In which one of Eric Clapton's best songs is written by a Jamaican. It's 1976, and beloved reggae musician Bob Marley is trying in vain to keep his beloved Jamaica from descending into chaos. His plans to unite the country hit a snag when gunmen ambush him in his home, wounding both Bob and his wife Rita . Sending Rita and the kids to his mother's in the U.S., Bob retreats to London with his band, the Wailers, to record what will be his signature album .
How we regard our cultural icons is like a kind of dissociative amnesia, remembering the spliff puffing Marley on the cover of while forgetting both his commitments to peace and Pan-Africanism as well as the deeply spiritual bent of his life and music. He was one of the most openly religious entertainers with mass appeal, and his faith in Jah informed his work and his life equally.
Hollywood does its level best to render every historical figure in an easily digestible framework. Marley's life defies that, but not even the good intentions ofcan adequately project his complexity. With luck, it'll strike a chord with those whose only experience with Bob Marley is hearing"Three Little Birds" in a Montego bay commercial., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Houston, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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