Sinossi
I Wailers, Peter Tosh e Bunny Wailer, i mitici Coxsone Dodd e Lee Scratch Perry, la sua infanzia, la madre, Rita e tutte le altre, Cindy Breakspeare - miss Mondo 1976, il rapporto con il boss della Island, Chris Blackwell e il progetto di autoproduzione, la guerra civile in Jamaica, le gang, la filosofia rastafari, le continue croniche ferite all'alluce, il pallone, il mondo degli amici e musicisti che hanno avuto modo di suonare con lui, l'attentato con 56 colpi, l'esodo, le sue tournée in Europa e Stati Uniti, il Sunsplash... Ecco la storia di Bob Marley, con mille dettagli inediti... Come ha fatto Bob Marley a diventare così popolare e un'icona pacifista in un'epoca in cui esisteva solo il rock? Il giornalista britannico Chris Salewicz, che ha avuto modo di conoscerlo e frequentarlo, ci offre un resoconto dettagliato della vita di Bob Marley e del mondo giamaicano in cui è cresciuto. Con interviste a decine di persone che lo conoscevano da vicino e con cui aveva lavorato, un libro che restituisce a tutto tondo non solo la cultura Rastafari e la scena culturale giamaicana, ma anche ci permette di comprendere in profondità lo spirito stesso dell'uomo Marley e le sue più segrete aspirazioni.
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- Pagine: 393
- Data di uscita: 30-11-2017
Recensioni
The book was an insightful depiction of a reggae legend who journeyed from "Trench Town" to inspiring millions. The author Chris Salewicz has created a no hold barred window into the world of Bob Marley - half caste, son, father, womaniser, musician, soccer player, man, jamaican and ultimately a leg Leggi tutto
An important book if you have been touched by the music of Bob Marley, especially those songs that you could feel arose not only from a spiritual well-spring, but from the ghettos of Jamaica and experiences that were authentically in solidarity with the Third World and those in poverty. The book goe Leggi tutto
i rarely ever sit down and read a 400 page book cover to cover, but that's exactly what happened last night between the hours of 10pm and 3am. i suppose it's a credit to the pacing of the book...and i am still not sure which of the two bios i liked better, this or 'catch a fire'...i will say that t
I struggled with this one at first. Stylistically, Salewicz writes consistently awkwardly, so much so in fact that, despite plenty intrinsic motivation, I could not even get a tenth of the way into his Strummer book. He also often strains too mightily to be a cool dude, also to awkward effect. BUT-- Leggi tutto
This biography of Bob Marley, written by a NME magazine journalist starts with the author going to Bob Marley's Kingston home / headquarters in February of 1979 in order to interview Bob Marley. There are spliffs all around, for sure and it is surprising that the book doesn't have its own scratch an Leggi tutto
As a Marley fan, digging into his life was (of course) a big interest to me. Even with that, I struggled a bit in the beginning of the book mostly because of the pace and style of the author.Once this was passed, I started to appreciate the deep context he used and also the details he brought it up f Leggi tutto
I am not sure how much of this was "untold", but all in all a steady biography. The writer presents a knowledgeable figure and allows the key figures to have important roles in the story. For me two things stand out. Firstly, why is he he so popular? Looking back at college his music was a good fall Leggi tutto
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