Bob Marley started out in 1963 with the group the Wailers.
The Wailers would go on to release some of the earliest reggae records with producer Lee Scratch Perry.
After the Wailers disbanded in 1974, Marley pursued a solo career which culminated in the release
of the album Exodus in 1977 which established his worldwide fame.
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Nesta Robert Marley
Also Known As: Tuff Gong
Born: February 6th, 1945 (in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica)
Died: May 11th, 1981 (at the age of 36 in Miami, Florida)
Height: 5' 7"
Parents: Cedella Marley-Booker
(African-Jamaican )
Norval Marley
(a Jamaican of English descent)
Spouse(s): Married Rita Marley on February 1966 who introduced him to Rastafarianism
Children: Children: Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rohan Marley, Stephen Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, Julian Marley,
Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Karen Marley, Imani Carole Marley, Fabian Marley, Makeda Jahnesta,
Robert Marley, Stephanie Marley
Genre(s):
Reggae,
ska,
rocksteady
Instrument(s):
Vocals,
guitar,
percussion
Occupation(s):
Singer-songwriter,
musician,
guitarist
Active From: 1962-1981
Associated Acts:
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Quotes:
"Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!"
"Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright"
"One good thing about music, when it hits- you feel no pain"
Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind..."
"I don't stand for the black man's side, I don' t stand for the white man's side.I stand for God's side."
"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."
Just can't live that negative way...make way for the positive day!
Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The sigularity of every man and woman is Jah's gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth.