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So much things to say : the oral history of Bob Marley Cover Image Book

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

Steffens, Roger, (author,, photographer.). Johnson, Linton Kwesi, 1952- (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

Draws on forty years of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants, many speaking publicly for the first time, to offer an oral history depicting the reggae icon's life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393058451
  • ISBN: 039305845X
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: the people speak / by Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Where is my mother? -- Trench town rocks -- Wailers at Studio One -- Good good rudies -- Love and affection -- Rasta shook them up -- Wailers a go wail -- Nine Mile exile -- 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 -- End of the beginning -- Natty Dread -- Hope Road runnings -- Cindy Breakspeare and the 1975 tour -- Rastaman vibration and fatal reissue -- Ambush in the night -- CIA and the assassination attempt -- Smile, you're in Jamaica -- Who shot Bob Marley? -- Exodus to London -- Blackwell, Bob and business -- Bloody toe in the Paris match -- 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.

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Marley, Bob.
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Reggae musicians > Jamaica > Biography.
Reggae musicians > Jamaica > Interviews.
Genre:
Oral histories.
Biographies.
Interviews.

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