1 00:00:10,885 --> 00:00:13,554 ( Birds chirping ) 2 00:00:44,085 --> 00:00:46,086 ( man speaking accented English ) 3 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:25,250 - Jah Rastafari! - ( Reggae music playing ) 4 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:28,087 ( rhythmic clapping ) 5 00:01:37,263 --> 00:01:38,889 ( vocalizing ) 6 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:40,682 ♪ Exodus... ♪ 7 00:01:40,850 --> 00:01:42,351 ( Vocalizing ) 8 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:47,314 ♪ Movement of Jah people, yeah ♪ 9 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:56,240 ♪ Jah come to break the oppression ♪ 10 00:01:56,407 --> 00:01:59,993 ♪ Rule equality, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 11 00:02:00,161 --> 00:02:03,497 ♪ Wipe away transgression ♪ 12 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:06,583 ♪ Set your captives free ♪ 13 00:02:06,751 --> 00:02:10,087 - ♪ Set... ♪ - Jah! 14 00:02:10,255 --> 00:02:13,507 - ♪ Set... ♪ - Rastafari! 15 00:02:13,675 --> 00:02:17,302 - ♪ Set... ♪ - Jah! 16 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:20,472 - ♪ Set. ♪ - Rastafari! 17 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:27,521 Ooh! Yeah! 18 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:31,066 Ooh! Ah. 19 00:02:31,234 --> 00:02:36,363 Ooh! 20 00:02:37,866 --> 00:02:40,951 Mrs. James: He used to love singing. 21 00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:43,370 I used to teach him little jingles, 22 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:45,789 and he used to love them. 23 00:02:45,957 --> 00:02:48,208 And the chief one that he used to know was: 24 00:02:48,376 --> 00:02:53,172 ♪ l had a little donkey that's gray ♪ 25 00:02:53,339 --> 00:02:57,217 ♪ I feed him in the barn every day ♪ 26 00:02:57,385 --> 00:03:00,220 ♪ And when he hears me whistle ♪ 27 00:03:00,388 --> 00:03:03,140 ♪ He knows I have a thistle ♪ 28 00:03:03,308 --> 00:03:07,561 ♪ He'd rather eat the thistle than hay ♪ 29 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:11,190 ♪ Hee-haw, hee-haw ♪ 30 00:03:11,357 --> 00:03:14,318 ♪ Hee-haw, hee-haw ♪ 31 00:03:14,485 --> 00:03:17,738 ♪ And that is all my donkey can say. ♪ 32 00:03:17,906 --> 00:03:22,201 And then you would see him, you know, keeping time, 33 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:27,206 and you would see that he was enjoying it. 34 00:03:28,291 --> 00:03:29,416 Interviewer: How did it all start? 35 00:03:29,584 --> 00:03:30,876 Had music always been a part of your life 36 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:32,836 from when you were a little boy? 37 00:03:33,004 --> 00:03:35,714 ( Speaking accented English ) 38 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:40,385 ( interviewer chuckles ) 39 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:43,096 What part of Jamaica? 40 00:03:44,390 --> 00:03:46,183 Yeah? 41 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:52,814 - ( Dog barking ) - ( Rooster crowing ) 42 00:03:55,276 --> 00:03:59,112 Sledgo Peart: Well, you see, Bob Marley is my cousin, you know? 43 00:04:15,296 --> 00:04:17,089 ( Peart speaking ) 44 00:04:34,983 --> 00:04:38,110 Bob liked to ride the donkey and, you know, 45 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:40,821 go to the field with his grandfather 46 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:42,489 and things like that 47 00:04:42,657 --> 00:04:44,992 because he's a country boy, you know. 48 00:04:46,744 --> 00:04:49,079 Neville "Bunny" Livingston: Nine Mile was a place that, you know, 49 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:51,832 there wasn't a lot of civilized activity. 50 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:57,004 Electricity was not available in those areas, 51 00:04:57,171 --> 00:04:59,798 so you see a lot of peenie wallies... 52 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:02,009 you know, those little fireflies. 53 00:05:02,176 --> 00:05:04,636 And that's the only light at night 54 00:05:04,804 --> 00:05:06,680 other than the moon and the stars, you know. 55 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:09,725 So as a youth coming out of Kingston 56 00:05:09,892 --> 00:05:13,353 that was accustomed to jukebox and sound system, 57 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:16,023 it was really something to get accustomed to. 58 00:05:20,611 --> 00:05:22,487 Interviewer: And do you remember when you first met Robert? 59 00:05:22,655 --> 00:05:24,197 Livingston: Yes. 60 00:05:24,365 --> 00:05:26,700 First time l saw him, l saw this little youth 61 00:05:26,868 --> 00:05:28,410 cutting up this big chunk of wood 62 00:05:28,578 --> 00:05:31,371 and putting it on his head bit by bit and taking it away... 63 00:05:31,539 --> 00:05:33,457 I say, that's... you know, and then... 64 00:05:33,624 --> 00:05:36,752 he was the only little, what you call it, 65 00:05:36,919 --> 00:05:39,546 red pickney in the place, 66 00:05:39,714 --> 00:05:41,882 because everybody else was black people. 67 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:46,553 Interviewer: Who was Bob's dad? 68 00:05:46,721 --> 00:05:48,597 ( Peart speaking ) 69 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:02,069 Booker: He liked when you call him Captain. 70 00:06:02,236 --> 00:06:05,364 Yes, but his name is Norval. 71 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:08,950 I met him right there in Nine Mile, 72 00:06:09,118 --> 00:06:11,536 and then as a white man in the district, you know, 73 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:14,414 always ride his horse and things like that. 74 00:06:14,582 --> 00:06:16,875 He and my father becomes good friends. 75 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:19,586 Then at that time, he see this little girl 76 00:06:19,754 --> 00:06:21,838 and I guess he liked her, 77 00:06:22,006 --> 00:06:25,509 and we finally get together and... 78 00:06:25,676 --> 00:06:28,929 that's how it... that's how it happened. 79 00:06:29,097 --> 00:06:32,057 Interviewer: How old was your sister when she met the captain? 80 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:34,851 She was, what, 16. 81 00:06:35,019 --> 00:06:40,107 Captain was... he was about in his 60s. 82 00:06:40,274 --> 00:06:42,943 - Interviewer: So he was an old man? - Yes. 83 00:06:58,876 --> 00:07:00,293 My name is Peter Marley, 84 00:07:00,461 --> 00:07:03,588 and Bob Marley is my second cousin. 85 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:07,092 Interviewer: What did you know about Bob Marley's father? 86 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:10,095 Peter: He rode a horse most of the time. 87 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:11,805 He was in the British Army. 88 00:07:11,973 --> 00:07:14,683 I think he was stationed somewhere in lndia in World War ll 89 00:07:14,851 --> 00:07:17,018 and he got shell shock. 90 00:07:20,148 --> 00:07:23,275 Peter: l understand he drank and that he lived a... 91 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:26,361 what should l say... 92 00:07:26,529 --> 00:07:28,989 - a full life. - ( Interviewer chuckles ) 93 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:59,019 lnterviewer: Did he get teased for being mixed? 94 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:02,355 Yeah, sure. Worse than teased. 95 00:08:02,523 --> 00:08:07,027 "Teased" is not the word. You call it "rejected." 96 00:08:07,195 --> 00:08:09,946 He did everything that his bigger uncles should be doing 97 00:08:10,114 --> 00:08:13,366 because it was their duty to move horses 98 00:08:13,534 --> 00:08:15,869 and to make sure that the pigs were fed, 99 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:20,207 and they left all of that work for Robert. 100 00:08:20,374 --> 00:08:23,710 He had to earn his every meal. 101 00:08:23,878 --> 00:08:26,046 ( Bob Marley speaking ) 102 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:49,819 Livingston: We went to the same school 103 00:08:49,987 --> 00:08:51,988 and he had me... teaching me the stuff 104 00:08:52,156 --> 00:08:53,406 of what takes place in the country... 105 00:08:53,574 --> 00:08:54,908 how to ride a donkey, how to ride a horse, 106 00:08:55,076 --> 00:08:57,577 how to do all of this kind of stuff. 107 00:08:57,745 --> 00:08:59,538 And l taught him about music, 108 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:02,415 'cause that was what l was exposed to 109 00:09:02,583 --> 00:09:03,959 prior coming to St. Ann. 110 00:09:04,126 --> 00:09:06,127 ( Mento music playing ) 111 00:09:10,591 --> 00:09:13,385 Livingston: l was accustomed to building bamboo guitars 112 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,136 and sardine-tin guitars... 113 00:09:15,304 --> 00:09:17,764 cutting the wire, the electric wire, 114 00:09:17,932 --> 00:09:20,600 opening it up, taking out those little fine wires, 115 00:09:20,768 --> 00:09:22,686 and making our strings. 116 00:09:22,853 --> 00:09:24,354 ( Livingston speaking ) 117 00:09:25,606 --> 00:09:27,607 ( Peart speaking ) 118 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:04,144 Yeah. 119 00:10:04,312 --> 00:10:06,479 ( Mento music playing ) 120 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:11,818 ♪ In a little district on a little island ♪ 121 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:14,279 ♪ Where men and pretty gal run wild ♪ 122 00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:17,657 ♪ But there's one old crazy who went much wider ♪ 123 00:10:17,825 --> 00:10:20,493 ♪ So they call her rider, rough rider... ♪ 124 00:10:20,661 --> 00:10:21,995 Livingston: Out of that, 125 00:10:22,163 --> 00:10:27,125 Robert Marley saw a way out... 126 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:31,004 his guitar. 