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The buildup to this historic concert film is nearly as exciting as the actual spectacle of the sole surviving Wailer working out on the stage of NYC's famous Madison Square Garden arena. By 1986, the year of this concert, both Bob Marley and Peter Tosh were gone, and Wailer had not been seen abroad in at least 10 years, reportedly because of a fear of flying. Very few artists can make their comeback in a venue of this size, but Wailer played to a packed house, and what a show it must have been. This video does get off to a laughably lame start, with Wailer appearing in a burst of smoke amidst other cheesy special effects, but there's nothing comical about the canon of songs from which he draws in the show proper. The viewer can't help but wonder at the serendipitous stroke of fate that brought Wailer, Marley, and Tosh together, because as this performance video proves (along with the many of Bob Marley and the few of Peter Tosh), each was a songwriter and performer of genius. Clad in flowing robes, a woven Rasta belt doing double duty here to hold a lion's head against his forehead, Bunny proves himself to be a living reggae treasure. His "Blackheart Man" is the music's defining hymn to the Rastaman's spiritual grace in the face of society's condemnation, and his "Dreamland" remains the most vivid expression extant of the Rastaman's vision of Zion. Backed by a full orchestra of Jamaica's finest musicians and accompanied by a full array of dancers (including B Boy break dancers!), Bunny's solo show has not been equaled since. --Elena Oumano
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