I read this book during about two weeks at the end of October 2017. It was a wonderful oral history of Bob Marley's life written by a renowned reggae historian and based on four decades of interviews with band members, family, lovers and confidants. This book was a crucial addition to the legacy of Bob Marley and The Wailers by the author who toured extensively with the band and took pictures.
The book was also very revealing concerning the state of the Jamaican recording industry in the early years of Marley's career and his relationships with industry persons like Lee Perry and Coxson Dodd who regularly cheated reggae artists at the time. Overall it was a very well written and researched book about Bob Marley and reggae in Jamaica. Loved it.
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