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Roger Steffens (born June 17, 1942) is a Brooklyn, New York born actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer, producer. Roger is perhaps best known for his reggae archives, in particular his archives of Bob Marley. Six rooms of his home in Los Angeles house his archives, which include the world's largest collection of Bob Marley material. Based on these archives Roger lectures internationally with a multi-media presentation called The Life of Bob Marley. Roger's radio career began in New York in 1961, and was co-host of the award-winning Reggae Beat on KCRW in Los Angeles and was syndicated on 130 stations worldwide in the 1980s.
Steffens served in Vietnam and spent a year in Morocco before visiting Jamaica for the first time in 1976. He has a large collection of photographs covering his Vietnam service and Jamaican musicians, including many slides which were digitized and released via Instagram in 2013. In 2014 his daughter Kate created a website to showcase 40 years of counterculture photos at >instagram.com/thefamilyacid<. It began to attract major attention from Time Magazine, Slate and The New Yorker, which asked Steffens to take over their site, calling it their most popular takeover ever. In early 2015 the BBC-tv did a report on Steffens' first collection of photographs, "The Family Acid" [S_U_N_) and the Sunday New York Times Style Section and the Sunday magazine of The Observer featured his photographs. His work has been exhibited this year at Paris Photo LA and Art Basel.
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. Starting out in 1963 with the group The Wailers, he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that would later resonate with audiences worldwide. 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 upon his relocation to England that culminated in the release of the album Exodus in 1977, which established his worldwide reputation and produced his status as one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with sales of more than 75 million records.Exodus stayed on the British album charts for fifty-six consecutive weeks. It included four UK hit singles: "Exodus", "Waiting in Vain", "Jamming", and "One Love". In 1978 he released the album Kaya, which included the hit singles "Is This Love" and "Satisfy My Soul".
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The world’s foremost expert on Bob Marley and acid--actor, poet, broadcaster, writer and photographer Roger Steffens has captured his life on film and the page. From Vietnam to Jamaica, Steffens recalls photographing 10,000 frames in Vietnam to life on the road with The Wailers. Steffens discusses his book THE FAMILY ACID, writing about reggae and advice about dropping acid. Steffens also shares a poem, discusses the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and where to find his latest artwork in this episode of Antidote hosted by Michael Parker. GUEST BIO: Roger Steffens is a Brooklyn, New York born actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer, producer. Roger is perhaps best known for his reggae archives, in particular his archives of Bob Marley. Six rooms of his home in Los Angel...
The ASMR talk show hosted by Adam Papagan. This week, reggae archivist Roger Steffens. Watch Wednesdays 10:05PM pst at Dromebox.com adampapagan@gmail.com Wardrobe by Internet Discount Mall
This past January Roger Steffens gave us a full guided tour of all six rooms of his Reggae Archives. Comprising collections within collections the 'Ark-Hives' represents a lifetime dedicated to Reggae music. Involved since the earliest days of Reggae music's debut on the international scene Roger has not only been a collector but a participant and key player in the development and spread of the music and culture. Affectionately known as the Reggae Ambassador to some, Steffens has left his mark on the music through his work as radio host at KCRW 89.9 in LA, a founding editor of The Beat magazine (1981-2009), as well as the various liner notes and books he has authored, the interviews he's conducted, the lectures he's given, the shows he's emceed, his position as the chairman of the Reggae ...
Roger Steffens, Founder of "The Reggae Beat" and renowned Bob Marley historian drops by for a bonus segment on LifeBites Live! Subscribe to keep up with all of the latest video uploads and live events http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=empowermetv Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Reggae archivist, author, lecturer, photographer... Roger Steffens interviews The Wailers Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Albert "Al" Anderson, Donald Hanson Marvin Kerr Richards Junior „Junior Marvin, Earl "Wire" Lindo, Aston „Family Man Barrett and his brother Carlton „Charlie" Barrett Taken from: "Roger Steffens & Peter Simon's Reggae Scrapbook"
For more information visit: http://www.riotartists.com/rogersteffens/ Commemorating Bob Marley’s 70th birthday, Riot Artists is proud to represent Roger Steffens’ critically-acclaimed “Life of Bob Marley”. The live multi-media presentation has been hailed as “the definitive history of the reggae king” and “the next best thing to seeing Bob Marley live.” Steffens, recently designated by the Jamaica Observer as one of “The Top Ten Most Influential People in Reggae,” owns the internationally-acclaimed Reggae Archives, containing the world’s largest repository of Marley memorabilia. During the evening, Steffens will screen rare and unreleased video footage and photos while recounting Marley’s legendary life story. As a reggae poet, a political revolutionary, and a Rastafarian prophet, Bob M...
