Collie Buddz will be joined by EPMD, Los Rakas, Goapele, Taj Weekes and Adowa, Tidal Waves, Black Ghandi, and New Kingston at various stops along the tour.

Collie is good about releasing many free reggae music downloads to his fans, so get out to a show and support him!

Collie Buddz 2011 tour dates

Friday, March 18, 2011

Venue222 @ Austin, Texas

Collie Buddz performing at South By Southwest alongside EPMD, Los Rakas and Goapele.

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Flamingo Cantina @ Austin, TX

Collie Buddz performing at South By Southwest alongside Taj Weekes and Adowa, Tidal Waves, and Black Ghandi.

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

House Of Blues @ New Orleans, LA

Collie Buddz on tour with New Kingston and Los Rakas

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Floyd’s Music Store @ Tallahassee, FL

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Thursday, March 24, 2011

The Social @ Orlando, FL

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Revolution @ Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

State Theatre @ St. Petersburg, FL

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Venue @ Gainesville, FL

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Music Farm @ Charleston, SC

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Lincoln Theatre @ Raleigh, NC

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Friday, April 1, 2011

The NorVa @ Norfolk, VA

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Recher Theatre @ Towson, MD

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

State Theatre @ State College, PA

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Higher Ground @ Burlington, VT

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Club Soda @ Montreal, QC

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Paradise Rock Club @ Boston, MA

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Friday, April 8, 2011

Stone Pony @ Asbury Park, NJ

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Theatre of the Living Arts @ Philadelphia, PA

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Opera House @ Toronto, ON

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Town Ballroom @ Buffalo, NY

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Cambridge Room @ Cleveland, OH

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Newport Music Hall @ Columbus, OH

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Blind Pig @ Ann Arbor, MI

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Lincoln Hall @ Chicago, IL

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The Waiting Room @ Omaha, NE

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fox Theatre @ Boulder, CO

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Bluebird Theatre @ Denver, CO

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Bell Up Aspen @ Aspen, CO

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Aggie Theatre @ Fort Collins, CO

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Boonville, CA

Collie Buddz performing at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. Acts include Rebelution, Anthony B, Indubious and more!

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Boonville, CA

Collie Buddz performing at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival. Acts include Rebelution, Anthony B, Indubious and more!

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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Boonville, CA

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You can find more tour information and latest Collie Buddz news at his official site, here.

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The Bermuda reggae singer Collie Buddz kicked off his career with his 2007 eponymous release, Collie Buddz, which debuted at the #1 position on the Billboard Reggae charts and hit the top 100 overall. It seems success is treating young Mr. Buddz very well – not only does his new 7-track album boast catchy melodies and excellent production values, it’s available for free to all of his loyal fans and the new listeners who want to hear the latest from one of reggae’s rising sons.

Click here for dates and information about Collie Buddz’s Playback tour.

Listen to Collie Buddz Playback EP

Playback has a generally mellow feel, the perfect soundtrack to a laid back afternoon or weekend morning. It forecasts the warmer weather that so many Collie Buddz fans are waiting for, with tracks like Hope, featuring guest vocals from Demarco.

But Playback‘s sunny, casual sound belies the effort that Collie Buddz put into it, having spent 3 years crafting every track. “The EP was entirely written, recorded and engineered in Bermuda with my brother Smokey at Harper Digital Studios,” Collie once explained. He had help from some top-ranked producers including Supa Dups and Baby Dee.

You can hear the tracks before you download them here (JavaScript-enabled browsers only):

Official music video for Playback EPK

Playback EPK is the first single from the new Playback EP.

The official music video for Holiday from Playback

Holiday is the 2nd single from Collie Buddz Playback EP. The video was directed by Jeff Pliskin and edited by Collie Buddz himself. The artist filmed the track on location in Bermuda, in advance of the release of the EP. This is a great track to relax to after a long day of work.

Get the Collie Buddz Playback free music download

Collie Buddz has made Playback available as a free music download from 2 links off of the official Collie Buddz website. The main music download link is here. The second free music download link is here.

These free music links to download the Playback EP come direct from the official Collie Buddz website, so you can be sure they’re safe.

The total download is 77MB so a high-speed internet connection is preferred for downloading the tracks. There are no requirements for downloading the free music tracks – no giving up your email address or anything else.