127 00:10:31,172 --> 00:10:36,259 ♪ In high seas or in low seas ♪ 128 00:10:36,427 --> 00:10:47,103 ♪ I'm gonna be your friend ♪ 129 00:10:52,401 --> 00:10:57,697 ♪ L heard her praying, praying, praying ♪ 130 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:02,577 ♪ L said l heard my mother... ♪ 131 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:07,415 - ( Singing along ) - ♪ She was praying in the night ♪ 132 00:11:09,251 --> 00:11:12,045 ♪ And the words that she said ♪ 133 00:11:12,213 --> 00:11:14,214 ♪ The words that she said ♪ 134 00:11:14,382 --> 00:11:18,510 - ♪ They still lingers in my head ♪ - ♪ Lingers in my head ♪ 135 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:23,390 ♪ She said a child is born in this world ♪ 136 00:11:23,557 --> 00:11:26,559 ♪ He needs protection ♪ 137 00:11:26,727 --> 00:11:30,271 ♪ Whoa, mmm ♪ 138 00:11:30,439 --> 00:11:33,608 ♪ God, guide and protect us... ♪ 139 00:11:33,776 --> 00:11:36,778 ( Reggae music playing ) 140 00:11:41,826 --> 00:11:44,119 ♪ One good thing about music ♪ 141 00:11:44,286 --> 00:11:46,579 - ♪ When it hits you ♪ - ♪ You feel no pain ♪ 142 00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:50,250 ♪ Whoa, whoa, I say one good thing about music ♪ 143 00:11:50,418 --> 00:11:53,878 - ♪ When it hits you ♪ - ♪ You feel no pain ♪ 144 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:57,090 ♪ Hit me with music ♪ 145 00:11:57,258 --> 00:11:59,718 ♪ Hit me with music now ♪ 146 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:01,803 - ♪ This is ♪ - ♪ Trench Town rock ♪ 147 00:12:01,971 --> 00:12:03,430 ♪ Don't what's that? ♪ 148 00:12:03,597 --> 00:12:05,223 Lloyd "Bread" McDonald: We grew up in Trench Town. 149 00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:07,225 We were exposed to everything 150 00:12:07,393 --> 00:12:09,269 'cause you have the bad guys there 151 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:11,354 who eventually turn out to be the con men. 152 00:12:11,522 --> 00:12:15,608 You have the musicians and you have the sportsmen. 153 00:12:15,776 --> 00:12:19,863 Everybody lived just like a block away from each other. 154 00:12:20,030 --> 00:12:22,657 It's like a melting pot. 155 00:12:22,825 --> 00:12:26,119 Well, living in Trench Town, you know, 156 00:12:26,287 --> 00:12:29,289 as a young man, surviving was easy. 157 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:32,500 The only thing that you have to really look out for was the police, you know, 158 00:12:32,668 --> 00:12:35,462 'cause the police can just get you, frame you. 159 00:12:35,629 --> 00:12:37,672 You go to prison and... 160 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,799 "Look, I come from Trench Town." 161 00:12:39,967 --> 00:12:42,260 Trench Town's that... find them say, "Where you from?" 162 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:44,637 You say, "Trench Town," you're gone. 163 00:12:44,805 --> 00:12:46,055 - You know what I mean? - ( Interviewer chuckles ) 164 00:12:46,223 --> 00:12:47,223 No, it was tough. 165 00:12:47,391 --> 00:12:48,933 All of Kingston is like that, you know? 166 00:12:49,101 --> 00:12:52,312 Everybody. A lot of people don't know, but Bob, me, 167 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,564 all of we went to bed hungry a lot. 168 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:56,483 I mean real hungry. I don't mean like, 169 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:59,319 "Oh, he had some... a little piece of this." Nothing. 170 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:04,032 One of the famous lines was, "Drink some water and go to bed." 171 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,658 In those days you never have... 172 00:13:05,826 --> 00:13:08,453 you might have one pair of shoes, one suit of clothes. 173 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:10,163 So you walk bare feet all the time. 174 00:13:10,331 --> 00:13:11,414 Bob, too, you know? 175 00:13:11,582 --> 00:13:13,374 A lot of people don't know that. 176 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:16,336 That kind of sufferation and struggle 177 00:13:16,504 --> 00:13:20,006 can make you either go bad or good. 178 00:13:20,174 --> 00:13:21,800 And I guess that's what he did, you know? 179 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:23,968 He figured the music would get him out, 180 00:13:24,136 --> 00:13:27,180 so he stuck to it and focused, you know? 181 00:13:31,685 --> 00:13:35,688 McDonald: You know, as an individual they're forced to be creative 182 00:13:35,856 --> 00:13:38,316 because that's where reggae music born... Trench Town. 183 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,485 ( Reggae music playing ) 184 00:13:50,704 --> 00:13:54,207 ♪ Dread, natty dread now ♪ 185 00:13:54,375 --> 00:13:56,334 ♪ Natty dread ♪ 186 00:13:56,502 --> 00:13:59,712 ♪ Dreadlock Congo Bongo l ♪ 187 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,548 ♪ Natty dread ♪ 188 00:14:01,715 --> 00:14:03,299 ♪ Natty dreadlock... ♪ 189 00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:05,385 McDonald: In Trench Town you have First Street 190 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:07,011 all the way up to 13th Street. 191 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:08,555 First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, 192 00:14:08,722 --> 00:14:10,223 and so on and so forth. 193 00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:12,183 Him sing about it in "Natty Dread." 194 00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:16,312 ♪ Then l walk up the First Street ♪ 195 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:17,814 ♪ Natty dread ♪ 196 00:14:17,982 --> 00:14:21,568 ♪ And then I walk up the Second Street to see ♪ 197 00:14:21,735 --> 00:14:23,069 ♪ Natty dread... ♪ 198 00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:24,946 ( Bob speaking ) 199 00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:39,252 He was different, man. He was different. 200 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:42,171 He just loved music. 201 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:46,134 Music and cricket and football. 202 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:50,054 - ♪ Natty Congo l ♪ - ♪ Natty dread ♪ 203 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:53,933 - ♪ Oh... ♪ - ( Women vocalizing ) 204 00:14:54,101 --> 00:14:55,894 Booker: One day he just come home and give me the books 205 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:58,146 and say, "I'm not going back to school." 206 00:14:58,314 --> 00:15:02,984 And him say he have a friend that he can give these books to. 207 00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:05,486 And he did that, and then he turned to his music. 208 00:15:05,654 --> 00:15:07,989 ♪ I'm a rebel ♪ 209 00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:12,535 ♪ Soul rebel ♪ 210 00:15:14,622 --> 00:15:16,998 ♪ I'm a capturer... ♪ 211 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:18,625 That's right. 212 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,252 ♪ Soul adventurer... ♪ 213 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,463 Say I'm an adventurer. 214 00:15:23,631 --> 00:15:25,298 ♪ I'm a rebel... ♪ 215 00:15:25,466 --> 00:15:27,800 I can't really hear you. 216 00:15:27,968 --> 00:15:30,136 ♪ Soul rebel. ♪ 217 00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:34,098 Livingston: Robert keep pounding, keep pounding, keep pounding, 218 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:37,310 telling me that this is what it should be, and... 219 00:15:37,478 --> 00:15:39,687 and I'm saying, "No, I'm gonna get ready to go to college." 220 00:15:39,855 --> 00:15:41,981 I can't be no music." He say, "No, it's music." 221 00:15:42,149 --> 00:15:44,984 lnterviewer: When did you begin to get involved in music? 222 00:15:45,152 --> 00:15:46,945 Well, I was always interested in music, 223 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:48,988 but at that time, l was learning a trade, you know, 224 00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:52,325 and meet up some guys who can sing. 225 00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:55,578 One named Desmond Dekker. 226 00:15:55,746 --> 00:16:00,500 Desmond Dekker and Bob used to work as welders 227 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:02,710 at the same place. 228 00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:06,255 Desmond Dekker came down, and I auditioned him, 229 00:16:06,423 --> 00:16:09,258 and we recorded his song. 230 00:16:09,426 --> 00:16:11,344 Livingston: And after he did that song, 231 00:16:11,512 --> 00:16:13,930 Robert wanted now to record. 232 00:16:14,098 --> 00:16:15,807 So Desmond take him to Beverley's. 233 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:18,434 And he went away and recorded a song 234 00:16:18,602 --> 00:16:23,314 to prove to me that if he could record a song, l could. 