current_members years_active alias label article_title past_members background genre origin name
winston mcdonald `` pipe '' matthews lloyd `` bread '' 1966 -- present the and the pipers renegades the little roys the classics atarra pipe studio learn chaos zoo one island channel one massive greensleeves live & the wailing souls
 george joe higgs rudolph `` garth '' dennis ziggy thomas maisha `` buddy '' haye oswald downer norman davis group_or_band rocksteady , reggae kingston , jamaica the wailing souls
the wailing souls

the wailing souls -lrb- originally the renegades -rrb- are a jamaican reggae vocal group whose origins date back to the 1960s .
the group has undergone several line-up changes over the years with winston `` pipe '' matthews and lloyd `` bread '' mcdonald the only constant members .
they have been nominated for grammy awards three times .
