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Bob Marley & The Wailers

* Muziekstijl: roots reggae, ska, rocksteady, r&b
* Actief: 1963-1981

dit profiel is door meerdere medewerkers samengesteld; mogelijk overlapt de info elkaar hier-en-daar

kORT & kLEIN  ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
korte, kleine berichtjes, achtergronden en wetenswaardigheden  (niet chronologisch)

Bob Marley & The Wailers was een reggae-band en werd in 1974 geformeerd door Bob Marley
Bunny Wailer en Peter Tosh speelden sinds 1963 bij The Wailers, maar besloten zich niet aan te sluiten en verlieten de band

De broers Carlton Barrett (drums) en Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bas) - die vier jaar eerder bij The Wailers waren gekomen - kozen ervoor om
te blijven samenwerken met Bob
De broers speelden bij The Wailers terwijl ze eigenlijk nog bij Lee "Scratch" Perry's studio band The Upsetters zaten

Uiteindelijk viel de band na het overlijden van Bob Marley in 1981 uiteen

Bob Marley & The Wailers -als groep- bestonden uit Bob Marley zelf als gitarist, songwriter en hoofdzanger, de Wailers Band als begeleidingsband,
en de I Threes als achtergrondzangers

De Wailers Band bestond uit de broers Carlton Barrett en Aston "Family Man" Barrett op respectievelijk drums en bas, Junior Marvin en Al Anderson
op leadgitaar, Tyrone Downie en Earl "Wya" Lindo op toetsen, en Alvin "Seeco" Patterson op percussie
De I Threes bestonden uit de vrouw van Bob Marley, Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt en Marcia Griffiths

Met enige regelmaat duiken er opnames op die dan lukraak -waarschijnlijk voor marketingdoeleinden- worden toegeschreven aan Bob Marley,
The Wailers of Bob Marley & the Wailers die, naar men dan zegt 'verloren gewaande opnames zijn die terug zijn gevonden'..... ('the lost tapes')

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Genres:
Jamaican Ska, Reggae, Deejay, Dub, Lovers Rock, Pop Reggae, Roots Reggae, Neo-Soul, Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Film Soundtrack

Albums:
Soul Rebels (1970), Natty Dread (1974), Rastaman Vibration (1976), Kaya (1978), Survival (1979), Uprising (1980), Chant Down Babylon (1999),
African Herbsman (1973), Babylon by Bus (1978), Exodus (1977, )Rasta Revolution (1974), Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers (2002),
Gold (2005), Playlist: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Early Years (2009), Confrontation (1983), Marley (2012), Live! (1975),
Legend Remixed (2013), Catch A Fire (1973), Exodus 40: The Movement Continues (2017), Roots, Rock, Remixed: The Complete Sessions (2015),
In Dub Vol. 1 (2012)Kaya 40 (2018), Grooving Kingston 12 (2004), The Capitol Session '73 (2021), Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (2002),
One Love at Studio One 1964-1966 (2006), Bob Marley with the Chineke! Orchestra (2022), Africa Unite (2023), Burnin' (2023),
Live At The Lyceum (1975) Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh PA September 23, 1980 (Deluxe Edition) (2011)

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Bob Marley was an outstanding person in the world history of music
The unique character of his works is reached by the combination of genius of music and true love to people and God
He was not only a great musician, but also an active Rastafarian
Bob Marley (full name - Robert Nesta Marley) was born in the small village of 'Nine Miles' in Jamaica
His father Norval Sinclair Marley was a white English Jamaican and his mother Cedella Booker was a black Jamaican, so Bob faced racial prejudice
from early childhood

His love to music appeared when he was a teenager
He played music together with Neville Livingston (known as Bunny Wailer), Joe Higgs and Peter McIntosh (known as Peter Tosh)
In 1962, Marley recorded his first singles, Judge Not and One Cup of Coffee
In 1963 Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston, Peter McIntosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith formed a ska and rocksteady band
The Teenagers, and later changed the name to The Wailers
In 1966 Marley married Rita Anderson and moved to the United States, but in a short time he returned to Jamaica and became a Rastafarian

As for the music, Marley started working with Lee Perry and his band The Upsetters
 In 1973 The Wailers recorded their first album Catch a Fire and it gained great success
A year later they created their next album Burnin' (1974), which included the hits Get Up, Stand Up and I Shot The Sheriff
In 1974 The Wailers broke up and its members went on with their solo careers
In 1975 Marley recorded a smash-hit No Woman, No Cry from the Natty Dread album

Marley became famous in the US in 1976 with the album Rastaman Vibration
In December 1976, some days before a political concert, Marley, his wife and his manager Don Taylor were wounded by a gunman in Marley's house,
but Bob performed at the concert in spite of this
In 1976 Marley moved to England and recorded Exodus with its hits Exodus, Waiting In Vain, Jamming and One Love

The questions of World Peace and racial equality were of great interest for Marley
In 1978 he performed at one more political concert in Jamaica
He made political rivals shake hands on the stage
Many of his singles were devoted to political issues
The album Survival (1979) with its songs Zimbabwe, Africa Unite, Wake Up and Live and Survival was created to support the struggles of Africans
In the same year he performed at the Amandla Festival in Boston and came out against South African apartheid
Marley truly believed in God and many of his tracks, such as Redemption Song and Forever Loving Jah from the album Uprising (1980) were concerned
with religion

In July 1977 Marley got a terrible diagnosis - cancer, and as his religion was against any operations he refused surgical treatment
He went on performing on the stage, and gave his final concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1980
Marley wanted to spend the last days of his life in Jamaica, but while flying home he had to lend in Miami to get treatment and died in its hospital on
May 11, 1981 at the age of 36
Many of his albums were released posthumously including Legendary (2001), Legend Remix Edition (2002) and Africa Unite: The Singles Collection (2005)
In 1994 Marley's name was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
For millions of his fans Marley is not only a great musician but also a spiritual leader
 His contribution to music and the issues of racial equality and World Peace is beyond description

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