7. Bob Marley and The Wailers’ exceptional harmonizing skills came from their voice teacher Joe Higgs (June 3, 1950 to December 18, 1999), who was a popular reggae artist for 40 years (1950s to 1990s) and he trained other reggae artists to sing, also. Joe taught Bob how to play the rhythm guitar that kept the 2/4 timing for the Wailers. Additionally, Chris Blackwell (1960), and the Federal (1961), Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One (1962), Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong (1965), Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Black Ark (1973) music studios contributed to and supported Bob Marley’s music growth and international success. The music producing studios in Jamaica were as equal in ambition and spirit to Berry Gordy’s Sounds of Motown/Detroit, MI; Satellite/Stax Records of Memphis, Tennessee; Kings Records in James Brown era; Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff’s Sound of
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One bright day when his work was over Rastaman Bob Marley passed and flew away home to Zion on May 11, 1981. Bob played over 300 concerts, sold over 100 million albums, his estate is currently worth one billion dollars, also he was a good football/soccer ball player. Bob’s classic live concerts on DVD, YouTube and Google are the Peace Concert in Jamaica Live—1976; Rainbow Theater Concert in London, England—1977; Zimbabwe in Africa—1980; Rockpalast, Dortmund Concert in--Germany—1980; His Last Concert, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—1981. Bob Marley’s top twenty-five recordings were Natural Mystic, War, Roots-Rock-Reggae, Trenchtown/Trenchtown Rock, If The Cap Fits, Slave Driver, 400 Years, I Shot The Sheriff, No Woman No Cry, One Love/People Get Ready, Get Up Stand Up, Wake Up & Live, Natty Dread, Rebel Music, Africa Unite, Running Away, Redemption Song, Zimbabwe, So Much Trouble in the World, Exodus, Cornerstone, Jamming, Lively Up Yourself and So Much To Say. The Marley children that are creating excellent work and continuing on the musical path their father made for them is Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Damian and
One bright day when his work was over Rastaman Bob Marley passed and flew away home to Zion on May 11, 1981. Bob played over 300 concerts, sold over 100 million albums, his estate is currently worth one billion dollars, also he was a good football/soccer ball player. Bob’s classic live concerts on DVD, YouTube and Google are the Peace Concert in Jamaica Live—1976; Rainbow Theater Concert in London, England—1977; Zimbabwe in Africa—1980; Rockpalast, Dortmund Concert in--Germany—1980; His Last Concert, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—1981. Bob Marley’s top twenty-five recordings were Natural Mystic, War, Roots-Rock-Reggae, Trenchtown/Trenchtown Rock, If The Cap Fits, Slave Driver, 400 Years, I Shot The Sheriff, No Woman No Cry, One Love/People Get Ready, Get Up Stand Up, Wake Up & Live, Natty Dread, Rebel Music, Africa Unite, Running Away, Redemption Song, Zimbabwe, So Much Trouble in the World, Exodus, Cornerstone, Jamming, Lively Up Yourself and So Much To Say. The Marley children that are creating excellent work and continuing on the musical path their father made for them is Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Damian and