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<center><h3>Give | <center><h3>Give thanks and praises </h3></center> | ||
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<center>Timothy White</center> | <center>Timothy White</center> | ||
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'''The music community remembers Bob Marley | |||
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What follows are informal interview testaments to the enduring impact of Bob Marley by those who had a special love for him — his fellow musicians. Their diversity alone is a marvelous indication of how many hearts he has touched and his enduring place in each of them. | What follows are informal interview testaments to the enduring impact of Bob Marley by those who had a special love for him — his fellow musicians. Their diversity alone is a marvelous indication of how many hearts he has touched and his enduring place in each of them. | ||
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When I was 15, rock steady was all the rage at parties in England, and you heard records by the Pioneers, Alton Ellis, and Roland Alphonso's fantastic "Phoenix City" which was a direct influence on a song from ''Spike'', "Stalin Malone." Anyhow, because the Wailers weren't really a major presence on the local British bluebeat and tighten-up charts until the Island reggae era, the first Wailer album I fell in love with was ''Catch A Fire''; I had | When I was 15, rock steady was all the rage at parties in England, and you heard records by the Pioneers, Alton Ellis, and Roland Alphonso's fantastic "Phoenix City" which was a direct influence on a song from ''Spike'', "Stalin Malone." Anyhow, because the Wailers weren't really a major presence on the local British bluebeat and tighten-up charts until the Island reggae era, the first Wailer album I fell in love with was ''Catch A Fire''; I had the original "cigarette lighter" album cover which I was quite taken with. I also loved ''Burnin''' and ''Natty Dread'', which were very potent and personal. | ||
the original "cigarette lighter" album cover which I was quite taken with. I also loved ''Burnin''' and ''Natty Dread'', which were very potent and personal. | |||
However, shortly after ''Catch A Fire'' appeared in shops, some earlier Lee Perry stuff surfaced on Trojan Records' ''African Herbsman'' collection, and I went completely wild for that album. Tracks like the original "Trench Town Rock" and "Small Axe" had a murkier sound to them, but I preferred those versions for the mystery and ghetto atmosphere they exuded. | |||
Other Bob Marley performances that have had a great effect on me are the version of "No Woman, No Cry" on the ''Live!'' album, and also "Redemption Song," because of the incredible purity of expression in that recording. Incidentally, I have a little confession to make: I always wanted to write a riff as good as the one on "Lively Up Yourself." I haven't done it yet, but I'm still trying. | |||
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*[http://unitedreggae.com/news/n528/010710/the-beat-magazine-closes-down | *[http://unitedreggae.com/news/n528/010710/the-beat-magazine-closes-down unitedreggae.com] | ||
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