So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley
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Maple Leaf Garden, 333
Marcenine (Cedella Booker’s cousin), 4
Marguerite (dancer-singer), 115
marijuana:
BM and, 72–73, 185, 361
in Rastafarian culture, 71, 75
Marley, Bob:
adolescence of, 8, 28–29
on African liberation, 303
alternative cancer treatments sought for, 390–93
assassination attempt on, xxv, 215, 216, 219, 222–26, 255–62
Beeston Street recordings of, 18
birth of, 1
Cedella’s rejection of, 11
chemotherapy of, 389, 390
childhood of, 2–4, 5–7
copyrights hidden by, 177–78
daily routine of, 364–65
diet and exercise habits of, 192–93
donkey of, 2, 89, 90, 92
estate of, 407
as father, 401–2
father’s rejection of, 7
first recordings of, 16–17
foot injury of, 89
funeral and burial of, 398
generosity and charitable works of, 318–22, 399–400
as good listener, 21
guitar learned by, 43
Hope Road headquarters of, see Hope Road, as Tuff Gong headquarters
humility of, 399–400
intensive rehearsing by, 38, 64, 90, 169, 194, 195, 196–97
international success of, xxvi, 268, 277–78
intuitive powers of, xxvii, 4
lasting influence of, 407–8
loneliness of, 400–401
marijuana smoking by, 72–73, 185, 361
Marley family’s rejection of, 2, 205
melanoma of, xxii, xxv, 5, 284–87, 331, 371, 379–85, 386–98
in move back to Nine Mile, 85–86
musical piracy and, 108, 139–40
1976 tour of, 221
in 1978 return to Jamaica, 288–304
on One Love Peace Concert, 300–302
Order of Merit awarded to, xv, 397
perfectionism of, 272–73, 329
political education of, 179–80, 220, 346–47
as Rastafarian, xv, 72–73, 77, 109, 172, 206, 215, 262, 303, 305–6, 321, 392
record shops of, 82, 83, 174–75
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction of, 407
seizure of, 379
self-confidence of, 54–55
singing style of, 43
singlemindedness about music of, 64–65, 101–2, 135, 169, 272
soccer playing by, 190–91, 194, 282, 285–86, 338, 364–65, 371, 387
songwriting methods of, 122, 365–66, 405
spirituality and charisma of, 56, 103–4, 105, 252–53, 273, 333–34, 406
stage shows of, 68–70
stress and frustration of, 84–85, 111, 144, 328
toe amputation rejected by, 285
toe injury of, 282–84, 286
U.N. peace award given to, 305
welding trade learned by, 16
writer’s block of, 87–88, 90
see also Bob Marley and the Wailers; Wailers
Marley, Cedella, 401–3
Marley, Christopher, 1–2, 287
Marley, Damian “Junior Gong,” xvii, 198, 371, 397
Marley, Norval Sinclair, 1–2, 4–5, 7, 108, 205, 266, 380
Marley, Rita Anderson, xvi, xxvi, 29, 60, 69, 72, 73, 74, 75, 85, 91, 101, 106, 107–8, 110, 155, 177, 189, 191, 208, 222, 223, 241, 246, 253, 298, 333, 350, 395, 397, 401
and BM’s affairs, 83, 162, 388
BM’s cancer and, 384, 388–90, 392
BM’s estate and, 386, 407
BM’s marriage to, 64, 67–68, 81–84
BM’s relationship with, 59–60, 66
on Haile Selassie’s visit, 76–77
JAD contract of, 95, 97, 98
Kelso’s break with, 84
at Nine Mile, 87, 88, 89, 92–93
off-the-books record sales of, 125–26
shooting of, 224, 231, 236, 240, 244
as singer, 59, 60–61, 60, 62–63, 96, 98, 105, 183–84, 204, 317, 363
in Smile Jamaica concert, 244–45, 247
Tosh and, 63–66
Wailers and, 61–64
in Zimbabwe, 352, 355, 358, 359
Marley, Robert, Jr., 83
Marley, Sharon, 59, 66
Marley, Stephanie, 224
Marley, Stephen, 352, 355, 357, 397
Marley, Ziggy, 289, 352, 355, 357, 397, 401, 402, 403
Marley (film), 401
Marley family, 2, 108–9, 205, 287
Marley Museum (Kingston), 305