235 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:28,403 ♪ Don't you look at me so smug now ♪ 236 00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:32,365 ♪ And say I'm going bad ♪ 237 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:35,785 ♪ Who are you to judge me ♪ 238 00:16:35,953 --> 00:16:39,122 ♪ And the life that I live? ♪ 239 00:16:39,289 --> 00:16:43,668 I noticed his use of words in the songs. 240 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:46,713 "Judge Not"... it was a revolutionary song 241 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,259 defending his rights as an individual. 242 00:16:51,427 --> 00:16:55,680 It occurred to me, "Wow, this guy's really a good poet." 243 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,932 ♪ Judge not ♪ 244 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,351 ♪ Before you judge yourself... ♪ 245 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:02,395 Cliff: After the recording, 246 00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:04,564 Leslie Kong wanted to change Bob's name 247 00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:08,568 because Robert Marley didn't sound so catchy and easy. 248 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:13,823 So he wanted to call Bob Adam... Adam Marley. 249 00:17:13,991 --> 00:17:17,160 ( Chuckles ) Bob wouldn't have it. 250 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,915 Livingston: He realizes that a group 251 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:24,709 would be maybe the appropriate thing 252 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:28,087 other than being individual, solo artists. 253 00:17:28,255 --> 00:17:29,464 We used to listen to groups like. 254 00:17:29,631 --> 00:17:31,966 Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers, 255 00:17:32,134 --> 00:17:34,385 The Drifters, The Platters. 256 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:38,306 So there was a recruitment process taking place. 257 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:42,602 Myself and Robert started to put the group together. 258 00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:46,230 And then here comes this tall, dark, 259 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:49,025 as they would say, handsome dude named Peter, 260 00:17:49,193 --> 00:17:51,444 and he has this guitar knowledge. 261 00:17:51,612 --> 00:17:54,864 And from Robert, you hear Robert say, "Play guitar? You serious?" 262 00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:56,699 So he goes, "Give me the guitar right away." 263 00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:58,201 So it's four-string steel, 264 00:17:58,368 --> 00:18:01,329 but Peter tune the four-string, 265 00:18:01,497 --> 00:18:03,081 and it's just like that. 266 00:18:05,626 --> 00:18:07,210 McDonald: And First Street is a music street. 267 00:18:07,377 --> 00:18:10,922 We had three or four places on First Street that we rehearse, 268 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,466 and there we were rehearsing like every day. 269 00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:16,761 At the time, it was Bob, Peter, Bunny. 270 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:20,056 Livingston: We used to call ourselves "Juveniles," 271 00:18:20,224 --> 00:18:21,557 "Brothers in the Ghetto." 272 00:18:21,725 --> 00:18:23,643 Where we used to go to rehearse, they'd say, 273 00:18:23,811 --> 00:18:26,771 "You come from a wailing environment where people always bawling. 274 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:29,315 And, well, you should be named the Wailers." 275 00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:33,277 ♪ This train, it is bound to glory ♪ 276 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:37,657 ♪ This train ♪ 277 00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:43,162 ♪ This train is bound to glory ♪ 278 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:47,458 ♪ This train ♪ 279 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:54,006 ♪ This train is bound to glory ♪ 280 00:18:54,174 --> 00:18:56,008 ♪ This train don't carry... ♪ 281 00:18:56,176 --> 00:18:58,511 As far as the Wailers' harmony 282 00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:02,348 and the building of the Wailers musically, 283 00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:06,561 Joe Higgs is the responsible person. 284 00:19:06,728 --> 00:19:08,312 Having his own career, 285 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:12,650 he decided to take the group up as a project. 286 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,762 ( Thunder rumbling ) 287 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:44,390 Livingston: His policy was that great stars 288 00:19:44,558 --> 00:19:46,934 sometimes get messed up when they get afraid, 289 00:19:47,102 --> 00:19:49,687 you know, when they get nervous onstage. 290 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:53,524 So he said that if we went to the cemetery 291 00:19:53,692 --> 00:19:55,735 at, say, 2:00 in the morning 292 00:19:55,903 --> 00:19:58,029 and sang for those people, 293 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:01,574 then we can't be afraid when we hit the stage. 294 00:20:01,742 --> 00:20:05,661 And we went with Joe, sat on the graves, played. 295 00:20:05,829 --> 00:20:09,707 Several times we do it until he thought we were brave enough now. 296 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:12,084 ( Chuckling ) 297 00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:14,420 ( ska music playing ) 298 00:20:16,757 --> 00:20:20,301 ♪ Gather together, be brothers and sisters ♪ 299 00:20:20,469 --> 00:20:23,471 - ♪ We're independent ♪ - ♪ We're independent... ♪ 300 00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:25,765 Clive Chin: Just about the time of the independence, 301 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:29,143 the Jamaican musicians wanted to have a music 302 00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:31,437 that they can call Jamaican music. 303 00:20:31,605 --> 00:20:33,856 Well, Jamaica came up with a unique rhythm. 304 00:20:34,024 --> 00:20:36,108 I don't think it was deliberately done. 305 00:20:36,276 --> 00:20:37,944 I think it was an attempt to play something, 306 00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:40,029 and it came out that way. 307 00:20:40,197 --> 00:20:43,157 It became known as reggae, but it started off as ska, 308 00:20:43,325 --> 00:20:45,534 which was putting all the accent 309 00:20:45,702 --> 00:20:48,746 on a different beat than what is normally where the accent is. 310 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,540 It would be on the off beat instead of the on beat. 311 00:20:51,708 --> 00:20:55,086 ( Ska music playing ) 312 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:59,298 Cliff: Ska developed out of American music that we were exposed to 313 00:20:59,466 --> 00:21:02,385 on top of our Jamaican indigenous music, 314 00:21:02,552 --> 00:21:07,181 such as mento, calypso, Kumina. 315 00:21:07,349 --> 00:21:09,141 ♪ Simmer down ♪ 316 00:21:09,309 --> 00:21:10,768 ♪ You lickin' too hot ♪ 317 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,979 ♪ So simmer down ♪ 318 00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:14,480 ♪ Soon you'll get dropped... ♪ 319 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:19,402 We were at a bar one evening and one of the guys, 320 00:21:19,569 --> 00:21:21,821 them says to us, "Listen to this group." 321 00:21:21,989 --> 00:21:23,906 And they punched the jukebox 322 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:27,827 and the song was called "Simmer Down." 323 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:30,788 And no more other tune play on that box 324 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,373 the whole time we were there 325 00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:34,208 but "Simmer Down," I tell you. 326 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:38,337 - ♪ Oh, simmer down ♪ - ♪ Oh, control your temper ♪ 327 00:21:38,505 --> 00:21:41,841 - ♪ Simmer down ♪ - ♪ For the battle will be hotter... ♪ 328 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:45,094 Livingston: "Simmer Down" went straight into the number-one position, 329 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:47,221 and the Wailers were launched. 330 00:21:47,389 --> 00:21:49,932 ♪ Oh, that I'm leaving you today ♪ 331 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,101 ♪ Simmer down... ♪ 332 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:55,813 Interviewer: What was it like working at Studio 1, 333 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:57,231 where you started, in those days? 334 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:58,691 Bob: Yeah, it was good, you know, 335 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:01,736 'cause my first experience within music, 336 00:22:01,903 --> 00:22:03,654 working with some good musicians 337 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:05,698 and trying to get the harmonies and everything... 338 00:22:05,866 --> 00:22:07,408 - it was great. - Interviewer: l heard you actually... 339 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:09,285 you personally lived in the studio. 340 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:10,870 ( Bob laughs ) Sometime. 