Did you know? Archive

  • Did you Know? Issue 8

    Did you Know? Issue 8

    [Translate] 1961: Trenchtown Ras Irice: “As a young man I had the privilege of attending the university of adversity in a Back-o-wall Kingston where I met Bob Marley in 1961, neither of us knowing where he was going because he was so humble. We would...

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  • Did you Know? Issue 7

    Did you Know? Issue 7

    [Translate] 1971: Winston Francis TF-Mm hmm. So I imagine you were also providing a lot of background vocals for other artists as well? WF- Oh yes. Oh Yes. Between ’68 to ’71, most of the records that came out I’d be in within some way....

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  • Did you Know? Issue 6

    Did you Know? Issue 6

    [Translate] 1962: Derrick Morgan I met Bob Marley just about the time I was gonna migrate to England. I shared a bill with him on my farewell show. He danced more than he sing, and he would tire before he’d finish the first song. I...

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  • Did you Know? Issue 6

    Did you Know? Issue 6

    [Translate] 1962: Derrick Morgan I met Bob Marley just about the time I was gonna migrate to England. I shared a bill with him on my farewell show. He danced more than he sing, and he would tire before he’d finish the first song. I...

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  • Did you Know? Issue 5

    Did you Know? Issue 5

    [Translate] BUNNY MATTHEWS I met Bob Marley at his home in Kingston in 1976. I personally witnessed the supernatural powers of Bob Marley’s intense gaze as he knocked a man unconscious by looking at him. A few nights later, I was invited to Bob Marley’s...

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  • Did you Know? Issue 4

    Did you Know? Issue 4

    [Translate] 1971: Lloyd Coxsone, dee-jay Bob Marley was my friend. I spent a lot of time with him in Jamaica and in Britain. He had a good message to give to the people. But some people just listen to the music and miss the message....

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  • Did you Know? Issue 3

    Did you Know? Issue 3

    [Translate] 1960’s: Rita’s first stage appearance Lindsey Herbert: Rita Marley began her musical career in high school when she started a ska band with her cousin called the Soulettes, yet she had been singing since she was a child. “From five years old. Me first...

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  • Did you Know? Issue 2

    Did you Know? Issue 2

    [Translate] 60´s: SOCCER PLAYER Alton Ellis said that as a young man he played pick-up matches with Bob in Trench Town, well before he became a reggae music icon. “As a matter of fact, he was a much, much better soccer player than a singer...

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  • Did you Know? Issue 1

    Did you Know? Issue 1

    [Translate] 60´s: RECORD SHOP Joe Mansano: “I arrived in London in 1963… If not the only one we were certainly one of the few record shops which imported records from Jamaica. We received shipments from people like Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, and many more. When the...

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