Bob Marley is a Jamaican musician known for playing reggae singles. Despite the fact that he died back in 1981, his popularity is gaining momentum. For a long time he spoke on the side of Pan-Africanism, and later became a supporter of Rastafarianism. As a child, he was a heavy child, perhaps this was due to the absence of his father in his life. But in time, Jamaican musician Joe Higgs appeared on time, giving Bob a boost in his musical career.
Childhood
Bob Marley is a creative pseudonym. His real name sounds like Robert Nesta Marley. A young man was born in a small village in Jamaica. His father was an Englishman, he served as general of the British Navy. Mother at the time of the birth of Bob was only 16 years old, she was 44 years younger than her chosen one. Perhaps the difference in the age of the spouses played a role in their short family life.
After graduating from school, Bob Marley went to work as a welder in order to somehow help his mother maintain her household. But music attracted him very much, so in parallel with the main work, he, along with his friend Neville Livingston, began to hone his musical abilities. A huge contribution to his career was made by the then-famous musician Joe Higgsu, who taught several free vocal lessons.
Career
18-year-old Bob first appeared in front of the public with his single "Judge Not", which he helped write Joe Higgsu. In the same year, Marley, along with her friends Bunny Livingston and Peter Tosh, auditioned with influential Sino-Jamaican producer reggae Leslie Kong. A year later, young people organized their vocal group, called "The Teenagers", a little later it was renamed to "The Wailers". The band’s music director was promoted to bass player Aston Barrett.
The popularity of the group quickly gained momentum. Her first single "Simmer Down" was sold out with a circulation of 80 thousand copies. In 1966, despite the high ratings, "The Wailers" broke up. A few years later, Bob Marley recreated the group, incorporating a female vocal trio into its composition and renaming it "Bob Marley and The Wailers". In the mid-70s, vocalists were recognized as reggae leaders.
After the band’s tremendous success, Bob became a popular cult figure. The public perceived his speeches in the field of politics and religion as the speech of the Most High. But the young man had enemies, for example, in 1976, an attempt was made on him and his family to disrupt a free concert aimed at reconciling two political forces that hated each other in Jamaica. Despite gunshot wounds to the chest and arm, Bob held a concert.
On the personal front, the musician was doing fine. He and his wife Rita Marley gave birth to four children. After the death of her husband, the wife tried to continue her vocal career, but eventually decided that the children needed more than the public.