341 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:12,788 Interviewer: Coxsone made you a room out the back. 342 00:22:12,956 --> 00:22:14,749 ( Bob chuckling ) Yes. 343 00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:17,877 McDonald: Well, Coxsone was a smart guy 344 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:21,255 in that he has an ear for music, good music. 345 00:22:21,423 --> 00:22:23,090 He might not have been an instrument player. 346 00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:25,509 He might not even know if the guitar is tuned, 347 00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:28,971 but he knows when the sound is right. 348 00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:31,182 He has his own program on the radio, 349 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:32,725 his own record shop. 350 00:22:32,893 --> 00:22:35,686 Has his own sound system, has his own studio. 351 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:37,396 So he's obviously a leader. 352 00:22:37,564 --> 00:22:39,440 Coxsone was like a father to us, you know, 353 00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:40,900 to be honest with you. 354 00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:42,401 Coxsone was like a father to us. 355 00:22:42,569 --> 00:22:44,570 He cared for us. 356 00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:50,743 Sibley: Coxsone gave Robbie a little room 357 00:22:50,911 --> 00:22:52,912 around the back of the premises. 358 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,914 I didn't have anywhere to live neither. 359 00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:57,666 So Robbie and me lived there. Both of us lived there. 360 00:22:57,834 --> 00:23:00,544 So we became intimate, good friends. 361 00:23:00,712 --> 00:23:03,005 He gave Robbie a record player 362 00:23:03,173 --> 00:23:06,300 and a lot of foreign records. 363 00:23:06,468 --> 00:23:08,886 Robbie was a fanatic in listening to these people 364 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:11,555 because he was a serious, focused man, 365 00:23:11,723 --> 00:23:13,808 even as a youth. 366 00:23:13,975 --> 00:23:19,438 Jamaican music developed from what we call do-overs, 367 00:23:19,606 --> 00:23:22,608 a version of somebody's song in America. 368 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:25,986 ♪ Each night l ask ♪ 369 00:23:26,154 --> 00:23:29,865 ♪ The stars up above ♪ 370 00:23:30,033 --> 00:23:35,830 ♪ Why must l be a teenager in love? ♪ 371 00:23:35,997 --> 00:23:39,458 ♪ Put me in your milling machine ♪ 372 00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:43,546 ♪ I never thought you could act so mean ♪ 373 00:23:43,713 --> 00:23:47,716 ♪ Now I'm wondering what to do ♪ 374 00:23:47,884 --> 00:23:51,679 ♪ To see if you could love me, too... ♪ 375 00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:54,974 McDonald: Bob Marley had a good sound 'cause he's singing lead 376 00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:56,475 and the harmony was tight. 377 00:23:56,643 --> 00:24:00,312 The harmony Bunny carried, and Peter was fantastic. 378 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:06,652 ♪ Why must l be a teenager ♪ 379 00:24:06,820 --> 00:24:09,238 ♪ In love? ♪ 380 00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:13,701 Rita: Peter and Bunny was the most vocal one to say hi, 381 00:24:13,869 --> 00:24:18,330 but Bob was very reserved and just look. 382 00:24:18,498 --> 00:24:20,249 As you would say, just "cotch and look." 383 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,335 Andy: Well, as much as there was 384 00:24:23,503 --> 00:24:25,671 this obvious love and admiration 385 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:27,798 for each other and of each other, 386 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:30,801 there was always a deep, underlying tension 387 00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:34,263 that none would be a "yes man" to the other. 388 00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:39,518 I think the music was the glue that held them together. 389 00:24:39,686 --> 00:24:49,820 ♪ Feel them spirit ♪ 390 00:24:51,031 --> 00:24:57,369 ♪ Lord, l thank you ♪ 391 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:01,874 ♪ I'm gonna put it on ♪ 392 00:25:02,042 --> 00:25:03,626 ♪ I'm gonna put it on... ♪ 393 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:15,721 By then he was admiring me. 394 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:21,435 I got a letter from Bunny, bringing a letter. 395 00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:25,231 It was him sending his letter through his friend, not by himself. 396 00:25:25,398 --> 00:25:29,068 And to say, yes, he likes me and want to talk to me. 397 00:25:29,236 --> 00:25:31,153 I say, "Come over and talk." 398 00:25:31,321 --> 00:25:34,198 And he would stay on the other side of the road and... 399 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:37,826 he was very shy. He was very shy. He was a shy guy. 400 00:25:37,994 --> 00:25:43,415 ♪ I'll play your favorite song, darling... ♪ 401 00:25:43,583 --> 00:25:45,167 Rita: He had a seriousness, 402 00:25:45,335 --> 00:25:48,963 and he was one that you could say was reaching out for love. 403 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:53,259 ( Sibley speaking ) 404 00:25:56,930 --> 00:25:59,640 l didn't think l liked brown-skin men. 405 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:04,603 L always dream of a guy... tall, black, handsome. 406 00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:08,315 Every young girl's dream in Jamaica is to have a tall, black boyfriend. 407 00:26:10,151 --> 00:26:12,027 They would call Bob an outcast 408 00:26:12,195 --> 00:26:14,613 because he really don't belong to no... you're in between. 409 00:26:14,781 --> 00:26:16,156 You're black and white, so they're... 410 00:26:16,324 --> 00:26:17,825 ( tsks ) "You're not even black." 411 00:26:19,619 --> 00:26:21,870 Danny Sims: I think he always felt like an outsider 412 00:26:22,038 --> 00:26:24,373 because he was a half-breed. 413 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:27,126 And when Mortimer Planno took him in, 414 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:30,713 well, that automatically gave him acceptance. 415 00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:35,509 Sibley: Mortimer Planno was a Rasta spiritual leader 416 00:26:35,677 --> 00:26:37,469 who taught Bob. 417 00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:39,179 Danny: He was like a preacher. 418 00:26:39,347 --> 00:26:43,142 He preached Rastafarianism and he had a following. 419 00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:47,938 ( Singing ) 420 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:51,317 Danny: He hooked up with Bob as a young boy. 421 00:26:51,484 --> 00:26:53,694 I think that they gelled together. 422 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:56,739 - Interviewer: Bob looked up to him? - Oh, yes. 423 00:26:57,741 --> 00:27:00,159 ( Sibley speaking ) 424 00:27:25,435 --> 00:27:27,311 Allan "Skill" Cole: The Rastafarian were the only 425 00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:30,898 true Afrocentric black people 426 00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:34,276 who preached self-reliance, who preached self-confidence. 427 00:27:35,862 --> 00:27:38,447 McDonald: But we interpret the Bible a different way. 428 00:27:38,615 --> 00:27:40,658 Most of these places that they're telling you about 429 00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:42,242 in the Bible is in Africa. 430 00:27:42,410 --> 00:27:44,912 The Garden of Eden is in Africa. 431 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,123 The teaching that we get from the elders, then, 432 00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:51,794 is that we always have to look to a black man as God 433 00:27:51,961 --> 00:27:55,631 for we, somebody that we can identiry with. 434 00:27:56,633 --> 00:27:58,550 ( Bob speaking ) 435 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:17,236 McDonald: Emperor Haile Selassie l 436 00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:21,073 is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. 437 00:28:21,241 --> 00:28:24,827 He is our God, Rasta God. 438 00:28:24,994 --> 00:28:28,914 Rasta said the purpose of life is to be happy. 439 00:28:29,082 --> 00:28:31,583 Everybody's supposed to be happy 440 00:28:31,751 --> 00:28:34,420 and live in peace, love and unity. 441 00:28:34,587 --> 00:28:36,088 Yeah, man. 442 00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:40,884 I think when him start take it serious now as a Rastaman 443 00:28:41,052 --> 00:28:44,221 was when him start growing dreadlocks. 444 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:47,266 Cindy Breakspeare: Locks meant that you were a Rastafarian 445 00:28:47,434 --> 00:28:49,727 and you've taken a vow... Nazarite vow... 446 00:28:49,894 --> 00:28:52,271 not to cut or comb your hair for a certain length of time, 447 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:55,774 and it has a significance and is not to be taken lightly. 448 00:28:55,942 --> 00:28:57,943 How important are the dreadlocks? 449 00:28:58,111 --> 00:28:59,445 This? This is my identity, man. 450 00:28:59,612 --> 00:29:01,530 Is that part of being a Rasta? 