Uprising was the last album by Bob Marley to be released in his lifetime. Less than one year later he would be dead from cancer. The day Uprising reached the shops on 10 June 1980, Bob Marley and the Wailers opened for Fleetwood Mac at … [Read more...] about UPRISING RELEASE ANNIVERSARY
Anniversary
IN MEMORIAM OF MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY JR. ONH
On 10 June 1940 Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH passed away from a stroke while living in London. His body was interred in a vault in the catacombs of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Kensal Green Cemetery, West London. Marcus Garvey was … [Read more...] about IN MEMORIAM OF MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY JR. ONH
03 JUNE 1977 – EXODUS IS RELEASED
Exodus is the ninth studio album by Bob Marley and The Wailers following 1976's following Rastaman Vibration. After the assassination attempt on Bob in December 1976, he left Jamaica for London where he recorded Exodus. Unlike … [Read more...] about 03 JUNE 1977 – EXODUS IS RELEASED
100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE
May 31-June 01 is the 100-year anniversary of the "Tulsa Race Massacre", also called the "Tulsa Race Riot", the "Greenwood Massacre", or the "Black Wall Street Massacre", when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses … [Read more...] about 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY: THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE
BOB MARLEY IS LAID TO HIS FINAL REST
On 21 May, 1981 BOB MARLEY was laid to rest in the village of Nine Mile. In his casket was his red Gibson Les Paul guitar, a football, a Bible opened at Psalm 23, and a stalk of ganja placed there by Rita Marley. On the day before the … [Read more...] about BOB MARLEY IS LAID TO HIS FINAL REST