Colin Grant
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Any music fan who has even a passing familiarity with reggae knows the names Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. As the Wailers, they achieved music superstardom. Author Grant, a historian, follows their careers from the early days, explores the intense rivalry that gradually developed between the three men, their adoption of the cult of Rastafari, and why they were, as he says, not just spectacular musicians but "natural mystics" as well. Annotation...