451 00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:03,282 Yeah, this is my identity. 452 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:07,578 Then you go through all the various rules 453 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,913 for living as set out by the Bible... 454 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:13,751 how you eat, how you live, how you treat other people. 455 00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:16,795 And he believed that if you practice these things, 456 00:29:16,963 --> 00:29:18,380 well, life will be better... 457 00:29:18,548 --> 00:29:20,632 not only for you, but for everyone else. 458 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:34,188 ♪ Got to have kaya now ♪ 459 00:29:34,355 --> 00:29:37,399 ♪ For the rain is falling... ♪ 460 00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:39,860 Reporter: Marijuana is illegal in Jamaica, 461 00:29:40,028 --> 00:29:43,614 but the Rastas say they smoke it because the Bible tells them to. 462 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:48,494 The "Book of Revelation" says to "partake of the herb." 463 00:29:48,661 --> 00:29:51,622 The herb was like a sacramental food to us. 464 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:56,376 We take it for reasons, not just to get high. 465 00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:59,671 It put us in a holy, peaceful, happy, 466 00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:02,424 inspirational mood. 467 00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:04,968 Interviewer: Were you born as a Rasta? 468 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:07,846 When I was born, you know, and growing, 469 00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:12,017 there was a certain amount of consciousness 470 00:30:12,185 --> 00:30:14,144 in the higher self 471 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:16,688 that, you know, 472 00:30:16,856 --> 00:30:18,398 it was always a lonely world, 473 00:30:18,566 --> 00:30:23,403 not finding people who might think like me, you know? 474 00:30:23,571 --> 00:30:25,739 So off I'm going, I'm going on, 475 00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:28,700 I come to Kingston, meet some more people. 476 00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:30,494 Them people is Rasta. 477 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:34,540 It's after that l find out it's the same thing l have inside. 478 00:30:34,707 --> 00:30:35,958 It's the same thing. 479 00:30:36,125 --> 00:30:37,835 How old were you when this started to happen? 480 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:41,421 - This is about 17, 18, you know? - Ah. 481 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:45,759 I think in the belief or knowledge 482 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:51,723 of Haile Selassie, Bob found his real father... 483 00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:55,102 which he had never really knew. 484 00:30:55,270 --> 00:30:57,187 I think he saw himself now. 485 00:30:57,355 --> 00:30:59,273 This is where he found himself, yes. 486 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,067 No more about being half white or half black. 487 00:31:02,235 --> 00:31:04,778 It's just one... one love. 488 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:08,448 ♪ One love, one heart ♪ 489 00:31:08,616 --> 00:31:13,078 ♪ Let's join together and l'll feel all right ♪ 490 00:31:13,246 --> 00:31:16,582 - ♪ One love, one heart ♪ - ♪ O Lord, have mercy ♪ 491 00:31:16,749 --> 00:31:20,586 ♪ Let's join together and l will feel all right... ♪ 492 00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:24,256 Reporter: Undaunted by the driving rain, a sea of faces awaited 493 00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:27,259 at the Palisadoes Airport the arrival of a living legend. 494 00:31:27,427 --> 00:31:30,012 For some, he was the King of Kings, 495 00:31:30,179 --> 00:31:32,890 the Lion of Judah... even a god. 496 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:35,475 Members of a local cult, the Rastafarians, 497 00:31:35,643 --> 00:31:37,436 who worship this figure as a deity, 498 00:31:37,604 --> 00:31:39,897 were present in full force. 499 00:31:43,651 --> 00:31:46,278 His lmperial Majesty, Haile Selassie l, 500 00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:48,780 Emperor of Ethiopia, arrived. 501 00:31:48,948 --> 00:31:50,949 Edward Seaga: When the plane landed, 502 00:31:51,117 --> 00:31:53,660 thousands ran out and surrounded the plane, 503 00:31:53,828 --> 00:31:55,871 some of them smoking. 504 00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:57,623 Our police were powerless. 505 00:31:57,790 --> 00:32:00,792 And Selassie came to the door of the plane, l remember, 506 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,962 and after about 20 minutes... and he just looked 507 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:05,839 and he went back in. ( chuckles ) 508 00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:08,967 It took a long time to get him off the plane. 509 00:32:09,135 --> 00:32:12,429 Rita: So he came off the plane and he greet. 510 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:15,307 And l say... l say, "Wait, but this is a little man." 511 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:17,184 There is this little man they say is God. 512 00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:19,394 "Them crazy." 513 00:32:19,562 --> 00:32:23,190 Patterson: l sit there on my bicycle, waiting on him. 514 00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:25,984 And when him come up, he look right in my face. 515 00:32:26,152 --> 00:32:29,696 It was like him look into everybody face, 516 00:32:29,864 --> 00:32:32,783 but he look upon everyone. 517 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,493 I remember l see that. 518 00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:37,204 Rita: And he just turn his head around 519 00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:39,414 and he was looking straight at me. 520 00:32:39,582 --> 00:32:42,084 And he did like this. 521 00:32:42,251 --> 00:32:44,670 Then l look and l look, and l saw his hand, 522 00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:47,839 and l saw a mark on his hand. 523 00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:50,467 And believe me, my brother, 524 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,761 when l saw that, l went crazy. 525 00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:55,555 I run all the way back to Trench Town. 526 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:59,476 ♪ Take your troubles ♪ 527 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:04,606 ♪ To Selassie... ♪ 528 00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:09,027 ( Women vocalizing ) 529 00:33:13,408 --> 00:33:19,329 ♪ He is the only King of Kings ♪ 530 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:24,376 ♪ He's the King of Kings ♪ 531 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:31,008 ♪ King of Kings, Selassie ♪ 532 00:33:31,175 --> 00:33:33,385 Chin: The deeper Bob got into the faith, 533 00:33:33,553 --> 00:33:35,220 the Rastafarian faith, 534 00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:39,725 the more his music became entwined. 535 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:45,063 He was very into the social commentary side of the music. 536 00:33:45,231 --> 00:33:48,442 Mr. Dodd didn't like that because it wasn't commercial enough. 537 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:50,235 So he was a little frustrated 538 00:33:50,403 --> 00:33:51,737 because he couldn't do the music 539 00:33:51,904 --> 00:33:54,072 the way he really wanted it to be done. 540 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:59,244 Livingston: And also at that time, money was a problem. 541 00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:03,957 Coxsone wasn't the kind of person at the time to argue money with, 542 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:06,293 unless you were willing to go to war. 543 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:09,296 McDonald: When you go and ask him for your money, 544 00:34:09,464 --> 00:34:12,466 he usually like to bring off some bad boy style 545 00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:14,926 'cause he has his thugs around him. 546 00:34:15,094 --> 00:34:17,929 You know what l mean? Enforcer type of guys. 547 00:34:18,097 --> 00:34:20,640 Lt was traditional in those days 548 00:34:20,808 --> 00:34:24,811 that artists who recorded never made money 549 00:34:24,979 --> 00:34:27,814 because the record company who collected the money 550 00:34:27,982 --> 00:34:29,608 never gave the artist any money. 551 00:34:29,776 --> 00:34:31,777 Yeah, we got paid like minimum wage. 552 00:34:31,944 --> 00:34:35,280 Three pounds a week, that's it, each. 553 00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:36,948 You couldn't live off it. 554 00:34:37,116 --> 00:34:39,326 - Interviewer: Could Bob live off it? - Nah, man. 555 00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:42,829 That's why Bob had to leave and start doing his own thing. 556 00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:46,792 Livingston: So Robert left the group to go to Delaware, 557 00:34:46,959 --> 00:34:50,253 to the United States, to migrate. 