This isn’t the first free Collie Buddz music download that has come our way – last summer Slightly Stoopid shared 4 free music tracks to download, one of which was a remix of Collie Buddz’s Come Around (the other 3 are tracks from Slightly Stoopid and Cypress Hill). Collie Buddz recently wrapped up the Slightly Stoopid Legalize It 2010 summer tour with Slightly Stoopid and Cypress Hill. He’s also done some solo touring, launched a new official website last year, and kicked off his own radio station, Vibe 103. “The pieces are all falling into place, allowing me to focus on doing what I love most, making music,” explains Buddz.

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FEBRUARY 11 | FRIDAY
[[ 3rd Annual Pre-Valentine's Day Pants Off Dance Off!! ]]
@ our super special secret Bushwick loft

featuring performances by:
Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (seductive funk and soul explosion!)
People’s Champs (polyrythmic rock special!!)

+ DJ sets by:
Planet Rump (bootie. Bootie. BOOTIE.)
and SLF’s Lil Tiger, Q-Mastah and Trainwreck!

10pm-4am. $10, cheap booze available, bring a sweetie, or meet a new one …

(RSVP to bushwickmusicloft@gmail.com for address and directions)

Here’s the Facebook invite:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187256551307134

Also, save the date for our next SLF event on Saturday, February 19, when we team up with Wax Poetics to present a live show featuring SUPER HI-FI and the CSC FUNK BAND. SLF’s DJ LIL TIGER will be on the decks as well:

FEBRUARY 19 | SATURDAY
Wax Poetics + Sound Liberation Front present:
[[ CSC Funk Band + Super Hi-Fi + DJ Lil Tiger ]]
@ Zebulon
258 Wythe Ave in Williamsburg
NO COVER. 9pm-3am

More info:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165870850126594

We’ve got some other big things in store soon, so stay tuned. For now, we hope to see you at the party on Friday night.

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The tour supports the March 20, 2011 release of their next album, The Prosaic Fades. The Prosaic Fades features Ryan Burnett on guitar, synths, production, and vocals; Damon Metzner on acoustic drums; and Matt Schumacher on electric and upright acoustic bass. It will be the first of 4 new studio EPs that Signal Path will release in 2011. Album artwork was provided by Rick Messer.

Download the free single

In support of the tour, Signal Path has released a free single, Bitcrush My Heart. You can download the track at the Signal Path website.

Subsequent free downloads will follow on the 1st day of each new calendar season.

Signal Path winter tour dates

Upcoming Signal Path winter tour dates include a return to Chicago, 2 shows with Boombox, and 4 nights back home in Colorado.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

8pm Doors / 9pm Show / 18+

2720 in St.Louis, MO

With Goodness Gracious and 18andCounting

Tickets are $10 (+$3 minor surcharge)

Friday, February 11, 2011

9pm Show / 21+

Double Door in Chicago, IL

With Archnemesis

Tickets are $12 (+$2 surcharge)

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH

With BoomBox

Tickets are $15 + $5.25 surcharge

Sunday, February 13, 2011

8pm / All ages

Magic Stick in Detroit, MI

With BoomBox

Tickets are $15

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Doors 8pm / Show 9pm

Belly Up in Aspen, CO

Tickets are $6 (+$3 minor surcharge)

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Samana Lounge in Vail, CO

Tickets $5

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Three20South in Breckenridge, CO

Tickets

Saturday, February 19, 2011

City Hall (part of Westword’s Artopia) in Denver, CO

Tickets start at $25

Use the password ‘signalpath’ for discounted tickets!

About Signal Path

For almost a decade, Signal Path continues their nearly decade-old mission to expand live electronic music performance. Tens of thousands of fans have downloaded their music and countless artists have been influenced by their forward-looking attitudes. Signal Path has played almost every major US festival and continues to build awareness around the world.

Signal Path’s sound bends musical genres and deep melodic ideas around a core of unrelenting rhythm and massive low-end. They create a depth and intricacy of sound that become more commanding every time it’s heard, and by blending live instrumentation into their production they create a live experience that is as beautiful as it is intense. Born in the unlikely mountain enclave of Missoula, Montana, Signal Path has released 7 albums to date.

The viral success of 2009’s Clash amongst fans was almost beyond belief, and the overwhelming support elevated the band to a level of national prominence they’d never experienced. With packed out concert halls nationwide and an album streamed and downloaded a hundred thousand times, Signal Path suddenly found themselves back at the forefront of a scene they had once helped pioneer.

