Every little thing gonna be alright : the Bob Marley reader / edited by Hank Bordowitz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bordowitz, Hank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marley, Bob.

Reggae musicians--Biography.

Reggae musicians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Other Title:

Bob Marley reader

Every little thing's gonna be alright

Every little thing going to be alright

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2004.

Summary:

Throughout Africa, Europe, and the Americas, Bob Marley represents far more than just the musician who translated spiritual and political beliefs into hypnotic, hard-hitting songs such as "Get Up, Stand Up," "No Woman, No Cry," and "Jammin'." Born in rural Jamaica, reared in the mean streets of Kingston's Trenchtown, Marley rose to worldwide acclaim, first with the original Wailers (Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingstone) and later with a reconfigured lineup that included the I-Threes -- and his story embodies the spiritual awakening of a uniquely talented individual. Now, for the first time, the voices of Alice Walker, Rita Marley, Lester Bangs, and many others join together to offer a new perspective on one of the twentieth century's most compelling figures. From Marley's "rude boy" teens to international fame and his tragic death at the age of thirty-six, Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright explores the larger picture -- Marley as the spokesman for Jamaica's homegrown religion of Rastafarianism, as a flash point for the pressure cooker of Jamaican politics, and as the first pop music superstar of the Third World.

Contents:

Marley: Cultural Icon xiii

I Wake Up and Live: The Life and Times of Robert Nesta Marley 1

1 Waiting in Vain: Oral History/Past Tense, 1962-1972 2

Remembering Bob Marley (Rita Marley, Essence, February 1995) 3

Bob Marley at Studio One (Hank Bordowitz, previously unpublished) 6

Bob Marley: The Story Behind Chances Are (Atlantic Records Biography, October 1981) 12

2 Stir It Up: International Attention, 1972-1976 18

I Was a Wailers (Lee Jaffe, excerpt from One Love, Life with Bob Marley and the Wailers) / W. W. Norton 19

Bob Marley Is the Jagger of Reggae (Patrick Carr, The Village Voice, June 30, 1975) 36

Musicmakers: Bob Marley and the Wailers (Vernon Gibbs, Essence, January 1976) 43

Innocents in Babylon: A Search for Jamaica Featuring Bob Marley and a Cast of Thousands (Lester Bangs, Creem Magazine, June and July 1976) 46

3 Top Rankin': The First Great "Third World" Star, 1976-1981 89

The Rasta Prophet of Reggae Music Speaks (Tom Terrell, MCY.com, January 2001) 90

The Reggae Way to "Salvation" (J. Bradshaw, New York Times Magazine, August 14, 1977) 96

Bob Marley: Movement of Jah People (Vivien Goldman, Sounds, May 28, 1977) 110

Tuff Gong: Bob Marley's Unsung Story (Carol Cooper, The Village Voice, September 10, 1980) 123

4 Blackman Redemption: The Death of Bob Marley and His "Second Coming," 1981-2002 136

The Chapel of Love: Bob Marley's Last Resting Place (Chris Salewicz, The Face, June 1983) 137

So Much Things to Say: The Journey of Bob Marley (Isaac Fergusson, The Village Voice, May 18, 1982) 144

One Love (Robert Palmer, Rolling Stone, February 24, 1994) 160

Chanting Down Babylon: The CIA & the Death of Bob Marley (Alex Constantine, High Times, February 2002) 171

Bob Marley's Star Finally Rises in Jamaica (Howard Campell, The Michigan Citizen, February 27-March 4, 2000) 176

5 Judge Not: The Marley Estate and Other Legalities, 1982-2004 180

Marley's Ghost in Babylon: A $30 Million Wrangle over a Tangled Estate (Jerry Adler with Howard Manly, Newsweek, April 8, 1991) 181

Talkin' Over: Marley Estate Case Ends; Island Logic, Family Can Purchase Assets (Maureen Sheridan, Billboard, December 21, 1991) 184

Let's Get Together and Deal All Right (Kirk Semple, Miami New Times (Florida), March 18, 1992) 187

Early Wailers: Fussing & Fighting; Ska Compilation Generates Intrigue (Don Jeffrey, Billboard, June 18, 1994) 193

Marley Deal Prompts Lawsuit; Producer Sues Family, Universal (Eileen Fitzpatrick, Billboard, June 28, 1997) 197

II Music Gonna Teach Them a Lesson: The Meaning of Bob Marley 199

1 Zion Train: Religion, Rasta, and Revelation 200

Bob Marley

Rastaman, Reggae Musician (Rose Blount, Black Book Bulletin) 201

Bob Marley Live: Reggae, Rasta, and Jamaica Fourteen Years after Marley's Death (Mark Jacobson, Natural History, November 1995) 205

2 Babylon System: Politics in Jamaica and Beyond 216

Reggae and the Revolutionary Faith ... The Role of Bob Marley (Michael Manley, The Rising Sun (People's National Party newspaper), May 1982) 217

Bob Marley in Zimbabwe: The Untold Story (Adapted by Ree Ngwenya from Bob Marley: Songs of Freedom by Adrian Boot and Chris Salewicz, Zimbabwe Standard/African News Service, June 12, 2001) 225

3 Children Playing in the Street: Bob Marley, Family Man 231

Marley Boys Set to Popularize Reggae (Anya McCoy, Variety, June 8, 1998) 232

Only Natural: The Marleys Carry on Their Father's Mission

As They See It (Celeste Fraser Delgado, Miami New Times (Florida), May 2, 2002) 234

Cedella Marley Launches a Distinctive Line of Customized Denim and Leather Reminiscent of Her Father's Rude Boy Style (Tuff Gong press release, 2001) 236

4 So Much Trouble in the World Today: "Third World" Hero 239

Redemption Day (Alice Walker, Mother Jones, December 1986) 240

Marley: Tale of the Tuff Gong (excerpt) (Written by Charles Hall (from a treatment by Mort Todd); Art: pencils by Gene Colan, painted by Tennyson Smith, lettering by John Costanza; Marvel Comics, September 1994) 245

5 Work: Recording Bob Marley 254

Bob Marley: In the Studio with the Wailers (Richard Williams, Melody Maker, June 23, 1973) 255

Chris Blackwell: An Interview with the Founding Father of the Reggae Music Industry (Timothy White, Billboard, July 13, 1991) 259

6 Wailing: The Musicians He Left Behind 271

A Good Smoke with Peter Tosh (Stephen Davis, Oui, 1979) 272

Bunny Wailer, Reggae Survivor: Last of Wailers Returns to Reggae Road (Mitch Potter, The Toronto Star, August 24, 1990) 279

Still Wailing; Aston "Family Man" Barrett of the Wailers Is Keeping a Reggae Tradition Alive (Joshua Green, Denver Westword, February 19, 1998) 285

The Wailers' Al Anderson (Klaus Ludes, Classical Reggae Interviews, May 29, 1998) 291

The Wailers' Earl "Wia" Lindo (Klaus Ludes, Classical Reggae Interviews, May 29, 1998) 294

Wailers Keep Spreading Marley's Message (Craig MacInnes, Toronto Star, February 20, 1987) 296.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306813408

OCLC:

55672702