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BOB MARLEY’S 10 GREATEST PROTEST SONGS THAT STILL RING TRUE TODAY!
Billboard By Dan Reilly— © Associated Press —-Suffering from cancer, but true to his rastafarian beliefs and refusing western medicine right till the end, reggae icon Bob Marley told his son Ziggy, “Money can’t buy life,” just moments before he died. February 6, 2015 marks what would been the 70th birthday of Bob Marley. And nearly 34 years after his cancer-related death in 1981, the reggae pioneer’s songs of love, dissatisfaction, peace, and protest are still as powerful … Read entire article »
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WHEN THE KING BOB MARLEY “CROWNED” THE PRINCE DENNIS BROWN!
By Howard Campbell—- Bob Marley and Dennis Brown— ALAN ‘Skill’ Cole remembers walking with Bob Marley along the intersection of Beeston Street and Chancery Lane in downtown Kingston, circa 1972, when Marley drew his attention to a teenaged boy coming down the lane. “Him (Marley) sey to mi, ‘Alan, a da likkle boy dey name Dennis Brown. Him can sing!'” Cole recalled. Marley’s Tuff Gong record shop was located in the area, then a hub for the growing reggae industry. Brown grew up at nearby Orange Street. Marley and his group The Wailers were poised for an international breakthrough. Fifteen-year-old Brown was the boy wonder of reggae. Cole, Marley’s former manager and close friend, said Marley had a lot of respect for two singers: Dennis Brown and John Holt. “Wi use to go Sombrero Club (in St … Read entire article »
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HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY BOB MARLEY!
Happy 70th Birthday Bob Marley! The legendary reggae singer, who died in 1981, would have turned 70 years old today (Feb 6)— HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Today (Feb 6) would have been Bob Marley’s 70th birthday FANS ARE set to rock to pulsating reggae rhythms this month as a series of events are planned across Jamaica and the UK to celebrate what would have been Bob Marley’s 70th birthday. The legendary Jamaican musician, who is famed for worldwide hits such as No Woman No Cry and One Love, died aged 36 in 1981. Activities will take place on Marley’s actual birthday, today (Feb 6) at the Kingston-based Bob Marley Museum – which closed its doors last year for renovation. The day’s activities will include symposiums on reggae music and reggae jam sessions with Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and Nomaddz. The late, iconic … Read entire article »
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BOB MARLEY WAS KEY PLAYER IN SPREADING RASTAFARIAN CULTURE TO THE WORLD!
SAN JUAN –- Besides being the greatest reggae artist of all time, Bob Marley, who would have turned 70 on Friday, played a key role in introducing Rastafarian culture to the world.“Bob Marley played an instrumental role in spreading the message and culture of Rastafari to the world,” Burnet Sealy, chairman of the Caribbean Rastafari Organization, told Efe in a telephone interview. The Jamaican singer was a pioneering artist in conveying the international public philosophy and lifestyle of this religion and lifestyle, which promotes African consciousness and black supremacy, and whose followers are identified by their dreadlocks and the sacramental use of marijuana, Sealy said. Marley was one of the first reggae singers to publicly accept this religion in his native country, a place where the group was openly discriminated against, Ray Hitchins, … Read entire article »
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JAMAICA’S TAKE ON BOB MARLEY, DIFFERS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD!
By Natalia Bonilla— Bob Marley’s image in his homeland contrasts from the common international view of the late singer and musician as the epitome of reggae, Rastafarianism, marijuana and even Jamaica itself. “Whereas many foreigners think Bob Marley is above everybody else, in Jamaica he is seen as equal to other artists,” Ray Hitchins, a lecturer in the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of West Indies, told Efe. “Celebrities are not put on a pedestal here like in other places of the world,” he said, while adding that Jamaicans are aware of how much the island’s tourism and economy has benefited from their country’s most famous son, who would be 70 on Friday. In Jamaica, Marley shared the spotlight with many other reggae stars, such as Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, John Holt … Read entire article »
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HAIL TO THE KING AND PRINCE OF REGGAE!