558 00:34:52,548 --> 00:34:55,967 ( Sibley speaking ) 559 00:34:59,806 --> 00:35:02,682 ♪ Gotta hold on to this feeling we got ♪ 560 00:35:02,850 --> 00:35:05,143 ♪ We gonna blow, blow, blow ♪ 561 00:35:05,311 --> 00:35:08,313 ♪ 'Cause we love, love, love you now... ♪ 562 00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:13,151 Yeah, well, that was a marriage that l wasn't invited to, nor Peter. 563 00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:16,571 But because he's our brother, we lived with it. 564 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:20,867 Rita: We got married, like, on the 11th, 565 00:35:21,035 --> 00:35:23,995 and he left on the 12th of February. 566 00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:25,831 ♪ Na na na na na ♪ 567 00:35:25,998 --> 00:35:30,377 ♪ Na na na na ♪ 568 00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:35,090 ♪ Run for cover ♪ 569 00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:38,260 - ♪ Rain is taking over... ♪ - ( Barking ) 570 00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:41,096 ♪ Taking over... ♪ 571 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:43,223 Woman: He came here... his mother wants him here. 572 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:46,518 Bob loved his mother. 573 00:35:46,686 --> 00:35:50,730 Rita: He got a job at the du Pont Hotel vacuuming the floor. 574 00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:53,525 Then he got a job at Chrysler. 575 00:35:53,693 --> 00:35:56,403 When he was working there, he used to... 576 00:35:56,571 --> 00:35:59,698 l think he used to drive one of the forklift. 577 00:35:59,866 --> 00:36:02,033 I think he have a song out of that... 578 00:36:02,201 --> 00:36:04,536 driving the forklift all night. 579 00:36:04,704 --> 00:36:07,330 ♪ I'm working all night ♪ 580 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:09,875 ♪ Got to be all right ♪ 581 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:12,961 ♪ See, l work for my bread ♪ 582 00:36:13,129 --> 00:36:14,796 ♪ All right ♪ 583 00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:16,715 - ♪ Night and day ♪ - ♪ AII night ♪ 584 00:36:16,883 --> 00:36:18,383 ♪ Work for my pay ♪ 585 00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:21,761 - ♪ AII right ♪ - ♪ Night and day ♪ 586 00:36:21,929 --> 00:36:30,729 ♪ No, no, no, no, no, no ♪ 587 00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:34,107 - ♪ Can you feel it? ♪ - ♪ No, no, no, no, no, no... ♪ 588 00:36:34,275 --> 00:36:36,693 Well, he was just very humble, very loving, 589 00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:39,738 and he was very quiet, really. 590 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:41,740 Interviewer: Was he smoking a lot of ganja then? 591 00:36:41,908 --> 00:36:45,410 Ibis Pitts: Yeah, he was growing it, too, man, in his backyard. 592 00:36:45,578 --> 00:36:48,580 And he had a row of herb plants, 593 00:36:48,748 --> 00:36:51,666 l mean towering in the air, and l couldn't believe it. 594 00:36:51,834 --> 00:36:54,294 'Cause at that time in Wilmington, Delaware, man, 595 00:36:54,462 --> 00:36:58,048 they were kicking people's doors in for a little joint. 596 00:36:58,216 --> 00:37:00,091 I used to go up to his house and we'd go in the basement. 597 00:37:00,259 --> 00:37:03,470 He'd play his guitar and l would play my congas. I played congas. 598 00:37:03,638 --> 00:37:04,804 And we would just jam. 599 00:37:04,972 --> 00:37:06,973 And l didn't really realize he was such a great musician. 600 00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:11,061 Rita: But he never gave up music, 601 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,897 'cause his mommy, she would write me to say, 602 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:17,317 "All Nesta does is stay in the basement 603 00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:19,444 and play his guitar." 604 00:37:20,613 --> 00:37:21,947 Bob: Well, l couldn't stand it 605 00:37:22,114 --> 00:37:24,491 because l wasn't doing what I wanted to do. 606 00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:27,702 So I went back to Jamaica, where l must get more freedom. 607 00:37:27,870 --> 00:37:30,538 ♪ Bend down low ♪ 608 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:35,460 ♪ Let me tell you what l know, yeah ♪ 609 00:37:37,296 --> 00:37:39,881 ♪ Bend down low... ♪ 610 00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:44,761 Livingston: When Robbie came back from the US, 611 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:48,640 we decided to start our own independent label: 612 00:37:48,808 --> 00:37:50,475 "Wail'n Soul I'm." 613 00:37:50,643 --> 00:37:54,813 So we went in and did "Bend Down Low." 614 00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,148 "Bend Down Low" was a number one. 615 00:37:57,316 --> 00:37:59,943 We started to build our own economy. 616 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:03,822 We used to ride with our bicycles and distribute the records to jukeboxes, 617 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:07,701 sound systems, record stores, with our bicycles. 618 00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:10,537 The Wailers' music dominated the dance halls, 619 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:16,418 but it was hardly played on our Jamaican radio stations. 620 00:38:16,585 --> 00:38:19,504 Cole: ln the music business, they were just prejudiced. 621 00:38:19,672 --> 00:38:21,506 The first problem is being a Rasta. 622 00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:25,176 And the next problem is that you're not with the big companies. 623 00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:27,345 So that's a... that's a heavy load to carry. 624 00:38:27,513 --> 00:38:30,265 These disc jockeys, when they went on air, 625 00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:32,100 they had their own program sometime. 626 00:38:32,268 --> 00:38:34,269 They had their own sorts of records from these... 627 00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:37,480 these different companies that they would have to play. 628 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:39,399 Sometimes we were not included. 629 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:41,401 So to be included in that, 630 00:38:41,569 --> 00:38:43,903 we had to get real tough sometimes. 631 00:38:44,071 --> 00:38:47,782 - I used to drive Bob with Skill Cole... - Yeah. 632 00:38:47,950 --> 00:38:49,993 And Frowser and Tek-Life. 633 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:51,411 Do you remember them, 634 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:53,288 - these two little gangsters? - Yeah. 635 00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:55,665 ( Chuckling ) Right. Yeah. 636 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:58,126 I used to drive to the radio station, right? 637 00:38:58,294 --> 00:38:59,336 Right. 638 00:38:59,503 --> 00:39:01,588 And they'd leave me in the car, right? 639 00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:03,631 And they'd go in. Skill Cole had a baseball bat. 640 00:39:03,799 --> 00:39:05,383 You know they don't play baseball in Jamaica. 641 00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:07,385 I don't know where he got a baseball bat. 642 00:39:07,553 --> 00:39:09,763 - And Skill Cole was big... a big guy. - Yeah. 643 00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:11,556 Right? They'd go in the radio station. 644 00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:16,978 - They'd have me listen to the radio... - ( Both laughing ) 645 00:39:17,146 --> 00:39:19,356 to make sure that they were really playing the record. 646 00:39:19,523 --> 00:39:20,899 Right. 647 00:39:22,985 --> 00:39:26,196 Livingston: And then Coxsone, Studio 1, 648 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:30,325 Dualcreed, Trojan, and Prince Buster 649 00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:34,412 decide to form an organization called "The Big Tree." 650 00:39:34,580 --> 00:39:38,208 Then the Wailers pulled the ax. 651 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:42,253 ♪ If you are a big tree ♪ 652 00:39:42,421 --> 00:39:45,673 ♪ We are the small ax ♪ 653 00:39:45,841 --> 00:39:48,927 ♪ Sharpened to cut you down ♪ 654 00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:50,553 ♪ Well sharp ♪ 655 00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:52,472 ♪ To cut you down. ♪ 656 00:40:24,338 --> 00:40:28,299 Livingston: Lee Perry used to work with Coxsone. 657 00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:31,928 So when he started doing his independent business, 658 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:35,890 we admired him, because he follow our footstep out of Coxsone. 659 00:40:36,058 --> 00:40:39,519 - ( Reggae music playing ) - ♪ Shall fall in it, uh ♪ 660 00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:41,271 ♪ Fall in... ♪ 661 00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:43,148 Chin: My experience with Scratch is that, 662 00:40:43,315 --> 00:40:46,526 number one, he's a very innovative producer. 663 00:40:46,694 --> 00:40:48,153 Very creative. 