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The Legend
"He was a man with deep religious and political sentiments who rose from destitution to become one of the most influential music figures in the last twenty years."
"Marley is a blur of motion, bobbing, weaving, dreadlocks flying, never seeming to quite touch the stage."
"Apostle, shaman, prophet, priest, poet: call him what you will, Bob Marley lives in all of us."
"As a social activist, his lyrics
leave an indelible mark on our past, present, and future struggles to embrace a
harmonious existence within the brotherhood and sisterhood of man on this earth."
" During his brief life, Marley had emerged from the slums of Kingston's Trenchtown district to achieve worldwide fame."
"I can say nothing other than that it's a terrible, awful loss. Bob's career was always much larger than music-and there was much more to come."
"Without such a massive figurehead, reggae musicians had no one to aspire to and started looking in other directions."
"A man of lively intelligence, insatiable curiosity, profuse humour, and unwavering faith and commitment, he was also endowed in great measure with the musical and performing talents to conquer the hearts of millions to whom his Rastafarian beliefs were indecipherable at best and plainly offensive at worst."
"There is no truth but de one truth, an' dat is de truth of Jah Rastafari." So proclaimed the legendary and undisputed king of reggae music, Robert Nesta Marley (1945-1981), in his Jamaican patois. No statement better exemplifies the system of beliefs and culture that shaped this mystical and towering life. To his Rastafarian brethen, Marley like Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, was never born and therefore could not die. Certainly, the same can be said of his music. Although Marley has been gone for more than fifteen years, the distinctive sound and prophetic lyrics of Bob Marley and the Wailers resonate with a force still seldom rivaled.Awarded Jamaica's Order of Merit-just one month before his tragic death from cancer-for his contributions to the nation's culture, Bob Marley epitomizes Jamaica, magic, and the power of faith."
"Bob Marley's music became the anthem of a displaced generation an the power behind his lyrics remains to this day. He taught the world what real reggae music was about. An island boy, born in Jamaica, in 1945, of mixed-race parents, Marley is the only reggae star to reach international status. He made his first recording at the age of 17 and at 19 began singing with The Wailers (originally called The Wailing Rudeboys). A strong Rastafarian (jailed in the States for possession of marijuana), Marley's lyrics drew hugely on his religious and political views; the lyrics of "War" on his celebrated Rastaman Vibrations' album are from a speech made by Haile Selassie. From being Jamaica's local hero, Marley suddenly found international cult status after hugely successful tours of the UK and US in 1975. His song lyrics made it difficult for him to live in a politically tense homeland beleaguered by violent unrest and in 1976 Marley was shot-the identity of the gunmen was never discovered. Marley survived, but began spending more of his time in the States, although his roots always remained in Jamaica. The man who brought reggae to the world died tragically of brain cancer on May 11, 1981, but his legend lives on in all who sing and listen to reggae today..."
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