You can download Clash from Signal Path here, for free.

After the success of Clash and 2 of the most successful national tours in their history, Signal Path permanently relocated to Colorado to complete their next full-length studio album Imaginary Lines.

Signal Path released their Imaginary Lines album in September 2010 as a free download from their website, www.signalpathmusic.com. The release boasted improved production, an immersive musical experience, and catchy rhythms, treating fans to their finest work to date.

You can download Imaginary Lines from Signal Path here, for free.

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• Is This Love, Could You Be Loved, Stir It Up, Turn Your Lights Down Low, Waiting In Vain, and No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley
• She’s Royal, the recent hit from Tarrus Riley
• Love Means Never To Say Sorry and No Disturb Sign the lovers rock classics from Beres Hammond
• All I Have Is Love, I’ll Get Along Somehow, I Need Your Love, Lonely Lover, My Number One, and My Only Lover by Gregory Isaacs
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• Carpenter by John Holt
• I’m Asking For Love by Peter Scarlett, produced by Grub Cooper
• So I’ll Wait For You by Freddie McGregor
• Everything I Own by Ken Boothe
• On My Mind by Da’ville
• Here I Am by Chevelle Franklyn
• Beautiful Lady by Gyptian
• Love So Nice by Junior Kelly
• What Would, Love Is, and Longing For by Jah Cure
• I’m Still In Love With You by Alton Ellis
• And I Wanna Wake Up With You by Boris Gardener was one of Prince Charles’s wedding songs when he married Princess Di

You can also get your copy of Reggae Love Songs on Amazon. It’s a 2-disc set, so it’ll keep you busy listening to reggae well past Valentine’s Day. But hurry – it looks like supplies are running out.

Reggae Love Songs is a compilation of the best reggae love songs by various artists. It’s a compilation set from Trojan Records, originally released in 2003. The full Reggae Love Songs track listing includes 50 of the best Jamaican lovers rock songs, from the 70s and 80s. Some of the best tracks include chart topping singles from Ken Boothe, John Holt, Pat Kelly, Boris Gardiner, Tony Tribe, & June Lodge.

The track listing includes:

Disc 1 includes:

1. Silly Games
2. Help Me Make It Through the Night
3. The Bed’s Too Big Without You
4. Everthing I Own
5. Just When I Needed You Most
6. Good Thing (We’ve Got a Good Thing Going)
7. Hurt So Good
8. Cupid
9. You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No) [Trojan Mix]
10. Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely
11. Breakfast in Bed
12. The Tide Is High
13. Angel (Of the Morning)
14. I Want to Make Up with You
15. You Can Wake Up with Me
16. Night Nurse
17. The First Time I Saw Your Face
18. Stop That Train
19. Girlie Girlie
20. Crying Over You
21. Smile
22. Sweet Sensation
23. Shy Guy
24. Red, Red Wine

Disc 2 includes:

1. Black Pearl
2. I’m Still in Love with You
3. Some Guys Have All the Luck
4. You Make Me Feel Brand New
5. Here I Am Baby (Come and Take Me)
6. Walk Away
7. Rain
8. Don’t Rock My Boat (Satisfy My Soul)
9. Unchained Melody
10. Dancing on the Floor (Hooked on Love)
11. Telephone Line
12. Hello Darling
13. Sweat
14. Money in My Pocket
15. Keep It Like It Is
16. Please Don’t Make Me Cry
17. Homely Girl
18. Tears of a Clown
19. Ain’t No Sunshine

And here are 50 more reggae love songs on Last.fm. What are other good love songs? Any artists on the site want to post a link to one of their own?

Peace,
Dm

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You can read more about the 2011 Raggamuffin Music Festival here.

About Nesian Mystik

Nesian Mystik was formed by students in the music room of Auckland’s Western Springs College (although one member actually attended St Paul’s College) in 1999. Uniting the diverse cultural backgrounds of Polynesia to bring together Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Cook Island and English ancestry, Nesian Mystik became one of the biggest names in Aotearoa music. Their 2002 debut single Nesian Style followed by It’s On, and (the post album single) For The People all reached Top Ten, gold selling status. In an unprecedented achievement, the group’s fourth single Unity also achieved Top Ten whilst the album Polysaturated went straight to #1 and sold four times Platinum. In 2008 the track RSVP (featuring PNC) from the band’s third Elevator Musiq album became their 10th Top 10 making the group the first New Zealand artist to have ten top ten singles. In July 2010 Nesian Mystik released their fourth and final album titled 99AD (featuring the reggae classic Sun Goes Down) and announced the band was set to break-up. Luckily Raggamuffin has secured one of the bands final two farewell performances. Don’t miss the chance to say good bye to this legendary NZ band Raggamuffin style!

