So much things to say : the oral history of Bob Marley
Steffens, Roger2018
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Bob Marley's life is the stuff of legend. Raised in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, Marley (1945-1981) wrote songs that inspired millions. 'So Much Things to Say' tells Marley's life story like never before. Roger Steffens travelled with the Wailers, interviewed Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer extensively, and took iconic Marley photographs. Now, drawing on 40 years of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers and confidants - many speaking publicly for the first time - Steffens crafts a riveting oral history depicting Marley's life through vivid scenes: the future reggae star auditioning for Coxsone Dodd in Trench Town, the violent confrontation between the Wailers and producer Lee Perry, the attempted assassination (and conspiracy theories that followed), triumphant live performances around the world, and the artist's tragic death from cancer at the age of 36.
Main title:
So much things to say : the oral history of Bob Marley / Roger Steffens ; introduction by Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Author:
Steffens, Roger, author, photographer
Imprint:
New York : W.W. Norton and Company, 2018.
Collation:
464 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780393355925 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
782.421646782.421646092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1286765