest session bands fittingly their first recording was "Watch This Sound", backing the late Slim Lewis also played in the band's fluctuating line-up. Rhythm Force, before settling on The Hippy Boys, a line-up that featured Max Romeo on vocals. In the late 1960s Carlton started playing sessions with his brother Aston, the pair calling themselves the Soul Mates or the He realised guitar wasn't his thing and picked up the drums. Working as a welder he first tried building a guitar and playing. He and his brother Aston were raised in Kingston and absorbed the emerging ska sound. As a teenager he built his first set of drums out of some empty paint tins, and had initially been influenced by Lloyd Knibb, the "Carly Barrett", as he liked to be called, was born in Jamaica inġ950, the son of Wilfred and Violet Barrett. Barrett was murdered outside his home in Jamaica on 17 April 1987. With Carly's beats and his brother Aston's bass, the Wailer rhythm section planted the seeds of Barrett popularised the oneĭrop rhythm, a percussive drumming style created by Winston Grennan. Carlton Barrett is featured on all the albums recorded by the Wailers. He co wrote the well known Bob Marley song "War" and with his brother Aston co-wrote "Talkin' Blues". The brothers joined Bob Marley and The Wailers aroundġ970.
"Family Man" Barrett as a member of Lee "Scratch" Perry's "house band" The
His musical development in the early years was with his brother Aston Carlton "Carly" Barrett (17 December 1950 – 17 April 1987) was a Jamaican drummer and percussionist.
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