About 1814

Influenced by reggae greats such as Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff and Morgan Heritage, Northland band 1814 was formed in 2004 by Patu Colbert and his sons Shaun and Jimmy and has since grown to include five other members. Hailing from the hills surrounding Whangaroa Harbour, 1814 took their name from the year the Gospel arrived at Oihi, in the Bay Of Islands when missionary Samuel Marsden held the first sermon there on Christmas Day 1814. This event has become the band’s inspiration in delivering the message of peace, love and unity to all people throughout the world. Their debut album Jah Rydem was released in 2008 and made the NZ top 20 album charts and placed #1 along with three top 10 singles in the IMNZ (indie) charts.

About Sons of Zion

Sons of Zion are a six piece Auckland based reggae, rock, metal, dub and roots fusion band. They describe their sound as having a reggae groove with melodic vocals, phat dub base lines and metal inspired guitar riffs. Their self titled debut and independently released 2009 album and the single Be With You provides smooth R&B moments reminiscent of bands such as Katchafire. Expect big things from these sons (and one guitarist daughter too!).

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Performers at 2011 Raggamuffin will include:

• Mary J Blige, the R&B star from the United States, will headline the event.
• The Original Wailers are also confirmed for the show.
• Ky-Mani Marley
• Jimmy Cliff
• Maxi Priest
• Sean Paul

Additional New Zealand acts will be announced next week. Update: the New Zealand acts have been announced. Click here for details.

Tickets are expected to go on sale in a couple of weeks, at 9am New Zealand time on October 26. They’ll be available via TicketMaster.

The 2011 Raggamuffin music event will be held on February 5, 2011 at New Zealand’s Rotorua International Stadium. Organizers are predicting that at least 30,000 lovers of reggae music (and dub music and other kinds of music) will attend the festival this year. Last year’s Raggamuffin festival boasted a similar crowd.

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Bob Marley’s birth and early years

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake up and live!

Bob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley on February 6th, 1945 in Rhoden Hall of the St. Ann parish, Jamaica. His mother was Cedella Booker and his father was Norval Sinclair Marley, the overseer of a large ex-slave plantation and captain in the British Army.

Bob Marley spent his childhood in Nine Miles, a rural area of Jamaica, where his body rests today. After his father took a job in the city, his mother was his primary caretaker, in addition to aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Bob’s earliest musical exposure was through family: his cousin Nehemiah Lemonious made Marley’s first guitar out of “a large herring pan and strings attached to wooden fretwork” (source). Bob’s grandfather, Omariah Malcolm, had a turntable, amplifier, and large speakers. Cedella Booker frequently sang spiritual music and nurtured Bob’s early musical development.

In the late 1950′s, Bob and his mother moved to Western Kingston, a low-income area with government yards and squatter settlements. The government later built high-rise apartments leading to the area being referred to as a ‘concrete jungle’. The social deprivation of Western Kingston, Trenchtown, was a stark contrast to the tranquility of Nine Miles. Bob moved around a lot, meeting many people including Thaddeus Livingston, the father of Bunny Livingston (who later became one of Marley’s musical partners and member of the Wailers). In addition to living in various places, Bob attended many different schools, but ended up graduating high school in 1960 at the age of 15.

Bob Marley’s career in music begins

From high school, Bob went on to learn the trade of welding, and although he disliked it, he was able to meet co-worker Desmond Dekker. Dekker introduced Bob to Jimmy Cliff, who appreciated Bob’s talent for singing and connected him with Ken Khouri’s Federal Studio. At Khouri’s studio, Bob recorded several songs including “Judge Not”, “Terror”, and “One More Cup of Coffee”. Bob ended up injuring himself while welding, and pledged allegiance to singing. Marley’s first performances in the early 60′s included Queen’s Theatre on Kes Chin’s Talent Parade in Kingston, Derrick Morgan Farewell Concerts in Montego Bay and Clement Dodd‘s arena shows.

