Wailing Souls

First comprised of Winston ‘Pipe’ Matthews on lead vocals, Lloyd ‘Bread’ McDonald, and George ‘Buddy’ Haye, the Wailing Souls carried the moniker of the Renegades during the late 1960’s. This line-up recorded backing vocals for an Ernest Ranglin album before breaking up in 1968. ‘Pipe’ and ‘Bread’ teamed up with two other singers after that, Oswald Downes and Norman Davis, and they went on to work with Coxsone Dodd’s famous Studio One label recording label. They recorded a number of singles there, and were also billed as the Classics, in addition to their Wailing Souls name.