77 years ago the following was born Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley, aka Bob Marley, was born in Nine Mile, Jamaica, on Feb. 6, 1945, to a Br...
77 years ago the following was born Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley, aka Bob Marley, was born in Nine Mile, Jamaica, on Feb. 6, 1945, to a British father, Norval Sinclair Marley (1885-1955), and a Jamaican mother, Cedella Booker. His musical career began in 1961 with the single Judge No: this song, although very innovative, was not very successful. Three years later, Bob decided to form with Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh the band "The Wailers", with which he played everywhere around the world, becoming an icon of music reggae and beyond. Marley was a unique artist, a symbol of a very specific lifestyle, who unfortunately died too soon, at the age of 36, due to a melanoma in his right foot. Here are some interesting facts about the unforgettable Bob Marley.
As a young man, he could read the hand
Believe it or not, as a young man Bob Marley had honed the techniques of divination and palmistry. However, when he realized his abilities, he was frightened by them. It is said that Marley 's last prediction was related to his artistic career: in fact, the musician predicted that his fate would be to become a singer, and from that moment on he refused to read palms for the rest of his life.
He was a huge soccer fan
There was more to Bob Marley 's life than just music. In fact, the singer-songwriter loved playing soccer and was a huge fan of the soccer player Osvaldo Ardiles. When Ardiles played with Tottenham, Marley was often present at the stadium to support Spurs. It was while playing soccer that the musician accidentally discovered the disease that led to his death, after noticing a simple wound on his foot that was a symptom of the tumor.
He was a friend of Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen and Bob Marley knew each other very well: in fact, the Jamaican singer had opened some of his American colleague's concerts. One evening in 1975, Springsteen decided to visit Bob after one of his performances at New York. Boss later stated that the meeting was very strange and that he had understood absolutely nothing of what his friend told him: there was in fact a thick fog in Bob 's dressing room (imagine what that was from)!
Marley donated No Woman, No Cry to a friend of his
No Woman, No Cry is one of the most famous songs of Bob Marley. The royalties from this song, however, did not belong to the Jamaican singer, but were titled to Vincent Ford, a childhood friend of Marley and owner of a canteen at Trenchtown, the ghetto of Kingston. The eatery at Ford was on the verge of bankruptcy, and the earnings from No Woman, No Cry allowed this eatery to survive. All thanks to the King of Reggae.
Redemption Song Is his spiritual testament
By the time he wrote this unforgettable song, around 1979, Marley had already been diagnosed with the cancer that would lead to his death and he was already aware of his fate. In fact, the lyrics of this beautiful song can be interpreted as the artistic and spiritual testament of the eternal Bob, as his wife Rita Marley also speculated .
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