664 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,322 I mean, to the point that it became an excitement 665 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,450 to see him come into the studio 666 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:55,034 with a half flask of white rum 667 00:40:55,202 --> 00:40:57,996 and sprinkle the four corners of the studio with it. 668 00:40:58,164 --> 00:40:59,539 Flash. 669 00:40:59,707 --> 00:41:02,125 And then he would go into his little... 670 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,003 you know, he would, like, dance. 671 00:41:05,171 --> 00:41:07,380 He didn't write music scores. He would say, you know, 672 00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:09,340 "Snap, why don't you play this?" You know? 673 00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:11,593 And he would just hop through the music, you know? 674 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,846 And they would follow him. 675 00:41:15,014 --> 00:41:17,599 I would believe that his early recordings with the Wailers 676 00:41:17,766 --> 00:41:20,185 were the best to my knowledge. 677 00:41:20,352 --> 00:41:23,688 Perry had a lot of influence on Bob's career. 678 00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:25,523 ♪ Well sharp ♪ 679 00:41:25,691 --> 00:41:28,902 ♪ To cut you down... ♪ 680 00:41:29,069 --> 00:41:32,030 ( Vocalizing ) 681 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:38,036 ♪ These are the words of my master... ♪ 682 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:40,205 ( Perry speaking ) 683 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:52,884 lnterviewer: Why do people like his music so much, though? 684 00:41:53,052 --> 00:41:54,719 ( Perry speaking ) 685 00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:00,225 ( laughs ) 686 00:42:36,929 --> 00:42:38,429 lt is mentioned often in the Bible 687 00:42:38,597 --> 00:42:42,767 that there shall be a music that all people of all global concerns 688 00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:45,436 shall play and dance and sing this music. 689 00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:47,355 It's in the Revelation. 690 00:42:47,523 --> 00:42:49,607 What other music could that be? 691 00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:53,027 Reggae. 692 00:42:53,195 --> 00:42:56,531 What really changed it to reggae 693 00:42:56,699 --> 00:42:59,284 was the riff actually with the guitar. 694 00:42:59,451 --> 00:43:01,953 It just basically a rhythm change 695 00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:04,414 in terms of what the guitar... 696 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:07,458 the guitar used to play like cha, cha, cha. 697 00:43:07,626 --> 00:43:11,546 And then it start playing chaka, chaka, chaka, chaka. 698 00:43:20,097 --> 00:43:23,349 ♪ Yes, my friend ♪ 699 00:43:25,686 --> 00:43:29,689 ♪ We're in the streets again... ♪ 700 00:43:29,857 --> 00:43:33,484 Sometimes some of these things happen out ofjust maybe an accident. 701 00:43:33,652 --> 00:43:36,738 Somebody was doing something and the producer went, "Hey, I like that." 702 00:43:36,905 --> 00:43:40,325 ♪ Can set me free again... ♪ 703 00:43:40,492 --> 00:43:42,410 Andy: Coxsone had bought a piece of equipment 704 00:43:42,578 --> 00:43:44,329 from the United States. 705 00:43:44,496 --> 00:43:48,124 And it was in the studio for a long time and no one knew what to do with it. 706 00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:49,917 They decided to hook it up. 707 00:43:50,085 --> 00:43:52,962 And when it was hooked up, they realized it was a tape delay. 708 00:43:53,130 --> 00:43:54,756 So when you make one strum, 709 00:43:54,923 --> 00:43:58,509 it comes back at you at the same time... chicka. 710 00:43:58,677 --> 00:44:01,512 And the other studios hear chicka, chicka, 711 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,182 and thought it was a guitar making more sounds. 712 00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:07,727 So reggae, to my mind, actually developed out of an illusion. 713 00:44:07,895 --> 00:44:10,104 ♪ I've got to reach Mount Zion ♪ 714 00:44:10,272 --> 00:44:12,732 ♪ So if you a bullbucka ♪ 715 00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:15,068 ♪ Let me tell you this ♪ 716 00:44:15,235 --> 00:44:20,031 ♪ I'm a duppy conqueror ♪ 717 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:21,532 ♪ Conqueror... ♪ 718 00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:24,160 Livingston: The beats are bam, bam, bam, bam. 719 00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:26,913 With reggae you got three beats out of four beats, 720 00:44:27,081 --> 00:44:28,665 and you imagine the next beat. 721 00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:31,042 Feel the next beat. That's reggae. 722 00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:33,628 Feel. Heartbeat. Feel. 723 00:44:33,796 --> 00:44:39,175 ( Rhythmic vocalizing ) 724 00:44:42,888 --> 00:44:45,598 Yeah. ( Chuckling ) 725 00:44:45,766 --> 00:44:48,059 Heartbeats. 726 00:44:48,227 --> 00:44:49,811 Real deal. 727 00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:55,525 The basic parts of the music were the drum and the bass 728 00:44:55,693 --> 00:45:00,071 because, you know, drums are the first instruments in music. 729 00:45:04,410 --> 00:45:07,412 So the drum is the heartbeat, 730 00:45:07,579 --> 00:45:09,914 and the bass, it is the backbone. 731 00:45:10,082 --> 00:45:12,792 David "Ziggy" Marley: Well, l think the drum and bass 732 00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,294 play a very important part in Bob music. 733 00:45:15,462 --> 00:45:18,256 It was, you know, "Family Man" and Carlton... two brothers... 734 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:20,591 they have their own style. 735 00:45:20,759 --> 00:45:22,468 ♪ Stir it up ♪ 736 00:45:24,596 --> 00:45:26,764 ♪ Little darlin' ♪ 737 00:45:26,932 --> 00:45:29,267 ♪ Stir it up ♪ 738 00:45:29,435 --> 00:45:31,436 ♪ Come on, baby... ♪ 739 00:45:31,603 --> 00:45:36,274 Barrett: Reggae is a concept of all different type of music. 740 00:45:36,442 --> 00:45:40,069 You got funk. You got rhythm and blues. 741 00:45:40,237 --> 00:45:42,488 You got soul. 742 00:45:42,656 --> 00:45:45,950 And then very jazzy when it's ready. 743 00:45:46,118 --> 00:45:49,704 ♪ It's been a long, long time ♪ 744 00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:55,293 ♪ Since l've got you on my mind ♪ 745 00:45:55,461 --> 00:45:58,004 ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoo, yeah ♪ 746 00:45:58,172 --> 00:46:01,007 ♪ And now you are here ♪ 747 00:46:01,175 --> 00:46:04,969 ♪ I say it's so clear ♪ 748 00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:08,473 ♪ To see what we could do, baby ♪ 749 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:13,561 ♪ Just me and you, come on and stir it up ♪ 750 00:46:15,731 --> 00:46:20,443 ♪ Little darlin', stir it up ♪ 751 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:23,446 ♪ Come on, baby ♪ 752 00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:26,449 ♪ Come on and stir it up ♪ 753 00:46:28,577 --> 00:46:32,872 ♪ Little darlin', stir it up ♪ 754 00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:35,541 ♪ Oh. ♪ 755 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,213 I was working with a company called National Dry Cleaners 756 00:46:40,380 --> 00:46:43,049 and l was in charge of a branch. 757 00:46:43,217 --> 00:46:46,052 And Rita came in one day with some clothes to... 758 00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:47,929 you know, to be dry-cleaned. 759 00:46:48,096 --> 00:46:51,474 She gave out the clothes and she said, "Rita Marley." 760 00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:53,810 So l was quite surprised, 761 00:46:53,977 --> 00:46:56,854 because, l mean, the only Marley l know was the white Marleys. 762 00:46:57,022 --> 00:46:58,773 I call them the white Marleys. 763 00:46:58,941 --> 00:47:02,109 And so I said, "Who is Marley?" 764 00:47:02,277 --> 00:47:04,737 She said, "Well, that's my husband." 765 00:47:04,905 --> 00:47:06,739 And l said, "Who is his father?" 766 00:47:06,907 --> 00:47:08,699 She said she don't know much about him, 767 00:47:08,867 --> 00:47:10,368 but she know they call him Captain Marley. 768 00:47:10,536 --> 00:47:12,495 And then l said, "That's my father." 769 00:47:15,082 --> 00:47:17,708 My mother used to work in a boardinghouse 770 00:47:17,876 --> 00:47:20,711 and my dad would stay there when he comes from... 771 00:47:20,879 --> 00:47:24,757 from sea or wherever he goes, and that's how she met him. 772 00:47:24,925 --> 00:47:27,760 Interviewer: And did they have a long relationship or was it very brief? 773 00:47:27,928 --> 00:47:30,763 I think it was very brief. 774 00:47:30,931 --> 00:47:33,808 My mother didn't really know what happened to him. 775 00:47:37,104 --> 00:47:40,064 McDonald: ln Jamaica, he used to have a big company, 776 00:47:40,232 --> 00:47:42,441 established company named Marley and Plant. 777 00:47:42,609 --> 00:47:45,027 They did construction, Marley and Plant. 778 00:47:45,195 --> 00:47:48,781 Most of the construction jobs in and around the country... 779 00:47:48,949 --> 00:47:51,784 that was the company who did it. 780 00:47:51,952 --> 00:47:54,495 And he always said those were his family. 781 00:47:54,663 --> 00:47:56,414 Yeah, l remember one time, I think, 782 00:47:56,582 --> 00:48:00,084 him go to them to try to borrow some money to buy a car, 783 00:48:00,252 --> 00:48:04,130 you know, so they can deliver the records. 