How Did Bob Marley Influence Rock And Roll
Many people throughout history have affected and influenced different styles of music in many ways. To give some examples, The Beatles, Queen and The Rolling Stones (to name a few of the many huge rock and roll bands) affected rock and roll greatly. Along the same lines we have Louis Armstrong and jazz and B.B King or Bessie Smith influencing Blues. For reggae, it is a name that, just like all the ones mentioned above, you have definitely heard of before. On February 6, 1945, in small town of Jamaica, Bob Marley was born. This Jamaican singer introduced the power of reggae to the world. He also remains one of its most beloved artists to this day.
Bob Marley was only a teenager when he moved to Kingston, Jamaica to pursue his music career. He then began playing with people like singer Joe Higgs and he met Bunny O’Riley Livingston later known as Bunny Wailer and Peter …show more content…
In this same year they attempted to assassinate Marley, while he did get shot in the bicep and his wife Rita in the head, they were not badly injured. Following this incident, Marley living in England, went ahead to work on yet more albums Exodus was released in 1977. Sadly, Marley has diagnosed with cancer cells in his toe and the doctors recommended him to amputate it, but he declined as it was against his religion. This obviously didn’t stop him from releasing more albums, he continued with Kaya, followed by Survival in 1979 and Uprising in 1980. While Bob Marley and the Wailers started touring Europe they planned on going to the United States as well, they were able to play two concerts while they were here in Madison Square Garden in New York. But before being able to continue, the cancer that was found on Marleys toe had spread throughout his whole body. He tried his best to fight it going to great hospitals in
Bob Marley was only a teenager when he moved to Kingston, Jamaica to pursue his music career. He then began playing with people like singer Joe Higgs and he met Bunny O’Riley Livingston later known as Bunny Wailer and Peter …show more content…
In this same year they attempted to assassinate Marley, while he did get shot in the bicep and his wife Rita in the head, they were not badly injured. Following this incident, Marley living in England, went ahead to work on yet more albums Exodus was released in 1977. Sadly, Marley has diagnosed with cancer cells in his toe and the doctors recommended him to amputate it, but he declined as it was against his religion. This obviously didn’t stop him from releasing more albums, he continued with Kaya, followed by Survival in 1979 and Uprising in 1980. While Bob Marley and the Wailers started touring Europe they planned on going to the United States as well, they were able to play two concerts while they were here in Madison Square Garden in New York. But before being able to continue, the cancer that was found on Marleys toe had spread throughout his whole body. He tried his best to fight it going to great hospitals in