Bibliograph

So much things to say, the oral history of Bob Marley, text and photographs by Roger Steffens ; introduction by Linton Kwesi Johnson

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So much things to say, the oral history of Bob Marley, text and photographs by Roger Steffens ; introduction by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

So much things to say

Responsibility statement

text and photographs by Roger Steffens ; introduction by Linton Kwesi Johnson

Sub title

the oral history of Bob Marley

Summary

A revelatory, myth-shattering history of one of the most influential musicians of all time, told in the words of those who knew him best

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the people speak / by Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Where is my mother? -- Trench town rocks -- The Wailers at Studio One -- Good good rudies -- Love and affection -- Rasta shook them up -- Wailers a go wail -- Nine Mile exile -- The JAD years -- Leslie Kong meets the Tuff Gang -- Lee Perry and Jamaican politricks -- Cold cold winters in Sweden and London -- Island's kinky reggae -- Burnin' out in London -- The end of the beginning -- Natty Dread -- Hope Road runnings -- Cindy Breakspeare and the 1975 tour -- Rastaman vibration and fatal reissue -- Ambush in the night -- The CIA and the assassination attempt -- Smile, you're in Jamaica -- Who shot Bob Marley? -- Exodus to London -- Blackwell, Bob and business -- The bloody toe in the Paris match -- The One Love Peace concert -- Babylon by bus from the U.N. to Ethiopia -- Charity and survival -- From the Apollo to Gabon -- Natty mash it inna Zimbabwe -- Uprising -- Madison Square Garden then everything crash -- Dr. Issels and the final days -- Marley's legacy and the Wailers' favorite songs

Target audience

adult

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Oral history of Bob Marley

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