Bob Marley Research Paper
Rastaman
The Life, Legend, and Lyricism of Bob Marley
Mindlessly flipping through wall posters at a music store, I arrive at a tri-colored collage of a dread-locked artist. The largest image, his profile, consumes the top two-thirds of the poster. With his face turned to the right, and he sets his gaze upon something in the distance. With furrowed eyebrows, he appears to be discontent with whatever is in his view. Below his face are three more photographs of the man. To the left, he is aggressively playing a guitar; in the center, he wears the guitar and extends his right arm. To the right, he cries into a microphone with his head tilted back. On the price tag, I read and remember his name.
Bob Marley, I say aloud to myself as I turn …show more content…
In December of 1976, he invited Bob Marley and the Wailers to perform at a campaign celebration. However, the night before the engagement, assailants attacked Bob Marley in a drive-by shooting, accusing him of being a Manley supporter. Homemade bullets wounded Bob, Rita, and Don Taylor, the band manager. Marley sustained minor injuries and was released from the hospital that same night, but his wife and manager remained. The assassins were never found. Because the enemy was still at large, the rest of the band thought it best to cancel the engagement. Prime Minister Manley assured the band of extensive security at the event, so Marley decided to honor his commitment. He gave his concert the next day, as …show more content…
Dawes calls this compilation a “truthful album”. Instead of being an intensely romantic work, or brazenly political, Uprising is an equal blend of love, faith, and politics. Marley toured Europe to promote Uprising, and began a tour in America after its release. However, the American tour was canceled after only two shows because Marley suffered a stroke one morning while jogging. The stroke was caused by cancer that had developed from an old wound in his toe. Marley would not let the doctors remove his toe because Rastafarianism prohibits dismemberment. The cancerous infection spread through the Rastaman’s body. He died May 11,
The Life, Legend, and Lyricism of Bob Marley
Mindlessly flipping through wall posters at a music store, I arrive at a tri-colored collage of a dread-locked artist. The largest image, his profile, consumes the top two-thirds of the poster. With his face turned to the right, and he sets his gaze upon something in the distance. With furrowed eyebrows, he appears to be discontent with whatever is in his view. Below his face are three more photographs of the man. To the left, he is aggressively playing a guitar; in the center, he wears the guitar and extends his right arm. To the right, he cries into a microphone with his head tilted back. On the price tag, I read and remember his name.
Bob Marley, I say aloud to myself as I turn …show more content…
In December of 1976, he invited Bob Marley and the Wailers to perform at a campaign celebration. However, the night before the engagement, assailants attacked Bob Marley in a drive-by shooting, accusing him of being a Manley supporter. Homemade bullets wounded Bob, Rita, and Don Taylor, the band manager. Marley sustained minor injuries and was released from the hospital that same night, but his wife and manager remained. The assassins were never found. Because the enemy was still at large, the rest of the band thought it best to cancel the engagement. Prime Minister Manley assured the band of extensive security at the event, so Marley decided to honor his commitment. He gave his concert the next day, as …show more content…
Dawes calls this compilation a “truthful album”. Instead of being an intensely romantic work, or brazenly political, Uprising is an equal blend of love, faith, and politics. Marley toured Europe to promote Uprising, and began a tour in America after its release. However, the American tour was canceled after only two shows because Marley suffered a stroke one morning while jogging. The stroke was caused by cancer that had developed from an old wound in his toe. Marley would not let the doctors remove his toe because Rastafarianism prohibits dismemberment. The cancerous infection spread through the Rastaman’s body. He died May 11,