THIS week marks the birthdays of reggae’s most influential artists — Bob Marley and Dennis Brown. Marley, who died in May 1981 at age 36 would be 70 on February 6. Dennis Brown died July 1, 1999. He would have celebrated his 58th birthday yesterday. The Jamaica Observer looks at their careers through daily tidbits in February, recognised as Reggae Month. * Dennis Brown and Bob Marley recorded for producer Clement ‘Coxson’ Dodd’s Studio One early in their careers. As a member of The Wailers, Marley’s hits at Studio One included Simmer Down and It Hurts to be Alone. No Man is an Island and If I Follow my Heart are among Brown’s hits for Dodd. * Marley and Brown performed on two shows during their long careers: the April 1978 One Love … Read entire article »
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JAMAICA’S ISLANDWIDE CELEBRATIONS FOR BOB MARLEY’S 70th BIRTHDAY ON FEBRUARY 6!
By Shereita Grizzle—- As the actual birthday of the late reggae legend Bob Marley draws closer, events celebrating the landmark occasion during that week have been finalised. According to a release sent to The Sunday Gleaner, this year’s celebrations will be held under the theme ‘The Legacy Continues’ and is expected to showcase the life and works of the late legend in an extra special way. Activities to mark the 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6 will be held at both the Bob Marley Museum on Hope Road and Tuff Gong Studio on Marcus Garvey Drive. As part of the Bob Marley Foundation’s mandate, the celebrations at Tuff Gong International will cater to children. They will be engaged in readings from Cedella Marley’s books, Three Little Birds and The Boy from Nine Miles, with an excerpt presentation from the new theatre production, Nesta’s … Read entire article »
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NOEL “KING SPORTY” WILLIAMS, CO-WRITER OF BOB MARLEY’S “BUFFALO SOLDIER”, DIES IN MIAMI AT 71!
King Sporty— Noel ‘King Sporty’ Williams, who co-wrote the song Buffalo Soldier with Bob Marley, died Monday in Miami at age 71. Abdul Muhsin, his friend of 37 years, told the OBSERVER ONLINE that Sporty died at the University of Miami Hospital at 8:15 pm. No cause of death has been given. Born in Portland, Sporty was a pioneer of the Miami reggae scene, having lived in South Florida since the early 1960s. Sporty first recorded Buffalo Soldier in the late 1970s for his Konduko label. Marley’s version became popular after his death in 1981. Sporty started his career in the 1960s as a deejay at Studio One, recording a number of hit songs for producer Clement Dodd’s label. His best known song was the self-produced ballad, Thinking of You, which was originally done by the Blues … Read entire article »
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VETERAN JAMAICAN MUSICIAN GLEN DaCOSTA NOW CALLS FALMOUTH, MAINE, HIS HOME AWAY FROM HOME!
By Colin Ellis, The Forecaster—- .Glen DaCosta— FALMOUTH, Maine — When Glen DaCosta first met musician Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1972, DaCosta was a saxophone player in one of Jamaica’s most popular bands, Zap Pow. “With Zap Pow everything was precise, so I guess that was what Bob wanted with his group, and so he asked us to come play with him,” DaCosta said. That began a musical relationship that lasted nearly 10 years with Marley and even longer with the Wailers, with whom DaCosta has toured and played in the years since, in venues ranging from large international halls to small clubs like Port City Music Hall. “For me it’s always a pleasure to play Bob Marley’s music for what it represents,” DaCosta said, adding that reggae music represents “truth, rights and justice for … Read entire article »
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THE RITA MARLEY FOUNDATION PLANS AHEAD FOR BOB’S 70th BIRTHDAY!
Bob Marley— By Shereita Grizzle—- The 70th birthday for late reggae icon Bob Marley is fast-approaching and there are already several plans in place to celebrate the legend’s special day. In addition to a new musical celebrating his life and works to be opened in January, the Rita Marley Foundation has announced a public-speaking competition to commemorate the special occasion. As part of the 11th annual Africa Unite Youth Symposium, the competition will see six students from high schools across the island vie for the Rita Marley Foundation Trophy of Excellence in Public Speaking on February 12, 2015, just a week after Marley’s 70th birthday. For the first round of the competition, each of the six students will present their take on the topic ‘A People Detached from Its Motherland Can Prosper’. Some students will deliver speeches in … Read entire article »
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