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Uzor Maxim Uzoatu pays tribute to Robert Marley, a remarkable musician
It is difficult to believe that 40 years had swept by since the death of the legendary master, Bob Marley.
Yes, Robert Nesta Marley, universally known and adored as Bob Marley, died at 11.40 on Monday morning, May 11, 1981.
Born at 2.30am on Wednesday, February 6, 1945, he was only 36 years old when he passed on but he had more than conquered the world.
Rastafarian, revolutionary, poet, icon, Bob Marley was arguably the most remarkable musician of his age.
He was the product of a liaison between a black mother, Cedella Booker, and a white father, Captain Norval Marley who was a quartermaster with the British West Indian Regiment in Jamaica.
Jon Baker
Jon Baker is currently in the UK setting up a new Headquarters for his company. It’s familiar ground for him but he still keeps an eye on his luxurious hotel in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Baker has been in the entertainment industry since the 1970s and his work ranges from fashion to Punk music, Hip Hop, Pop, Reggae, Dancehall and Rumba music.
Jon, along with his business partner Steve Beaver, cashed out of the music industry to build one of the leading hotels in Jamaica, Geejam. The majestic Jamaican resort and recording studio is where the likes of Rihanna, Drake, Diplo, and Amy Whinehouse have made some of their biggest hit records.
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It’s the 40th anniversary of the reggae king’s passing. Here are the 40 songs that turned him from a Kingston raggamuffin to a global icon (Part II)
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From 1976’s
Rastaman Vibration, the song was written by Marley about his job driving a forklift in a Delaware Chrysler parts warehouse in the late ’60s. Marley is also said to have worked as a DuPont Co. lab assistant, using the pseudonym Donald Marley.
22) “Roots Rock Reggae”
Marley was courting an African American audience, as he commands here,
“play I on the R&B, I want all my people to see.” Marley also projected
Shane Brown
Shane Brown is one of the most in-demand engineers in Reggae and Dancehall music. He comes from a long legacy of musicians and has been in the business for over two decades producing and engineering for Shabba Ranks, Ritchie Spice, and Tarrus Riley. He produced Riley’s latest album
Healing which was totally recorded during the pandemic. Most recently, he produced
In this interview, we talk about his journey to become a notable music engineer at the heart of some of the genre’s major hits.
How are you doing Shane?
I am great, I am home working. I am always home, they say to quarantine and I was always quarantining anyway.