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History of Bob Marley
Bob Marley was a hero figure, in the classic mythological sense. ... The last Bob Marley and the Wailers tour in 1980 attracted the largest audiences at that time for any musical act in Europe. ... Not just among Jamaicans, but also the Hopi Indians of New Mexico and the Maoris of New Zealand, in Indonesia and India, and especially in those parts of West Africa from wihch slaves were plucked and taken to the New World, Bob is seen as a redeemer figure returning to lead this planet out of confusion. In the clear Jamaican sunlight you can pick out the component parts of which the myth of Bob Marley is comprised: the sadness, the love, the understanding, the Godgiven talent. ... And although it is sometimes said that there are no facts in Jamaica, there is one more thing of which we can be certain: Bob Marley never wrote a bad song. ... "When you need to refer to a certain situation or crisis, there will always be a Bob Marley song that will relate to it. Bob was a musical prophet. ... Bob Marley, the Natural Mystic, may yet prove to be the most significant musical artist of the twentieth century.
Bob Marley gave the world brilliant and evocative music; his work stretched across nearly two decades and yet still remains timeless and universal. Bob Marley & the Wailers worked their way into the very fabric of our lives. "Hes taken his place alongside James Brown and Sly Stone as a pervasive influence on r&b", says the American critic Timothy White, author of the acclaimed Bob Marley biography Catch A Fire. ... " It is important to consider the roots of this legend: the first superstar from the Third World, Bob Marley was one of the most charismatic and challenging performers of our time and his music could have been created from only one source: the street culture of Jamaica. ... Fifteen years later, in Rhoden Hall to the north of Jamaica, Bob Marley was born. His mother was an eighteen-year-old black girl called Cedella Booker while his father was Captain Norval Marley, a 50-year-old white quartermaster attached to the British West Indian Regiment. The couple married in 1944 and Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945. ...
Bob Marley, barely into his teens, moved to Kingston in the late Fifties. Like many before them, Marley and his mother eventually settled in Trenchtown. ... One friend in particular was Neville ORiley Livingston, known as Bunny, with whom Bob took his first hesitant musical steps. ... Bob and Bunny also paid close attention to the black vocal groups, such as the Drifters, who were extremely popular in Jamaica. When Bob quit school he seemed to have but one ambition: music. Although he took a job in a welding shop, Bob spent all his free time with Bunny Wailer, perfecting their vocal abilities. ... It was at one of those sessions that Bob and Bunny met Peter Tosh, another youth with big musical ambitions.
In 1962 Bob Marley auditioned for a local music entrepreneur called Leslie Kong. ... By the following year Bob had decided the way forward was with a group. ... The group - Bob, Bunny and Peter together with Junior Braithwaite and two back-up singers, Beverly Kelso and Cherry Smith - were big news. ... The intention was for Bob to start a new life. But before he moved to America, Bob met a young girl called Rita Anderson and, on February 10, 1966, they were married. ... In October 1966 Bob Marley, after eight months in America, returned to Jamaica. ... By the time Bob re-settled in Kingston the Rastafarian movement had gained new credence. Marley was increasingly drawn towards Rastafari. ... Marley joined up with Bunny and Peter to re-form the group, now known as The Wailers. ...
In the summer of 1971 Bob accepted an invitation from Johnny Nash to accompany him to Sweden where the American singer had taken a filmscore commission. While in Europe Bob secured a recording contract with CBS which was also, of course, Nashs company. ...
As a last throw of the dice Bob Marley walked into the Basing Street Studios of Island Records and asked to see its founder Chris Blackwell. ... The company had also embraced white rock music, with such bands and artists as Traffic, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Cat Stevens, Free and Fairport Convention so, when Bob Marley made his first moves with Island in 1971, he was connecting with the hottest independent in the world at that time. ... Marley and the band came to London in April 1973, embarking on a club tour which hardened The Wailers as a live group. ... In 1974 Marley spent much time of his time in the studio working on the sessions that eventually provided Natty Dread, an album that included such fiercely committed songs as Talkin Blues, "No Woman No Cry", "So Jah Seh," "Revolution", "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" and "Rebel Music (3 oclock Roadblock)". By the start of the next year, however, Bunny and Peter had quit the group; they were later to embark on solo careers (as Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh) while the band was re-named Bob Marley & The Wailers. ... Bob Marley & The Wailers were taking reggae into the mainstream. ... By way of thanking the people of Jamaica, Marley decided on a free concert, to be held at Kingstons National Heroes Park on December 5, 1976. ... In the confusion the would-be assassins only wounded Marley, who was hastily taken to a safe haven in the hills surrounding Kingston. ... That album saw Marley in a different mood; a collection of love songs and, of course, homages to the power of ganja. ... There were three more events in 1978, all of which were of extraordinary significance to Marley. ... At the end of the year Bob also visited Africa for the first time, going initially to Kenya and then on to Ethiopia, spiritual home of Rastafari. ... Survival, Bob Marleys ninth album for Island Records, was released in the summer of 1979. ... At the start of the following year - a new decade - Bob Marley & The Wailers flew to Gabon where they were to make their African debut. ... Bob Marley & The Wailers, quite simply, were the most important band on the road that year and the new Uprising album hit every chart in Europe. ... At the end of the European tour Marley and the band went to America. Bob played two shows at Madison Square Garden but, immediately afterwards, was taken seriously ill.
Three years earlier, in London, Bob hurt a toe while playing football. ... At the start of May Bob Marley left Germany for his Jamaican home, a journey he did not complete. ... The previous month, Marley had been awarded Jamaicas Order Of Merit, the nations third highest honour, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the countrys culture. ... Robert Nesta Marley O. ... Bob Marley was 36-years-old. ...
BIOGRAPHY
Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley) was born on 6 February 1945 in Nine Miles in the parish of St. ... His father (Norval Sinclair Marley) was a English marine-officer and his mother (Cedella Ciddy Malcom)was a native Jamaican who lived in Rhoden Hall. After Bob was born, his father left his mother. When Bob was five, his father took him to Kingston. Oneyear later Bob saw his mother again. A couple of years later Bob and his mother moved to Trench Town (West-Kingston) because his mother was looking for a job. Bob Marley loved the fast life in the big city, as well as the music of Fats Domino, Ray Charles he heard. Not much later Bob got his nickname Tuff Gong. ... At age 16 Bob wanted to record an album. ... Jimmy Cliff, a local musician (only 14 years old), had already made a few (hit) singles and introduced Bob to producer Leslie Kong. Bob made his first single Judge Not in 1961, but this record and the next one One More Cup Of Coffee (1962) didnt do well. Bob left Kong after he didnt received a paycheck of Lesly Kong. In 1964 Peter (McIn)Tosh, Bunny Livingstone (alias Bunny Wailer), Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry, Constantine Dream Vision Walker and Bob Marley formed the band The Wailers. ... Bob Marley acted as the leader of the band and he wrote most of the material. ...
It was 10 February 1966 when Bob Marley married Rita Anderson. The day after, Bob went to the United States to visit his mother and her new husband. ... That same year Bob met Jonny Nash. ... In December 1971 Bob went to Chris Blackwell of Island Records and he asked Chris if the band could get a record deal. ... The Wailers and Bob Marley became more popular after Eric Clapton recorded I Shot The Sheriff. ... With the release of Natty Dread the band lined up as Bob Marley & The Wailers.
Approximate Word count = 7338
Approximate Pages = 29.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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