Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Saturday, May 26, 2012
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO AMERICA
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
LINDSAY, WHY ARE YOU TAKING ALL THESE PHOTOS?
Like I once told Bob, until whenever. And whenever is NOW. He smiled. And then I knew we were friends.
Being a FRIEND is NO JOKE THING.
Invest in PORTRAIT OF A LEGENDS AND OTHER FOLKS.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
2013
In 2013, I’m going to sit back, grab a cup of tea, watch the movie, "How We Published the book Portrait of a Legend and other Folks" and then laugh.
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OUR DUTY IS TO BUILD A STUDIO IN AFRIKA, HAVE HIT AFTER HIT, AND THEN WE LAUGH!! BOB MARLEY
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
LINDSAY DONALD AND MARLEY
I was blessed to be the in house photographer at Hope Road. My photograph's of THE GONG will be in my book PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS, which will be published RIGHT ON TIME.
GOD COME BLACK
The black man afraid to tell the white man…say
God black..because he can feel the white man a vex…you know…an him feel like
white man say…won’t accept a God black…because him feel him say…him white…you
know…a white establishment him…gonna need God…God of all material…but God black
you know…an if I were a white man an God black…I have to accept it…an black…an
God black…an love it..you seen…so the music for go to all people. BOB MARLEY
Thursday, May 10, 2012
BOB MARLEY IS BACK!!!
On February 26, 1978, Bob Marley returned to Jamaica for the first time since fleeing the country after the Smile Jamaica concert in December 1976. Around 2000 people are estimated to have pushed past police barricades to swarm the plane when it came to a halt on the runway-the largest public gathering at the airport since Selassie's visit in 1966. Several functons had been organized to concide with Marley's return, which also marked the 50th anniversary of Garvey's UNIA; the National Heroe's Circle had been given over to a Rastafarian rally, at which Bob Marley gave an informal performance in the evening, followed by several of the island's emerging dub poets, including Mutabaruka, Oku Onoura, and Mikey Smith; flanked by body guards, Marley went on to join Lee Perry and the rest of the inner city's most devout brethren for a night-long grounation held by the Niyabinghi Theocracy in Matthews Lane.
The grounaton was one of a series held by the Boboshanti after the peace treaty had been announced to motivate the people towards embracing its philosophy; they were historic events in that the government granted permissions for the grounations to be held, and the brethren were able to chant and drum without the ever-present fear of police harassment that blighted so many of the events, particularly when held in Kingston.
After repeater player Jah Ned had a vision that the city was decorated in red, green, and gold, the brethren made tricolour sashes to mark off the area of the Niyabinghi, draping what had been streets of bloodshed with the presence of His Majesty. When Bob Marley arrived at the grounation after his brief performance at Heroes Park, he was overcome with emotion at seeing so many formerly at war gathered in a spirit of oneness; then, mid-way through the proceedings, Kingston was shaken by a earthquake as though in acknowledgment of the magnamity of the event.
Although Marley was busy making preparations for The One Love Peace Concert and spent many days visiting ghetto areas to help bolster the place, he also found the time to lay the foundations of a couple of new scorchers with Scratch one Sunday at Dynamics. Recorded in front of an array of onlookers that included Claudie Massop and Bucky Marshall, 'BlackMan Redemption' and 'Rastaman Live Up' were optimistic proclamations of righteousness, harder than the bulk of Marley's recent Kaya album; the rhythm of the historical 'Buffalo Soldier' was also laid at the same session.
REMEMBERING BOB MARLEY
How long must I sing the same song? I must break it sometime, and sing 'Turn The Light Down Low', and deal with a woman, talk to some LADY, y'know? BOB MARLEY
REMEMBERING BOB MARLEY
Yes, Coxon [Dodd] our first producer, he tell me a do that. We do all the Beatles, too — 'And I Love Her'. At the time, it no seem strange. 'Cos we not really trained singers, y'know, we just like singing — learn harmony, like the sound. BOB MARLEY
Monday, May 7, 2012
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