Bob Marley and the Wailing Wailers

In 1964, Bob met Neville O’Riley Livingston, better known as Bunny Wailer, and Winston Hubert McIntosh, AKA Peter Tosh. They formed The Wailing Wailers with additional members Junior Braithwaite, Beverly Kelso, and Cherry Smith. The legendary Joe Higgs helped form the group and gave them direction.

Simmer Down, Bob Marley’s first ska hit

Ska, not reggae, was the most popular Jamaican music at the time. Ska was a mix of African rhythms and the New Orleans R&B that Jamaicans heard broadcast across the Caribbean from American radio stations. Simmer Down, a ska track, was The Wailing Wailers’ first hit single.

The track was accompanied by the Skatalites, arguably the most successful ska group ever, and was produced by Clement “Coxsone” Dodd. They cut the album in 1963 and it hit #1 on the Jamaican charts in February, 1964.

In addition to introducing listeners to Bob Marley’s musical talents, Simmer Down also showcased his social awareness, an uncommon trait amongst popular Jamaican artistes at the time. The song instructed Jamaica’s “rude boys” to simmer down on violence and crime, particularly in Kingston. After their initial success with Simmer Down the band continued to release ska tracks while Jamaican popular music shifted steadily towards a rock steady sound.

You can hear and download the Wailers’ Simmer Down here.

Bob Marley’s exodus to America

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?

The Wailing Wailers continued to work with Coxsone Dodd but were never paid what they deserved. Eventually, after struggling to make it as a band, Junior Braithwaite and Beverly Kelso left the group in 1966 and Marley decided to move to Delaware to live with his mother. At the time of his departure, he has been married to his wife Rita Marley for 1 day.

Bob Marley worked odd jobs in the U.S. for almost 1 year when he received a draft notice from the government, prompting him to return to Jamaica where he reconnected with Bunny and Peter. The group tried to work again with Coxsone Dodd, but things quickly went sour. They continued to work independently and achieved moderate success, which was amplified by the introduction of extraordinary reggae and dub music producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. With Lee Perry, the group manifests several hits including “Soul Rebel”, “Duppy Conqueror”, “400 Years”, “Mr. Brown”, “Small Axe”, and many more. The music did well in Jamaica, but as with Dodd, the compensation was lacking.

And from that shaky start, things kept on growing…

The Bob Marley biography series on Dub & Reggae

This is Part 1 of a series on the life of reggae king Bob Marley, researched and written by Dubconscious guitarist James Keane, who grew up with more than 1 Bob Marley poster on his walls.

The full series includes these articles:

1. Bob Marley Biography – 1945-1969 tells of Marley’s childhood and the formation of the Wailers, as well as their initial struggles to succeed as musicians.
2. Bob Marley Biography – 1970-1976 tells the story of Marley and the Wailer’s transition to a global scene.
3. Bob Marley Biography – 1977-1981 tells the story of Marley’s fame and massive creative output, as well as his final years.

The primary reference for the 3 Bob Marley articles in this series is an excellent book, Bob Marley: Reggae King of the World by Malika Lee Whitney and Dermott Hussey, with a foreward by Rita Marley.

(You can also find more Bob Marley quotes here.)

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Here’s the Raggamuffin Music Festival 2011 details so far:

• Saturday 5th February, 2011
• Rotorua International Stadium
• Rotorua, New Zealand
• Early bird ticket prices (until Christmas):
  General Admission: $109.00
  Group Discount General Admissions (10 or more): $99.00

Raggamuffin 2011 tickets are scheduled to go on sale at 9am (New Zealand time) on Tuesday October 26. You can get tickets at www.ticketmaster.co.nz or at 0800-111-999.

Performers at 2011 Raggamuffin will include:

• Mary J Blige, the R&B star from the United States, will headline the event.
• The Original Wailers are also confirmed for the show.
• Ky-Mani Marley, son of Reggae King Bob Marley
• Jimmy Cliff
• Maxi Priest
• Sean Paul
• New Zealand’s own Salmonella Dub
• Nesian Mystik
• 1814
• Sons of Zion

The 2010 Raggamuffin lineup included Shaggy, Lauryn Hill, Sly & Robbie, Steel Pulse, Julian Marley, Sean Kingston, Katchafire, and others.