Marsh, Tony, 293
Marshall, Austin “Bucky,” 288, 296–97, 298
Marvin, Junior, 268–69, 269, 280, 282, 283, 284, 310, 352, 356, 363, 376, 377, 403, 404, 405
background of, 269–70
on BM’s 1978 return to Jamaica, 289–90
on BM’s melanoma, 285
BM’s relationship with, 272–73
on BM’s songwriting method, 271
on BM’s spirituality, 273, 406
on cohesiveness of Wailers Band, 306–7
on final show in Pittsburgh, 382–83
on Jamaican peace movement, 299
on One Love Peace Concert, 294–95
Wailers Band joined by, 270–73
on Zimbabwe independence concert, 357–58
Marx, Karl, 312
Marxism, 312, 347
“Mary’s Boy Child” (song), 143
Masekela, Hugh, 99
Masouri, John, xxv, 117–18, 167
“Masquerade Dance” (song), 136
Massop, Claudie, 124, 288, 296–97
Matrix (San Francisco nightclub), 173
Matthews, Winston “Pipe,” 8–9
Mayer, Roger, 271
Mayer, Tom, xxiv
Mayfield, Curtis, 42, 58, 61, 104
Maypen Cemetery, 132
Mazobere, Reverend, 350
McCalla, Nate, 213
McCook, Tommy, 44
McGarrity, Gayle, 153–55, 154, 173, 179–80, 204–6, 220–21, 265–66
on BM’s loneliness, 400–401
and BM’s political education, 220, 346–47
McGregor, Freddie, 317, 369
McIntosh, Donna, 352
McQueen, Steve, 390, 391
Meditations, 293
Melchizedek the High Priest, see Smith, Earl “Chinna”
“Mellow Mood” (song), 100, 101, 120, 137
Melody Makers, 402
Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, 312
Merritone, 48
Meters, 119
Miami, Fla., 284, 286, 323–24, 364, 366, 371, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 397
Michael, Ras, 17–19, 18, 293–94
Mico Teachers College, 28
Midem convention, 277
Midnight Ravers (radio show), 26, 27
“Midnight Ravers” (song), 195
Mighty Diamonds, 293
Milan, 367–68
Miller, Glenn, 61
Miller, Jacob, 235, 293, 372
Mills, Denise, 284, 352, 354
Mills, Ruel, xix
Mimms, Garnett, 32
Ministry of Culture, Jamaica, 217
Miss World pageant, 198, 199, 201, 203, 221, 264, 265–66, 267
“Misty Morning” (song), 87
Mitchell, Billy, 292, 298
Mittoo, Jackie, 44, 99, 212
Mix Dat Studio, 230
Mona Heights Community Center, Kingston, xxvii
Montreal Gazette, 293
Moore, “Dizzy Johnny,” 44
Mother’s Story, A (Booker), xxiv–xxv
Motown Records, 315, 369
Mount Sinai Hospital, 379
Mount Wilson, Los Angeles, 3
Mowatt, Judy, 129, 130, 183–85, 183, 204, 223, 242, 244, 252, 316–18, 331, 333, 352, 355, 356
on Gabon trip, 338–39
on 1980 tour, 367–68
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on Zimbabwe tour, 358–59, 361–62
“Mr. Talkative” (song), 177
Mugabe, Robert, 347, 350, 351, 352
Munich, 392
music business, Jamaican, exploitation of artists by, 111–12, 121, 176–77
“My Boy Lollipop” (song), 100, 113
“My Dream Island” (song), 48
Nairobi, 312
NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), xxiii
Nash, Johnny, xvi, xxv, xxvi, 90, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 113, 133–35, 136, 137, 138, 140–41, 143–44, 145, 148, 150, 190, 207
BM and, 107
BM’s relationship with, 133–34
BM’s touring with, 141
Wailers’ relationship with, 141–42
Nassau, Bahamas, 264, 327
National Heroes Park, Kingston, 216, 220, 221, 246
National Stadium, 68–70, 174, 203, 204–5, 292, 300
National Video Festival, xxiii
Natty Dread (album), xiv, 179, 184, 185–87, 194, 322, 367
“Natty Dread” (song), 405
“Natural Mystic” (song), 357
Nazarene, 88
Nazi Party, 393
Neita, Churchill, 84
Nelson, Ricky, 2
New Orleans, La., 119, 239
New York, N.Y., 84, 100, 103, 105, 119, 133, 160, 186, 221, 228, 275, 298, 305, 330, 349, 371, 373, 374–75, 378, 385, 386, 388, 392
