Bob Marley
“Live the life you love, Love the life you live.” – Bob Marley. That is exactly what Bob Marley did, he enjoyed his life. Bob Marley had a very interesting life and has many accomplishments.
Robert was born on April 16, 1945 in St. Ann Jamaica (Stambler 442). When Robert was four, his father told his mother that they both were going to live with his nephew in Kingston. Eighteen months later, his mother found out that Robert was not going to school and he was living with an elderly couple. His worried mother went and got him. His mother moved on and married a more stable man named Edward Booker and had to leave Robert behind. Robert was homeless when he was eighteen years old. In 1963, he started living with his friend, Vincent Ford. Both were very poor. They would sing so their minds wouldn’t be on food (Bob Marley).
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Joe introduced Bob and Bunny to Peter Macintosh, who quickly became friends and started “The Waling Wailers”. A local recorder producer named Leslie Kong had Bob record a few songs. In 1963, he joined his friend and records their first single “Simmer Down” when it hit the top of the Jamaican chart. They got really popular in Jamaica. The band drifted apart. Bob moved to the United States and married Rita Anderson on February 1966. Eighteen months later, he moved back to Jamaica and rejoined with Peter and bunny For “The Wailing Wailers”. In late 1960, Bob started working with a singer, Johnny Nash. They had a song together named “Stir it Up”. They also worked with Lee Perry and had three songs. In 1970, they added two new members to the band, Aston and Carillon
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...uality, nature, anti-materialism and self-reliance. His music was purposed towards encouraging people to believe in their choices and decisions rather than believing in the teachings of societal institutions. Bob Marley criticized religion is an institution which instead of uniting people ends up separating them. He also warns people not to suffer in the name of going to even and live an afterlife. Rather, they should live in heaven on earth that is, they should be happy in their lives. Bob Marley’s song corresponds to transcendentalist who believed that people should not conform to the normal life patterns. Transcendentalists, just like Bob Marley, believed that one derives happiness from what he/she believes is right no matter what people think or the consequences. When one stands up for his/her rights, he/she does not follow what has been stipulated or instructed.
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Soon after Captain Marley went to Kingston, which is the capital of Jamaica to work. He rarely came back and by the time Bob was six, he hardly ever saw his father. As a small boy, he sometimes read peoples palms to predict their future in order to gain some extra money. He went to Kingston to live. for a while and by the time, he had returned the fortune telling had.
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