My Music Will Go On Forever: An Analysis Of Bob Marley's Life

“My music will go on forever. Maybe it’s a fool say that, but when me knows facts. My music will go on Forever.”. A quote said by the most influential man in music history, Bob Marley. Without a doubt in anyone’s mind, Marley will be forever recognized as the most important figure in the 20th century music. A man who grew up wanting to make the world a better place one music note at a time. Bob Marley’s life was definitely an interesting one, raised in one of the most “Third World” countries in the world. Marley started a legacy of reggae music, undoubtedly the most famous reggae artist of all time. Robert Nesta Marley brought around this new style of music in a unique way, with a raspy voice, guitar playing and drumming. Additionally known

Marley had a love for Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and The Drifters, music drifting over from the United States. Marley and childhood friend Livingston devoted most of their time to music under the teaching of Joe Riggss. Later on, Bob met Leslie King who had him record a couple singles, the first was "Judge Not". His solo career did not take off right away, so him and two of his friends created a band. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Neville Livingston formed the "Wailing Wailers". Their first single "simmer Down" went straight to number one on the Jamaican charts in 1964. Three new members joined the band Braithwaite, Beverly Kelso and Cherry Smith, but left when the band went into a financial crisis, the members drifted apart and Marley moved to America. Eight months after his marriage to Rita Anderson, they returned to Jamaica and reunited the Wailing Wailers. The Wailers worked alongside producers Lee Perry and made the hit songs "Trench Town Rock", "Soul Rebel" and "Four Hundred Years". Adding two members in 1970, Ashton Barret and Carlie Barret. The Wailing Wailers did not get their big break until 1972, they started a contract with Island Records. The band produced their first full album "Catch a Fire", touring Britain and the United States in 1973. The band began touring Britain and the U.S.A. in 1973, opening for Bruce Springsteen and Sly and The Family Stone. In 1974, Eric Clapton released a cover of their song "I shot the sheriff' and it became a number 1 hit in the United States. Right before the release of their third album, McIntosh and Livingston left the group to pursue solo careers. On the next tour the Wailers preformed alongside the I-Threes, a female group including Marcia Griffith, Judy Mowatt and Marley's wife Rita. The bands came together and renamed the band 'Bob Marley and The