Tickets are expected to go on sale in a couple of weeks, at 9am New Zealand time on October 26. They’ll be available via TicketMaster.

The 2011 Raggamuffin music event will be held on February 5, 2011 at New Zealand’s Rotorua International Stadium. Organizers are predicting that at least 30,000 lovers of reggae music (and dub music and other kinds of music) will attend the festival this year. Last year’s Raggamuffin festival boasted a similar crowd. The event drew 30,000 attendees and raised over $14,000 for charity.

You can learn more about the festival at their website, www.raggamuffin.co.nz.

Headliner Mary J Blige is an international R&B powerhouse whose recording credits include superstars such as Dr Dre, Tricky, Ludacris, 50 Cent, U2′s Bono, and Aretha Franklin.

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Bob Marley and the Wailers focus on peace and love

In 1977, Junior Marvin became the lead guitarist of the Wailers, after being introduced to the group by Blackwell. The group proceeded to released Exodus, an album that remained on the British charts for over a year and provided for a successful European tour.

Kaya was released the following year, 1978. This album was less militant than the Wailers’ preceding releases, with tracks predominantly dedicated to love ballads, praises to marijuana, and Easy Skankin.

The new sounds were no less successful than their previous releases, as The Wailers sold out a Trinidad show and toured North America and Europe. These shows provided the content for the double live album Babylon By Bus.

Then, in April 1977, the “One Love Peace Concert” was organized to celebrate a peace treaty established between violently opposed political party leaders Claude Massop of the Jamaica Labour Party and Bucky Marshall of the People’s National Party. Western Kingston had become a war zone due to the violent opposition of these two parties, so the event marked a massive success for peace and understanding. Performers at the One Love Peace Concert included Culture, the Meditations, Dillinger, Leroy Smart, Dennis Brown, Peter Tosh, Ras Michael and Sons of Negus, the Wailers, and many more. Towards the end of the concert, Marley performed his now-famous act of joining hands of Edward Seaga from the Jamaica Labor Party and Michael Manley from People’s National Party in a sign of peace. It is said that lightning struck at that symbolic moment of a promise for peace.

Bob Marley returns to African roots

At the end of 1977, Bob Marley visited Africa for the first time. During his trip he traveled to both Kenya and Ethiopia, perhaps providing inspiration for his next album.

Bob Marley released Survival in 1979. The album was a stark contrast to Kaya, with a forceful message of Rastafari, rebellion, revolution, revelation, resolution, righteousness, and redemption. In 1979 Bob Marley and the Wailers embarked on their most extensive tour beyond North America and Europe into Japan, Australia, and Hawaii.

In 1980, the World Tour began in Africa. The Wailers visited Gabon first, then Zimbabwe, where Marley was invited to sing at the country’s official independence ceremony, a moment that some claim was the high point of his career and the most prestigious of all his awards. No other musical performer, even from Africa, was invited to fill such a slot. The tour continued into Europe, covering some 30 European cities with several sellouts.

After his tour, Marley produced his final album, Uprising, a continuation of the message of Survival with a cry for revolution and visions of apocalypse.

Bob Marley passes away

On May 11, 1981 Marley passed away after complications with cancer.

The events from his first public signs of illness when he collapsed in New York in September of 1980, to his ultimate death are an intricate web of battles with malignant melanoma. His body was ultimately transported back to his childhood home of Nine Miles where it currently rests in a hill-top mausoleum.

Bob Marley’s legacy continues through his recorded shows, interviews, his children, and the multitude of lives he as transformed.

The Bob Marley biography series on Dub & Reggae

This is Part 3 of a series on the life of reggae king Bob Marley, researched and written by Dubconscious guitarist James Keane, who grew up with more than 1 Bob Marley poster on his walls.

The full series includes these articles:

1. Bob Marley Biography – 1945-1969 tells of Marley’s childhood and the formation of the Wailers, as well as their initial struggles to succeed as musicians.
2. Bob Marley Biography – 1970-1976 tells the story of Marley and the Wailer’s transition to a global scene.
3. Bob Marley Biography – 1977-1981 tells the story of Marley’s fame and massive creative output, as well as his final years.

The primary reference for the 3 Bob Marley articles in this series is an excellent book, Bob Marley: Reggae King of the World by Malika Lee Whitney and Dermott Hussey, with a foreward by Rita Marley.

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