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Bob Marley’s quiet storm

The Jamaica Observer's Entertainment Desk presents the 25th in a series titled Bob Marley — The Last 40 Days to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his passing. WHAT would Elvis Presley's sound be without guitarist Scotty Moore, or James Brown's funk grooves minus Fred Wesley's trumpet? It's hard to think of Bob Marley with no Aston “Family Man” Barrett. The legendary bassist…
The Wailers
May 15, 2021
Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Last And Biggest London Concert Is Marked With A Plaque Bob Marley and The Wailers

Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Last And Biggest London Concert Is Marked With A Plaque

On June 7 1980, Bob Marley & The Wailers played what was to be their last, and said to their biggest, London concert at Crystal Palace Bowl. And it was also the first time London fans, some of whom were making their way home from the open air concert in the south London borough of Bromley, heard Bob Marley performing the unaccompanied…
The Wailers
October 19, 2020
Bob Marley and the Wailers to be honoured with Blue Heritage Plaque Bob Marley and The Wailers

Bob Marley and the Wailers to be honoured with Blue Heritage Plaque

English Heritage launched a special group in 2015 to find the addresses of noted ethnic minority figures A blue heritage plaque honouring Bob Marley will be unveiled today at the London address where he and his band The Wailers lived and recorded in 1977. While living at 42 Oakley Street in Chelsea, Marley and his bandmates Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh finished…
The Wailers
October 1, 2019