Status
Available
Call number
Call number
B Mar
Collection
Publication
Henry Holt And Company (2000), Edition: Revised
Description
Chronicles the historical, cultural, religious and folkloric milieu that shaped reggae musician Bob Marley's life.
User reviews
LibraryThing member izze.t
Honestly, I couldn't get past page 11. The little that I did read was interesting, but never touched me.
LibraryThing member jpsnow
Now that I understand Reggae and Rastafarianism, I like Marley more and the rest of it less. White makes it easy to see the progression from early rock and jazz to Reggae to hip-hop. He also illustrates the unfortunate cultural and political drivers of Jamaican poverty. None of Marley's family or
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associates really followed his same ideals. Rita suddenly lived a life of excess, and most of his fellow musicians and producers squabbled over his legacy. He's popular worldwide as a symbol of hope but I think his advocates miss the things that could make such hopes fulfilled. Marley linked himself to Ras Tafari Makonnen (later Emperor Haile Selassie I, an alleged descendant of Solomon). Show Less
LibraryThing member tuckerresearch
An excellent musical biography.