This Bob Marley-interview is from september 15.
1980. Bob was interviewed by
Stephen Davies. Bob had just arrived
Boston from
Miami where he had been rehearsing. He was about to start the big
Uprising tour in
USA, the next day at The Hynes
Auditorium. september 16.
Bob should have to cancel the tour after only four shows. He got ill
September 21. and was diagosed with cancer.
Plenty themes come up in this interview. They speak about the upcoming tour, about bad sound at The Hynes Auditorium, about the spirit of community - Bob says: "The spirit of community is the greatest feeling of humanity, that's why harmony is so nice, when people singing harmony" , about his wife
Rita, about his upbringing and about his children and their upbringing, about sending children to school, about when he started to play music, about his musical family, about his
9 months stay in
America working at
Chrysler, about seeing
Peter Tosh and
Bunny Wailer, about playing soccer -- exercise, about religious upbringing, about the
album Uprising, about ska, calypso, jazz,
Marvin Gaye,
Stevie Wonder,
Earth Wind and fire,
Commodores, about the assassination against him, his opinion on politics, about African bands making versions of "
Zimbabwe", about his stay in Zimbabwe, about
Tuff Gong, about young artists like
Nadine Sutherland and
Junior Tucker and about
Burning Spear,
Dennis Brown,
Steel Pulse,
Black Uhuru,
Denzel Washington, linton kwesi
Johnson,
Meditations, about the atomic energy in "
Redemption song", about Bob Dylans religious music, about travelling with a chef, about herb supply, about how he was treated by customs, about the show in
Milan, about
Europe, about black
Americans being the last group to catch up with reggae, about "
The harder they come", and about money: "There are many things me love and money can't buy them ting there".
- published: 06 Jan 2013
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