Roger Steffens toured with Bob Marley for two weeks of his final tour of California in 1979 and the music icon was the first guest of Steffens'award-winning radio show. In So Much Things To Say,Steffens draws on a lifetime of scholarship to tell the story of Marley's childhood abandonment,his formative years in Trench Town,his seemingly meteoric rise to international fame and his tragic death at 36. Weaving together the voices of Rita Marley,Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer-as well as band members,family and friends-Steffens reveals extraordinary new details,dispels myths and highlights the most dramatic elements of Marley's life; his psychic abilities and his overriding commitment to the peace and love message of Rastafari. This landmark work will reshape our understanding of this legendary performer.
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Publisher: WW Norton & CoISBN: 9780393355925Weight: 348 gDimensions: 211 x 140 x 20 mm
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"If Bob Marley is Jesus in these times,Roger Steffens is Peter.""... absorbing oral history... So Much Things to Say is a major work that helps us better understand Marley's tragic yet inspirational tale.""... absorbing "oral history"... So Much Things to Say is a fitting tribute to the tumultuous life and complex character of the country's favourite son.""So Much Things to Say,an'oral'account of Marley's life and times,amounts to an absorbing alternative biography.""Steffens identifies many more pieces of the man than have ever before been put together in one book.""(So Much Things to Say) narrates the life of Marley from cradle to grave... Steffens has been on the Marley case for decades,and he's a crucial voice in this epic chorus... Illuminating.""There have been dozens of Bob Marley books,but this 2017 oral history,decades in the making,is definitive.""For decades Steffens has been a leading authority on Bob Marley. Here he identifies many more pieces of the man than have ever before been put together in one book... Steffens marshals his sources with skill,and we're left with a complex representation."
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