Rare backstage interview with Bob Marley in San Diego 1979. All photos and interview by Roger Steffens. www.Livicated.com One Man's Quest To Preserve the Musical Heritage of a Country
On The Sound of the Sixties episodes #63 and #69, Roger Steffens interviews Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and Life in Hell, about his lifelong love of the music of Frank Zappa. Partway through the radio show, Frank Zappa calls in to talk. SOS #63: April 25, 1986 SOS #69: June 6, 1986
On the Sound of the Sixties radio show episode #105: Roger Steffens interviews musician and singer-songwriter Robin Williamson, founder of The Incredible String Band. March 6, 1987
Interview with Roger Steffens, Los Angeles, California, USA 22 August 1983
Ini Kamoze Live Los Angeles (1985) 01 Statement 02 General 03 Trouble You a Trouble Me 04 Call a Taxi 05 Settle With Me 06 Babylon Babylon 07 MC Roger Steffens 08 World a Music 09 MC Roger Steffens
Muta Interviews Roger Steffens the man with the most paraphernalia on Bob Mrley Talk Coral Gardens, Rasta vibrations ect...
Roger Steffens is selling one of the worlds biggest collection of reggae memorabilia and it looks like Jamaica is gonna miss out on a deal of a life time, showing self hate for their own. Let hope the tables are turned
Actor, author, reggae archivist and photographer Roger Steffens, known in particular for his archives of Bob Marley, details how Instagram created a gateway for exposing his unseen photographs. Steffens also discusses the digitizing of over 40,000 slides to create The Family Acid in this Antidote interview highlight hosted by Michael Parker. Watch the full Antidote Interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-odPqBAPaKc&index;=2&list;=PLPnLjoW07bV0zxAVQcjXZoHLibjuRoZas Watch the Antidote Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYsXjCEduJE&list;=PLPnLjoW07bV0zxAVQcjXZoHLibjuRoZas&index;=1 Antidote Highlights Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKur3hvLHA8&list;=PLPnLjoW07bV2ih24Jces_x3ymxwpSv0Lt&index;=1 http://www.thelip.tv
The world’s foremost expert on Bob Marley and acid--actor, poet, broadcaster, writer and photographer Roger Steffens recalls Bob Marley’s upbringing and journey out of poverty. Steffens also shares intimate stories about Marley’s life, death and Marley’s often forgotten charity work in this Antidote highlight hosted by Michael Parker. Watch the full Antidote Interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-odPqBAPaKc&index;=2&list;=PLPnLjoW07bV0zxAVQcjXZoHLibjuRoZas Watch the Antidote Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYsXjCEduJE&list;=PLPnLjoW07bV0zxAVQcjXZoHLibjuRoZas&index;=1 Antidote Highlights Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKur3hvLHA8&list;=PLPnLjoW07bV2ih24Jces_x3ymxwpSv0Lt&index;=1 http://www.thelip.tv
Psychedelic exploration and enlightenment, reggae and island music, and the enduring global legend of Bob Marley is explored with author, photographer, and historian Roger Steffens. We get a taste of the family acid, and go on a journey with Steffens through a life that has been marked by inspiration, vision, and music on Antidote, hosted by Michael Parker. Watch the uncensored Antidote interview on TheLipTV2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-odPqBAPaKc
Close friend of Bob Marley, author, lecturer, photographer and well known reggae archivist, Roger Steffens speaks in the Temple of Consciousness at Lightning in a Bottle 2015. Subscribe to Lightning Talks to see the full talk: http://2015.lightninginabottle.org/lightningtalks LIB website: http://lightninginabottle.org Like LIB: http://facebook.com/lightninginabottle Follow LIB: http://twitter.com/libfestival LIB Instagram: http://instagram.com/libfestival Do LaB YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thedolab In this talk, Roger digs into his Bob Marley archives sharing Bob’s life and the continuation story of Bob’s show after he was killed. Additionally, he shares his personal experiences from traveling with Bob and how his show on Bob came to fruition. What are Lightning Talks? Lightnin...
Stepping Razor telling it how it is
Reggae Scrapbook Behind the Scenes. Roger Steffens Interviews Luciano, Joseph Hill, Alton Ellis, Peter Tosh, The Heptones, Judy Mowatt.
On the Sound of the Sixties radio show episode #77: Roger Steffens interviews Doors drummer John Densmore. August 8, 1986.
Roger Steffens and Tom Schnabel host an in-depth, career-spanning interview with singer Joe Cocker. Joe's debut album on Island Records, "Sheffield Steel" was just being released at the time of this interview. April 20, 1982.
From Anne Ku's class: MUS107 Music in World Cultures at University of Hawaii Maui College, October 28th, 2014, Fall Semester. Music of sub-saharan Africa; Reggae Music