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Summary: Modern Mystic
Review: The man, the myth, the legend, it's all here and some. I read this book several years back and consider it one of my favorite biographies. The author goes into great detail concerning the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley life. He also does a superb job explaining the roots of reggae and all the social and political ramifications surrounding Bob Marley's life. This is a must read for any fan of Bob Marley. The man was much more than the music and in order to understand the full picture an understanding of Jamaica and Rastafarianism is essential. The book recounts all aspects of Jamaican life and how the ambassador of reggae became a super star. A good companion book to this is Songs of Freedom by Adrian Boot. Thanks to fine biographies like this and the plethora of music left behind by Bob Marley it is easy to see why he was so great then and now. His legacy continues to grow as each new generation discovers the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley, the Lion lives on forever!
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Summary: Robert Nesta Marley the beautiful legend himself
Review: This beautiful story of the only king of Reggae, proves the magic still lives. you are taken on a journey from Kingston where Bob was born to the great days and beautiful songs. You will learn more about the rasta religion, the Marley family, and the life of our man. I will forever remember this book. Bob's legend still burns, and I hold on to his fire.
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Summary: The best rock biography.........
Review: This book covers it all from the humble beginnings to bob's rise as third world poet and prophet and then to the controversies that occured after his death. White takes much time to tell about the politics and religious issues that help one to understand what is happening and to bridge the cultural gap. In many ways this biography does not paint a comlimentary picture of bob, in many ways it does. It is the truth based on verifiable facts. It's important in a study of this man's life to cut through the varnish of the legend and the myth to what really happened. Bob Marley deserves that much. White takes us right to trenchtown and attempts to paint a complete picture.Life in the kingston ghetto that spawned reggae has a code of it's own. When there was an attempt on bob's life in 1976 it was trenchtown gangs who brought the accused to justice. This story reads like a great novel and never gets boring or stale and that's just one of hundreds of examples. This work is a great study of jamaican life and culture as well as reggae and bob marley. A must read for real fans and the best biography by far of this great man. One reviewer suggested that the book doesn't pay enough attention to bob's rasta faith. Not true, marley's religious faith is the motivation for most of what he does, how he viewed the world. White never misses this point. As bob's world got bigger his perspective on his faith changed. A must read. ....................socks
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Summary: Catch a Fire is Phenominal! A huge reggae fan of 7 yrs!
Review: This book does give the whole life story of Bob Marley, and his way of changing the world by creating "reggae music". This book is a great bio, and is a must for any real reggae fan of him or those who do not now anything about him. It's a book that u won't want to put down- honest. One Love, Rob, A.K.A. "Jah" Schreiber
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Summary: Catch a Fire is Phenominal! A huge reggae fan of 7 yrs!
Review: This book does give the whole life story of Bob Marley, and his way of changing the world by creating "reggae music". This book is a great bio, and is a must for any real reggae fan of him or those who do not now anything about him. It's a book that u won't want to put down- honest. One Love, Rob, A.K.A. "Jah" Schreiber
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Summary: a great and informative book
Review: This book is not only an excellent book on such a great man but it also gives an in depth history and ideology of rastafarianism. It is unlike any other biography and has an incredible amount of information on the rasta culture.
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Summary: The Definitive book on Bob Marley
Review: This book is the best biography on Bob Marley. It talks about his life and his rise to stardom. It also discusses the Rastafarian religion, and Ras Tafari (Haile Salassi). The way this book uses the Jamaican patois (The Jamaican English) is wonderful, making you divulge even farther. I could not put this book down. If you like reggae at all, read this; it will tell you the story of the most influential reggae artist of all time.
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Summary: The Definitive book on Bob Marley
Review: This book is the best biography on Bob Marley. It talks about his life and his rise to stardom. It also discusses the Rastafarian religion, and Ras Tafari (Haile Salassi). The way this book uses the Jamaican patois (The Jamaican English) is wonderful, making you divulge even farther. I could not put this book down. If you like reggae at all, read this; it will tell you the story of the most influential reggae artist of all time.
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Summary: Very enlightening
Review: This book on Marley is much more thorough than others out there. It gives historical and musical insights besides giving you a really inside sense of Marley the person. You learn about his childhood, his time as a teenager and adult, the family, the politics and lifestyles of the Jamaicans, and also cool info on how all the Wailers songs got created. The part on Peter Tosh's death is SCARY. And in the back is stuff on court cases, CIA documents, and a king-size disc history that helps to find usual records. This book has loads in it. It definitely requires concentration but it stays with you afterward.
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Summary: disappointment
Review: This book talks too much about everyone associated with Bob Marley; Halassie Salassie, Marcus Garvey, Rita Marley (and countless other extraneous characters), and too little about Bob Marley. Although there were rare moments when I caught a quick glimpse of Bob Marley, I finished this book with no clear image of him. The author's implication that Bob Marley possessed supernatural powers is silly, and cheapens his memory. Bob Marley was an artist who overcame great odds as a result of talent, determination, and idealistic conviction. Yet I did not find this Bob Marley in this book.
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