INTERVIEW WITH ZIGGY MARLEY
(Contacted by Ivan Serra - Interview by Ivan Serra)
Ziggy biography from official website Ziggymarley.com
A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Ziggy Marley first sat in on recording sessions with his father's band, legendary reggae troupe Bob Marley and the Wailers, when he was ten years old. Joining with his three siblings to become The Melody Makers, Ziggy crafted his own soulful sound blending blues, R&B, hip-hop and roots reggae. After their first two albums,... [Read More]
"A BIG BIG RASTAMAN"
Nancy Burke recalls Bob Marley
From 1974 to 1981
(interview by Marco Virgona - DECEMBER 2003)
Nancy Burke is one of the so many women close to Bob in the 70?s: Rita, Cindy, Virginia, Denise, Diane, Cedella, Yvette... All of these women loved Bob, all of them respected him. Now Nancy, for the first time, tells to our Magazine her days with Bob, from the beginning of the "Bob Marley and The Wailers" era to the sad times of death. I thank Nancy a lot:... [Read More]
INTERVIEW WITH AURA MSIMANG
(by Marco Virgona - NOVEMBER 2003)
Aura Msimang is the vocalist who perfomed with Bob Marley on the first take of Punky Reggae Party, in july 1977, with Candy McKenzie and members of Aswad and Third World. Born in South Africa, the daughter of political revolutionaries, Aura lived most of her life abroad in exile. Before settling in France, in 1987, she accompanied Jimmy Cliff in his "African and European Tours", and took part in the film "Bongo M... [Read More]
3 QUESTIONS TO ADRIAN BOOT
(by Marco Virgona - NOV 2003)
Marco: "In 1978 you took several photos at London's Keskidee Community Center for a video session depicting Bob as a modern pied piper leading the kids of England out of Babylon. What do you remember about that event? Was Bob embarassed in making that video?"
Adrian: "No, he wasn?t embarassed and no: he didn?t perceive it as some kind of "pied piper" thing. It was a children party at a north London community C... [Read More]
INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER MARLEY
(by Marco Virgona - OCTOBER 2003)
Heather is a young beautiful singer, an actress, a model; She is of the same blood of Bob Marley: her grandfather was the brother of Norval, Bob?s father. For the first time she tells us the story of the white branch of the Marley?s.
Heather Marley: "Yes, I am related to Bob Marley from my father's side (Michael George Marley). I am Bob's second cousin. My father's father (My grandpa) and Bob Marley's father are brother... [Read More]
IVAN: Do you know the title of Bob's unreleased songs that Ziggy Marley and Universal music are going to publish?
ROGER: NO, BUT I suspect that they are based on the so-called bedroom tape that I found at Bob's mother's house in 1988. There are also several more songs, many from the late '60s, that have begun to surface.
IVAN: Which was the last song that Bob composed?
ROGER: VERY HARD to say, perhaps "Leah and Rachel."... [Read More]
INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY NORMAN
(by Marco Virgona - JULY 2003)
In 1968 The Wailers were introduced to Jimmy Norman, a clever american song-writer who, with his partner Al Pyfrom, crafted commercial cuts for the important American R&B market. At that time Bob wanted to be a soul singer, wanted be the number one on the American R&B charts.
Marco Virgona: So Danny Sims made up his mind to introduce you to Bob Marley...
Jimmy Norman: Yes, I was introduced to Bob in New York by Danny, J... [Read More]
INTERVIEW WIT GUY ROEL
BY MARCO VIRGONA - JULY 2003
Guy Roel is a jazz musician born in Belfort. His first contact with the music was at 15 years old singing and playing bass guitar in the Vicomteses Band and the Bibalakas Blues Band. At 17 years old, thanks to the saved money, he bought the first Fender bass of his life. He would play in the country, in the casinos of the hotels, through France, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and the Scandinavian country. And in Sweden, in Stockholm, he made... [Read More]
INTERVIEW WITH LEE JAFFE
(by Marco Virgona - JUNE 2003)
In January 1973, while he was in New York, Bob Marley met a young american artist and harmonica player named Lee Jaffe and an istant friendship begun. For the next 3 years Lee went everywhere with Bob (Carribean, USA, Jamaica) managing the earliest tour in America (Max?s Kansas City and Paul?s Mall among others) and playing harmonica on "Natty Dread Album".
Marco Virgona: "You played armonica on `Rebel music?. Tell me... [Read More]
Interview with Roger Mayer
(By Marco Virgona - APRIL 2003)
Roger Mayer first started making guitar effects in 1964 for his friend Jimmy Page. He met Jimi Hendrix first in 1967 in a club and in two weeks time they were in the studio overdubbing the solo to "Purple Haze" using the Octavia that Roger had invented. His association with Jimi grew and grew at a rapid pace and he spent a lot of time going to gigs and in the studio creating new sounds with him. He designed and built a gr... [Read More]
Reggae Rebels
this is another video, about legend (no rare footage, some rare photos)
http://www.alphatelevision.com/tv/shows/marleylegend.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=295&width=450
Reggae Rebels
Bob had two roads before him: one road to the "white" way of life for a musician and a superstar: money, clubs, parties, cocaine, pleasures of the world
other road to the "black" side of his being:...
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