Today nobody has doubts that music which was born on Jamaica has conquered its place in the world. Nowadays most people have at least one CD disk of reggae music and there are a lot of fans of this music genre both in Jamaica and in the rest of the world. Reggae music attracts people by those themes which are touched in reggae songs such as love, friendship, anti-racism, social equity, by unusual melodies and of course by Bob Marley. Of course there are other artists who made large contribution in the development of reggae style, but only Bob Marley is a king of reggae. He was a member of reggae group The Wailers. Marley with his group mates were the first reggae bright stars. The last album of the group “Burnin” had two songs which became hits and that album was the first step for reggae music to the world popularity and recognition. When the group broke up, Bob Marley continued his solo career and achieved great success with reggae performances. In 1975 Marley released the single “no Woman, no Cry” and this song brought Marley and reggae music incredible popularity all over the world. The best Marley’s album is considered “Exodus” released in 1977. Bob Marley and his work in the area of reggae music give the possibility to other artist to develop this music genre. Today there are many reggae performers like Shaggy, Beenie, Shabba Ranks, sons of Bob Marley – Ziggy and Damian. But Bob Marley still is the Reggae King!
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Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads handled producing chores for this 1988 release, which happily coincided with the Melody Makers' "reggae period." The title track captures the true reggae spirit--serious philosophy, spliffs, sunshine, and plenty fun...
Wearing the mantle of his late father, Bob Marley, with dignity and good humor, Ziggy Marley is in fine form throughout this 105-minute concert filmed in 2001 in Pompano Beach, Florida. A performer who neither avoids nor capitalizes on the obvious comparisons with his legendary dad, Ziggy both looks and sounds like Bob, as does his brother Stephen, who takes several lead vocals (there are also two Marleys among the female backup singers, although their relationships to Ziggy are unclear)...
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers: Live! is the absolute best live performance of the Grammy-winning reggae artists, an incomparable positive vibration of the musical ambassadors of Marley Magic. For the first time you will enjoy 17 of their greatest songs live in concert...
What concerts have you been to, which was your favorite, and which are you most embarrassed to admit to?
I've seen:
The Monkeys
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
INXS
George Michael
Steve Miller Band
Van Halen (w/ Sammy Hagar)
Vince Neil
Screaming Trees
Macy Grey
Grateful Dead ( 11 times)
U2
Pink Floyd (W/ David Gilmore)
Bob Dylan
Sting (2 times)
Billy Joel (3 times)
Dave Matthews Band (14 times)
*Pink Flyod was probably my favorite; it was at Yankee Stadium...very memorable...I think.*
I am most embarrassed about seeing....ugh....new kids on the block...oh the shame!!
And Genesis....you just reminded me when you said Phil Collins. The little guy is pretty entertaining.
Phil Collins (why? I was invited)
Guns'n'Roses (the absolute best!)
Lenny Kravitz (ok, the really absolute best)
Kool and the Gang (loooong time ago)
Sting (nice butt, fifth row)
Hall and Oates (looooong time ago)
Fleetwood Mac
and that group that sang "Oh Sheila", that was embarrassing, who were they?
