Bob Marley: A Legendary Reggae Poet

Charles Hardin Holley, widely known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer with a brilliant talent. (“Buddy Holly Biography,” Buddy Holly) Born on September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, Buddy Holly was the youngest of four. Lawrence Odell Holley and Ella Pauline Holley were Buddy Holly’s parents. (“Buddy Holly Biography,” Amburn) Holley was born into a family of music. Even though Holley’s father

Bob Marley is a name most people know but his accomplishments and dedication to music is often overlooked. Bob was more than just a reggae artist, he was an inspiration to the country of Jamaica. He was a role model to the poverty stricken island and gave hope to many people. Bob was born on February 6, 1945 in his grandfather's house. He was the son of a poor farm girl and a British naval Captain. Soon after his birth Bob's father, Norval Marley, left his mother. He remained responsible and provided financial support and occasionally came back to see them. In the 50's a depression hit Jamaica and Bob followed his mother to West Kingston also known as Trenchtown. It was in Trenchtown were Bob's love for music began.

Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society, as well as, containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. In the 1960s the United States saw political and socially oriented folk music discussing the Vietnam War and other social issues. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the social unrest of the poor and the need to over-through the oppressors. The 1980’s brought the newest development in social and political music, the emergence of hip-hop and rap. This urban musical art form that was developed in New

Ziggy Marley sings a different tune, this is due to the era he was brought up in and how he was raised. With his father’s royalties, Ziggy had a different upbringing than Bob did. He didn’t grow up

Bob Marley was born in 1945 in Rhoden Hall of Jamaica, after his parent separation he moved to West Kingston with his mother. West Kingston is where the story begins for his love of music, which would have implications all around the world.

Robert was born in a slave house in, Lydia Polite, In Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 5 1839. When he was 12 his first job was working with the McKee family for labor on the waterfront and eventually a sailor.

Duke Ellington is one of the most influential jazz figures. Although, he preferred to call his genre of play “American Music” rather than jazz. He and his band were known for creating very distinctive styles of music which influenced much of the Western music. Ellington earned much recognition and given rewards for feats in his lifetime.

     Langston Hughes and Bob Dylan are two poets from different eras in modern American poetry. Although Bob Dylan is more characterized as a songwriter, I see much of his work as poetry. In this essay, I will discuss Hughes’ poem “Harlem [1]” and Dylan’s “Times They Are A-Changin”’ as commentaries on are culture, but from different backgrounds.

Bob Marley was born February 6, 1945 in St Ann Parish, Jamaica. Throughout his early years Marley had lived in some of the poorest and impoverished areas in Jamaica. Even in poverty Marley found an escape and had a passion for music. In Jamaica Bob Marley was a supporter of the People’s National Party. His major influence on the people was an extreme threat to the power of the PNP’s rival parties. December 3, 1976 there was an assassination attempt on Marley. This assassination attempt allegedly was for political reasons. A few years later Marley was diagnosed with cancer that had spread and he died in Miami, Florida, on May 11, 1981. The song “Get Up Stand Up” was the last song Bob Marley performed live on stage. It was performed in September of 1980 less than a year before he died in May of 1981

Since he desire to become a musician grew deeper, he started to pursuit for any opportunities to achieve his goal. In 1962 he met Leslie Kong a local record producer which gave him the opportunity to record a few singles. Singles entitled ‘Judge Not’ and ‘One More Cup of Coffee’ didn’t garner much interest at the time. However, this failure did not make him to stop what he loved to do. In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverly Kelso, and Cherry Smith were a group that would previously being named The Teenagers, they later changed to the RudeBoys and then The

On February 6, 1945 in Nine mile, Saint-Ann Parish, Jamaica, Norval Sinclair Marley, a European Jamaican captain of the Royal Marines, and Cedella Malcolm an eighteen-year-old African Jamaican, had a baby boy together named Robert Nesta Marley, later known as Bob Marley, because a Jamaican Passport official reversed his first and middle name. When Norval and Cedella wanted to get married, Norvals family did not approve. They did not think a Captain of the Royal Marines should be marrying an African-Jamaican woman who was not wealthy, and could not really do anything with her life. Although Norvals family did not want them to be married they still got married, but it turns out Norval was not that great of a father or Husband. As Bob was growing up, his father Norval was barely around, he never got to see Bob grow up.

This research paper is going to be about E.E. Cummings his life as a poet. How he wrote his poems the grammar he used in his poems. The rewards that E.E. Cummings got before his death. There is going to be three poems that are going to be a critical analyzed for the literary devices used and the type of poem in the three poems.

In Jamaica at the time Bob was viewed as a mystic and prophet, and was

The first ever reggae tune was "Nanny Goat", by Larry and Alvin. Millie Small, and her debut single "My Boy Lollipop" was the perfect example of the success that this new generation of peppy horn melodies and up tempo vocal sounds. "My Boy Lollipop" was the song responsible for creating a massive explosion of Reggae music in the local industry. During the Reggae era, artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff, King Stich and Burning Spear started to emerge and incorporate the offbeat syncopated music style of Reggae into their songs, transforming the songs into popular hits.

Reggae music was a big part of Jamaican culture. Many artists practiced the style of reggae and some of the artists like Bob Marley influenced and showed people internationally all about this music. It originated around the time that Jamaica was being attacked by European countries like Spain and native people being taken into slavery. Bob Marley was born after the time of slave trading but whites still effected the native people and this is how he got his inspiration for his music.