The Wailers

In the words of the great Bob Marley, “Your life is worth much more than gold” (Marley). These are lyrics incorporated into his song Jammin’ which was written into devotion to this intriguing concept. If the definition of the word “Jammin’” is looked up in the dictionary, you come across meanings such as chilling, relaxing, laughing and nodding your head to a beat (Jammin’). It has relations to the word “Jamboree”, which means noise making, and “Shivaree”, which is French for a noisy celebration (Dictionary). The aura of Jammin’ seems to revolve around one thing; being happy. But how does jammin’ actually relate to happiness? Sandra Maria Esteves wrote a poem titled Some People are About Jam, which takes this idea of jammin’ and defends how it can be incorporated into a person's life. At first glance, you notice the style the poem is written in. When you look down at Sandra Esteves’ writing, it is hard not to bring your attention to the sway of the stanzas. It almost appears as though her words are moving on the paper, performing a sort of dance. As you read on, you begin to feel this movement in her words, and how it relates to this idea of jammin’. Though by looks alone, the poem brings a sort of uniqueness, we also learn here that not everything needs to be pristine to have a positive affect. In the beginning, Sandra Esteves introduces the notion that no matter what, anyone can jam. Esteves argues, “Whether they are drunk or sober… rich or poor they jam…

This album contained many of the Wailers classics such as “I Shot the Sheriff” and “Get Up, Stand Up”. The Wailers popularity skyrocketed when Eric Clapton covered “I Shot the Sheriff”, which became the number one hit on the United States singles chart. In 1975 the Wailers released their third album, “Natty Dread” which held “Talking Blues”, “No Women No Cry” and “Revolution”. By this time two thirds of the original Wailers, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, had quit the band to pursue solo careers.…

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…

and through that revolution, brought the political realm into his music, with the steadfast attachment to his ideas of poverty, oppression, and political corruption. Bob Marley began recording songs very early at the age of seventeen, with two songs called Judge Not (Unless You Judge Yourself) and One Cup of Coffee. Throughout the lyrics in his music, the messages of his Rastafarian beliefs are spelled out in musical form. In the song titled Exodus 9 Marley sings about a movement of “Jah”…

The following year he began a Ska band with his friend Bunny and Peter Tosh, which was originally called “The Teenagers”. They then became known as “The Wailing Rudeboys” and after a few more name changes they eventually came up with simply “The Wailers.” In 1964 they came out with their earliest Studio One hit which was recorded in the popular rock steady style, “Simmer Down.” Following that track they came out with another hit in 1965 that was entitled “Soul Rebel” in which both songs were…

On the onset, there does not seem to be any difference between poetry and song. After all, there are several different lyrics used in songs that have been derived from poetry. Two examples of this idea can be found in the musical poetry of Amiri Baraka's poem "Wailers" and Todd Rundgren's "Wailing Wall". Both poetry and song are literary poems that deal with the emotions of a particular individual, regarding a particular instance or situation. Therefore, poetry verses and the lines of a song…

How to forget the reggae, a musical genre in English language practiced in Jamaica, characterized by the use of an acoustic guitar and in which the singer usually tends to have braids in her hair. Due to their large acceptance by the black population, this genre expands throughout America. Arriving in Panama due to the construction of the Panama Canal, people take it as their own genre and ends up calling it the “reggae in Spanish” or better known as "Plena". But what is special about this…

There is no doubt, The reggae legend Bob Marley’s name is being used to market an international cannabis brand name after a tie-up between the singer’s family members and US private equity group Privateer Holdings. In most of his interviews of one of his popular moments he do say ''Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. The products will be marketed as “Marley Natural” in a deal which Privateer claims will “honour the legacy and life” of the Jamaican regarding hits…

Dick Hebdige's article "Reggae, Rastas, and Rudies" discusses the formation of West Indian culture within Britian's community. His article focuses on the underground movement of reggae music and how it was used by young blacks to attain a sense of cultural independence. Hebdige briefly highlights the range of subcultures such as "hard mods", skinheads, and spiritual Rastafarians that originated in London in the late 1950's and well into the mid 1960's. He argues that the style of these different…

My favorite image in the museum of bad arts is the one on the left, which is Bob Marley. He was a well-known Rastafarian movement activist and also a world-renowned Reggae Music legend. In light of his strict vegetarian lifestyle, the artist decided to embed the tail of a small mammal on his dreadlocks to project irony to the music legend vegan lifestyle. This seemed somewhat bizarre to me because looking closely at the image; it had me thinking to myself whether that was a piece of fur that was…