It was trial by fire - literally - when lead singer Elan Atais played his first gig with the Wailers. He had never practiced with the group, and the outdoor concert in Dubuque was performed against a backdrop of jagged lightning strikes.

“I really wasn’t scared. I just wanted to make sure I got the lyrics right, because I knew everyone in the audience knew the lyrics,” Atais said. In that original gig, he was depending on his memory of the band’s records that filled his childhood growing up in Los Angeles.

When the set was finished, a steamy rain came down like liquid applause, he said.

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Check out the Wailers on CBS in Houston, TX performing “One Love” in a soundcheck / stripped down configuration.

Visit the VIDEOS page of Wailers.com and click “Bonus Videos.”

At Clemnson University in South Carolina the Wailers played a killer show and had the opportunity to hang with Wyclef.

Enjoy this photo by Rich Allis!

Check out this great interview with Elan about the Wailers life on the road and their upcoming album!

“Well, the one thing is that we would love to announce is that we’re working on a new album, that’s basically on the same concept as the Carlos Santana “Supernatural” album. All the original Wailers, even Aston’s brother, Carlie, who died in the early 70s. We have old, unreleased, 2 inch tracks that we transferred to wave files, you know, digitized. So we made all these new tracks. All new songs. All new tracks. And we brought in all these great contemporary artists from all different genres to record new songs, who have been inspired by the band and they’re going to add their own element and writing their own songs and their own instruments but it’s not going to take away the integrity of the foundation that’s the sound of the Wailers. So, yeah. It’s very exciting right now that we’ve got a bunch of artists. I can’t name any names, because none of them are confirmed, but, we’ve already got like 4 artists done. There’s going to be 12 songs. Each side’s like 22 artists from everywhere. From all different genres. Pop, hip-hop, rock. No reggae. We’re the reggae artists, so, it’s all those type of artists.”

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Check out this review of the Wailers from Langerado Festival 2008:

CMJ Review

Excerpt: “Any Bob Marley song you could ever want to hear was played for this set. Matisyahu joined them on stage for a special remediation of “No Woman, No Cry” and the crowd of tree-hugging hippies went ape-shit.”