New York Times, 165–66, 376, 407
New Zealand, 361, 403
“Nice Time” (song), 88, 90, 91, 100, 142
Nigeria, 1
Nighthawk (record label), xxii
Nimble (donkey), 2, 89, 90, 92
Nine Mile, Jamaica, 87–90, 109, 128, 324, 398, 401
BM’s childhood in, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7
BM’s return to, 85–86, 87, 92–93
Nixon, Richard, 328
Nixon administration, 132
Nkomo, Joshua, 350
Nkrumah, 303
Nockeby, Sweden, 134, 135–36, 137
“No More Trouble” (song), 195
No Nuclear War (album), xxii
Norman, Jimmy, 101–3, 102, 104, 105
“Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing” (song), 203
No Woman, No Cry (R. Marley), 59
“No Woman No Cry” (song), 75, 155, 185, 359, 367
NPR, xx
Nuggets for the Needy show, 51
Nyabinghi drum festival, 289–90, 321
“Nyabinghi men,” 71
OAU (Organisation of African Unity), 326
“Oh Lord I Got To Get There” (song), 141
Old Grey Whistle Test, The (TV show), 156
Omariah (Marley’s grandfather), 2, 4
Omega Conference, 391
“One Cup of Coffee” (song), 16, 164
“One Foundation” (song), 164–65
One Love: Life with Bob Marley and the Wailers (Jaffe and Steffens), 162, 186
“One Love” (song), 17, 69, 143, 296, 299, 408
One Love at Studio One (album), 213
One Love Peace Concert, xxi, xxv, 17, 90, 259, 272, 285, 288, 290, 291, 292–96, 299–301, 302, 304, 305, 315
film of, see Heartland Reggae
One World Music Festival, 60
“Opportunity” (song), 62
Order of Merit award, xv, 397
Oromia region, 312
Osibisa, 142
Pablo, Augusta, 127
Palace Theatre, 49, 50–51, 52, 53
Pareles, Jon, 165–66
Paris, 273, 277, 278
BM in, 282, 283
Parkins, Eddie, 54
“Pass It On” (song), 16, 164, 182
Patterson, Alvin “Seeco,” 25, 30, 32, 46, 47, 251, 271, 272, 290, 352, 365, 376, 377, 378, 403, 405
on Wailers’ first recording session, 29–31
Paul, Stefan, 394–95
Pavilion, Pauley, 327
Peace Council, 293, 298
Pendergrass, Teddy, 333
People Funny Boy (Katz), 125
People’s National Party (PNP), 35, 40, 73, 119, 128, 130, 131, 216–17, 219–20, 242, 258, 288, 293
Performing Rights Society (PRS), 177
Perry, Lee “Scratch,” xxv, 107, 108, 115, 119, 123–26, 128, 132, 164, 180, 207, 218
in songwriting credit disputes, 120–21
Wailers’ break with, 126
Wailers’ recordings for, 117, 120–21, 122–23, 139
Wailers’ verbal contract with, 120, 123–24
Pever, Mary, 296
Philadelphia, Pa., 214, 330, 349
Phillips, Vivian, 376
Philp, Geoffrey, xxvii
Photos of the Century, The: 100 Historic Moments (Robin), 307
Pierson, Leroy Jodie, xxii, xxiii
“Pimper’s Paradise” (song), 366–67
piracy, musical, 108, 139–40, 145
Pitterson, Karl, 151, 166, 266–68, 267, 335–36
Pitts, Ibis, 4, 399
Pittsburgh, Pa., 119, 380, 381, 382, 387, 405
Planno, Mortimo, 88, 91, 92, 113, 114, 177
as BM’s manager, 96, 97–98, 108
duplicity of, 109–10
as Rastafarian guru, xvii, 14, 74, 75, 75
Platt, Tony, 159
“Play Play Play” (song), 94
PNP Musical Bandwagon, 128, 129–31
Poitier, Sidney, 160
Polygram, 369, 387
“Positive Vibration” (song), 355
Pottinger, Mr., 316
Pottinger, Sonia, 119, 145, 322
“Pound Get A Blow” (song), 94
Presley, Elvis, 2, 108, 110
Preston, Billy, 203
Price, Lloyd, 104
Prickly Pole, Jamaica, 92, 93
Purdie, Bernard, 99, 103
“Put It On” (song), 57, 69, 142
Queen, 381, 382
Queen Mary, 57, 183
Queen’s Theatre, 10, 176
Race Course, Kingston, 113
Race Today, xv
racism, 7, 220
Radio Jamaica, 24
Rainbow Theatre, 280, 408
Rainey, Chuck, 99
Randy’s Studio, 120, 170, 207, 316
