The Influences On Bob Marley's Life

Robert Nesta Marley, better known as Bob Marley, was born February 6, 1945. He is the son of Cedella and Norval. Cedella was young only eighteen when she gave birth to Bob. At a young age, Bob grew up in the rural community of Nine Miles which is a village in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. Nine Miles had many African customs they took from their ancestors. The main one was storytelling. They used it to tell about the past and their traditions, many of these were overlooked in history. These stories and the rural area Bob grew up in later influenced him later especially in his songwriting. Bob’s parents were married later in 1945, Norval’s family was strongly against the marriage. The last time Bob saw his father he was five years old. His father took him to Kingston to live with his cousin who was a businessman, they did this so Bob could attend school. eighteen months later Cedella found out Bob was neither living with his cousin or attending school. He was living …show more content…
Cedella had decided to move to Delaware in the United States. He went to stay with his mom for a few months, while there he worked at a Chrysler car plant under the name Donald Marley. While he was in the states, HIs Majesty visited Jamaica, that had a big impact on Rita and Bob. They adopted the Rastafarian lifestyle and started wearing his hair in dreadlocks.
In 1973 Bob Marley was found to be the most ideal reggae singer around. Marley and the Wailers released there “Catch a Fire” album that year too and tours to the UK and United States were quickly arranged. This is the tour that changed the life of the group forever. They all got a new fame from the performances. But as the year went on and they recorded more albums and singles more people started leaving the group. But they were replaced. They released their first album actually credited to them in 1975. That’s the album the song “Lively Up Yourself” was on which was popular for him opening many concerts