So much things to say : the oral history of Bob Marley

Draws On Forty Years Of Intimate Interviews With Band Members, Family, Lovers, And Confidants, Many Speaking Publicly For The First Time, To Offer An Oral History Depicting The Reggae Icon's Life. Introduction: The People Speak / By Linton Kwesi Johnson -- Where Is My Mother? -- Trench Town Rocks -- The Wailers At Studio One -- Good Good Rudies -- Love And Affection -- Rasta Shook Them Up -- Wailers A Go Wail -- Nine Mile Exile -- The Jad Years -- Leslie Kong Meets The Tuff Gang -- Lee Perry And Jamaican Politricks -- Cold Cold Winters In Sweden And London -- Island's Kinky Reggae -- Burnin' Out In London -- The End Of The Beginning -- Natty Dread -- Hope Road Runnings -- Cindy Breakspeare And The 1975 Tour -- Rastaman Vibration And Fatal Reissue -- Ambush In The Night -- The Cia And The Assassination Attempt -- Smile, You're In Jamaica -- Who Shot Bob Marley? -- Exodus To London -- Blackwell, Bob And Business -- The Bloody Toe In The Paris Match -- The One Love Peace Concert -- Babylon By Bus From The U.n. To Ethiopia -- Charity And Survival -- From The Apollo To Gabon -- Natty Mash It Inna Zimbabwe -- Uprising -- Madison Square Garden Then Everything Crash -- Dr. Issels And The Final Days -- Marley's Legacy And The Wailers' Favorite Songs. Text And Photographs By Roger Steffens ; Introduction By Linton Kwesi Johnson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. “Reggae’s chief eyewitness, dropping testimony on reggae’s chief prophet with truth, blood, and fire.” —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize–winning author Renowned reggae historian Roger Steffens’s riveting oral history of Bob Marley’s life draws on four decades of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants—many speaking publicly for the first time. Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as a “crucial voice” in the documentation of Marley’s legacy, Steffens spent years traveling with the Wailers and taking iconic photographs. Through eyewitness accounts of vivid scenes—the future star auditioning for Coxson Dodd; the violent confrontation between the Wailers and producer Lee Perry; the attempted assassination (and conspiracy theories that followed); the artist’s tragic death from cancer—So Much Things to Say tells Marley’s story like never before. What emerges is a legendary figure “who feels a bit more human” (The New Yorker). Bob Marley's life is the stuff of legend. Raised in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, Marley (1945-1981) wrote songs that inspired millions. 'So Much Things to Say' tells Marley's life story like never before. Roger Steffens traveled with the Wailers, interviewed Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer extensively, and took iconic Marley photographs. Now, drawing on 40 years of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants - many speaking publicly for the first time - Steffens crafts a riveting oral history depicting Marley's life through vivid scenes: the future reggae star auditioning for Coxsone Dodd in Trench Town, the violent confrontation between the Wailers and producer Lee Perry, the attempted assassination (and conspiracy theories that followed), triumphant live performances around the world, and the artist's tragic death from cancer at the age of 36 The world's leading reggae scholar spent forty years interviewing Bob Marley and his closest confidants. This is the definitive telling of Bob Marley's life.