Ranglin, Ernest, 25, 31, 212
Rasta and Resistance (Campbell), 354
Rastafarian faith, Rastas, 17, 38, 40, 44, 61, 90, 95, 110, 121, 134, 138, 180, 183, 184, 185, 187, 191, 202, 210, 211, 239, 245, 260, 281, 286, 289, 290, 292, 301, 312, 314, 338, 343, 351, 353, 355
bad reputation of, 71–72, 96–97, 203–4
BM as, xv, 72–73, 77, 109, 172, 206, 215, 262, 303, 305–6, 321, 392
government repression of, 97, 179
“isms” rejected by, xv, 109, 165, 182, 346–47
language of, 72
Manley supported by, 129
marijuana and, 71, 75
Planno as guru of, xvii, 14, 74, 75, 75
Twelve Tribes and, 196, 214, 219, 223, 230, 233, 235, 240, 300, 313, 317, 319, 354, 388–89, 400
Wailers as, 21, 72, 75, 77–78, 158, 166
“Rasta Man Chant” (song), 157, 165
Rastaman Vibration (album), 206, 208–9, 210, 212, 214, 221, 317, 326
“Rastaman Vibration” (song), 276
“Rasta Shook Them Up” (song), 72
Real Mona, 111
“Real Situation” (song), 363, 366, 367
“Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock)” (song), 186
Rebel Music (Simon), xxv, 307
Recher Theater, 269
“Redder Than Red” (song), 137
“Redemption Song” (song), 363, 364, 366, 381
Red Hills, 201
Rediffusion Network, 24
Regal Theatre, 51
reggae, 119, 136, 158, 291
American exposure to, 100, 172
commercialization of, 172, 176
Reggae Archives, 4, 15, 17, 55, 57, 120, 15
4, 161, 196, 211, 219, 227, 324, 342, 402, 403
Reggae Beat (radio show), xx–xxi, xxii, 54, 128, 181, 217, 255, 299, 327
Reggae Got Soul (album), 270
“Reggae On Broadway” (song), 100, 140, 141, 143
Reggae Sun Ska Festival, 216
Reggae Sunsplash Festival, xxii, 30, 183, 349, 394, 395
Reid, Duke, 23, 24, 25, 27, 48, 56, 119, 121, 145, 322
“Reincarnated Souls” (song), 158
“Remember Me” (song), 184
“Rescue Me” (song), 78
“Return of Django” (song), 117, 119
“Revolution” (song), 186
Rhodesia, see Zimbabwe
Richards, Mikey “Boo,” 115
Richards, Pete and Calvin, 34
Richards, Sylvia, 46
Richie, Lionel, 376, 377
Richmond, Jamaica, 94
“Ringo” (song), 142
Rittenhouse, Dr., 391
RJR Rediffusion, 24, 37, 90
Robbie and Sly, 170, 203
Robbins, Marty, 161
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 148, 407
“Rock It Baby” (song), 100
rocksteady, 54, 100, 105, 119
“Rock Steady” (song), 103
“Rock Sweet Rock” (song), 59
Rod of Correction, 129
Roderick’s (sound system), 24
Rodriguez, Rico, 268
Rolling Stone, xix
Rolling Stones, 113, 309, 311
Romeo, Max, 119
“Roots” (song), 404
Roots Rasta, 390
“Roots Rock Reggae” (song), 355
Ross, Diana, 184, 311
Rossin, Lars, 135–36
Rothman, Dr., 379–80
Rothman, Milton (lawyer), 380
Rottach-Egern, Germany, 392, 395
Roulette Records, 213
Roxbury, Mass., 350
Roxy (Los Angeles), xxi, 328–29
Roy, Binghi, 233, 239
Royal College of Surgeons, 284
Royal House of Judah, 279
“Rude Boy” (song), 41, 57, 69, 142
Rufaro Stadium, 352, 354–59
“Running Away” (song), 271
Russell, Greg and Compton, 242, 248, 251
Russell Heights, Kingston, 96, 98, 370, 371
Russia, 303, 393
Sadkin, Alex, 208, 323, 363
Saigon, 227, 261
St. Andrew’s High School, 121, 315
Saint Ann, Jamaica, 1, 315
St. George’s school, 177
St. Mark’s Church, 350
St. Peter’s Square, 267
St. Thomas, 5
Salewicz, Chris, xxv
San Clemente, Calif., 328
San Diego, Calif., 300, 306, 327
San Diego Sports Arena, 156, 300, 300, 328
San Francisco, Calif., xix, 173, 202
San Siro Stadium, 367–68
Santa Barbara, Calif., 309
Santa Cruz, Calif., 309–10, 310, 311
Sausalito, Calif., 173
Scandinavia, 134, 306
Schaffer, Jan, 135