784 00:48:04,298 --> 00:48:06,799 And the story goes, when he walked in the office, 785 00:48:06,967 --> 00:48:10,678 like the whole staff turned around 'cause he looked so much like them. 786 00:48:12,598 --> 00:48:14,807 They told us to go away. 787 00:48:14,975 --> 00:48:18,769 They know nothing about Norval having a baby. 788 00:48:18,937 --> 00:48:22,189 Knowing my father as I do... 789 00:48:22,357 --> 00:48:24,984 l don't know how strong the word "rejected" is, 790 00:48:25,152 --> 00:48:28,988 but he might have been rejected, for sure, 791 00:48:29,156 --> 00:48:32,199 because a different era 792 00:48:32,367 --> 00:48:34,201 and my father was a disciplinarian, 793 00:48:34,369 --> 00:48:37,204 and he was quite a stern man in his own way. 794 00:48:37,372 --> 00:48:42,251 In those days Rastafarians weren't as socially accepted as they are now. 795 00:48:44,171 --> 00:48:47,757 He said to me, "When all this happened, it gave me more strength" 796 00:48:47,925 --> 00:48:49,842 because l went to write a song." 797 00:48:50,010 --> 00:48:51,969 You know, write a song. I said, "What song?" 798 00:48:52,137 --> 00:48:53,763 He said, "Try to pick it up." 799 00:48:53,931 --> 00:48:55,056 He said, "The stone the builder refuse." 800 00:48:55,223 --> 00:48:56,974 I'm the stone. I'm the one." 801 00:48:57,142 --> 00:48:59,393 lnterviewer: l just wanted to play you a song 802 00:48:59,561 --> 00:49:01,604 which we were told, Bob, 803 00:49:01,772 --> 00:49:05,358 after he went to see your father and he felt rejected, 804 00:49:05,525 --> 00:49:07,568 he wrote this song about that experience. 805 00:49:07,736 --> 00:49:10,154 I'm just very curious to know what you think of it. 806 00:49:10,322 --> 00:49:11,864 Oh, really? I'd be interested... 807 00:49:12,032 --> 00:49:13,991 l'd be interested to hear it. 808 00:49:14,159 --> 00:49:17,119 ( Reggae music playing ) 809 00:49:25,963 --> 00:49:30,049 ♪ The stone that the builder refused ♪ 810 00:49:30,217 --> 00:49:33,552 ♪ Will always be the head cornerstone ♪ 811 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:35,888 ♪ Sing it, brother... ♪ 812 00:49:44,231 --> 00:49:46,524 Nice song. 813 00:49:46,692 --> 00:49:50,695 ♪ You're a builder, baby ♪ 814 00:49:50,862 --> 00:49:53,572 ♪ Here l am, a stone ♪ 815 00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:59,161 ♪ Don't you pick and refuse me ♪ 816 00:49:59,329 --> 00:50:01,747 ♪ 'Cause the things people refuse ♪ 817 00:50:01,915 --> 00:50:04,250 ♪ Are the things they should use ♪ 818 00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:06,544 ♪ Do you hear me? ♪ 819 00:50:06,712 --> 00:50:09,130 ♪ Hear what l say... ♪ 820 00:50:09,297 --> 00:50:10,631 I've heard this song before, 821 00:50:10,799 --> 00:50:13,718 but l've never placed any significance in it. 822 00:50:13,885 --> 00:50:18,264 But I can see where what you're saying could be so. 823 00:50:18,432 --> 00:50:20,266 Mm-hmm. 824 00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:23,561 - Am l allowed to talk? - Interviewer: Mm-hmm. 825 00:50:23,729 --> 00:50:27,064 Yeah, how true that is. 826 00:50:27,232 --> 00:50:32,445 'Cause Bob put the Marley name in the world, you know? 827 00:50:32,612 --> 00:50:34,864 He filled the world with the Marleys 828 00:50:35,032 --> 00:50:38,617 by all his music and his children's. 829 00:50:38,785 --> 00:50:42,455 And he now becomes the Marley. 830 00:50:42,622 --> 00:50:45,124 You know what l mean? He now becomes the Marley, 831 00:50:45,292 --> 00:50:47,293 and nobody knows what happened to the rest 832 00:50:47,461 --> 00:50:53,049 that used to be so adored and wonderful. 833 00:50:53,216 --> 00:50:55,843 They're in the background now, and he's in the forefront. 834 00:50:56,011 --> 00:51:00,389 Isn't that amazing? Yes. Yes. Truly. 835 00:51:02,309 --> 00:51:06,228 ♪ The stone that the builder refused ♪ 836 00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:10,274 ♪ Will always be the head cornerstone... ♪ 837 00:51:11,818 --> 00:51:14,528 Mowatt: l think what happened to him... that rejection... 838 00:51:14,696 --> 00:51:18,032 that is why he was able to reach the world. 839 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,327 And l think there are so many people out there that are hurting, 840 00:51:21,495 --> 00:51:24,538 so many people out there that have felt what l have been through, 841 00:51:24,706 --> 00:51:27,291 and l have a message 842 00:51:27,459 --> 00:51:30,419 that can bring change and transformation. 843 00:51:33,340 --> 00:51:35,341 ( Piano music playing ) 844 00:51:40,889 --> 00:51:59,323 ♪ No woman, no cry ♪ 845 00:51:59,491 --> 00:52:00,741 ♪ 'Cause, 'cause ♪ 846 00:52:00,909 --> 00:52:05,746 ♪ 'Cause l remember when we used to sit ♪ 847 00:52:05,914 --> 00:52:09,166 ♪ In the government yard in Trench Town ♪ 848 00:52:10,877 --> 00:52:15,506 ♪ Oba-observing the hypocrites, yeah ♪ 849 00:52:15,674 --> 00:52:20,219 ♪ Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah ♪ 850 00:52:20,387 --> 00:52:25,474 ♪ Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost ♪ 851 00:52:25,642 --> 00:52:29,979 ♪ Along the way, yeah ♪ 852 00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:34,817 ♪ In this great future you can't forget your past ♪ 853 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:39,655 ♪ So dry your tears, l say, yeah ♪ 854 00:52:39,823 --> 00:52:42,324 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 855 00:52:42,492 --> 00:52:44,577 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 856 00:52:44,744 --> 00:52:47,079 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 857 00:52:47,247 --> 00:52:49,498 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 858 00:52:49,666 --> 00:52:51,876 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 859 00:52:52,043 --> 00:52:54,170 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 860 00:52:54,337 --> 00:52:56,755 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 861 00:52:56,923 --> 00:52:59,466 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 862 00:52:59,634 --> 00:53:01,719 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 863 00:53:01,887 --> 00:53:04,138 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 864 00:53:04,306 --> 00:53:06,807 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 865 00:53:06,975 --> 00:53:09,059 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 866 00:53:09,227 --> 00:53:11,520 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ 867 00:53:11,688 --> 00:53:13,689 ♪ Everything's gonna be all right. ♪ 868 00:53:15,567 --> 00:53:17,860 ( Audience cheering ) 869 00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:20,905 ( band playing ) 870 00:53:21,072 --> 00:53:23,449 Blackwell: Somebody rang me and said, "Oh, by the way", 871 00:53:23,617 --> 00:53:25,451 Bob Marley and the Wailers are in London. 872 00:53:25,619 --> 00:53:26,952 "Would you like to meet them?" 873 00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,246 l was intrigued to meet them because, you know, 874 00:53:29,414 --> 00:53:31,707 you'd heard a lot about them by now. 875 00:53:35,795 --> 00:53:37,171 When they came in the office, 876 00:53:37,339 --> 00:53:39,381 they were just really impressive. 877 00:53:39,549 --> 00:53:42,468 Very charismatic. 878 00:53:42,636 --> 00:53:44,511 I just said to go make an album 879 00:53:44,679 --> 00:53:46,138 and asked them how much they thought. 880 00:53:46,306 --> 00:53:48,974 They told me, and l gave them the money to do that. 881 00:53:51,770 --> 00:53:54,480 We took 4,000 pounds and did the "Catch a Fire" album. 882 00:53:56,441 --> 00:53:58,734 Blackwell: l was trying to get across that this is a black rock act. 883 00:53:58,902 --> 00:54:00,694 That's how l wanted it to be perceived. 884 00:54:00,862 --> 00:54:03,489 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 885 00:54:03,657 --> 00:54:06,492 ♪ Stand up for your right ♪ 886 00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:09,620 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 887 00:54:09,788 --> 00:54:12,331 ♪ Stand up for your right ♪ 888 00:54:12,499 --> 00:54:14,833 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 889 00:54:15,001 --> 00:54:17,753 ♪ And don't give up the fight... ♪ 890 00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:25,761 Blackwell: My sense is that Bob was ready to give it a try 891 00:54:25,929 --> 00:54:28,138 and that the others weren't that keen. 892 00:54:31,184 --> 00:54:34,520 Cole: The frame of mind that Bob was in, he didn't mind it. 893 00:54:34,688 --> 00:54:37,022 He said, "I had to start somewhere." 894 00:54:37,190 --> 00:54:39,191 He always said it. "If you don't start somewhere", 895 00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:40,526 you're not gonna get nowhere." 896 00:54:40,694 --> 00:54:43,028 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 897 00:54:43,196 --> 00:54:46,490 ♪ Stand up for your right ♪ 898 00:54:46,658 --> 00:54:49,910 ♪ Get up, stand up... ♪ 899 00:54:50,078 --> 00:54:52,538 Chin: Bob wanted it to reach not just the Jamaicans... 900 00:54:52,706 --> 00:54:54,915 Bob wanted it to reach the American market. 901 00:54:55,083 --> 00:54:57,084 He wanted it to reach the European market. 902 00:54:57,252 --> 00:55:01,213 And in order to do that, you had to flavor it that way. 903 00:55:01,381 --> 00:55:03,924 ♪ Stand up for your right ♪ 904 00:55:04,092 --> 00:55:06,552 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 905 00:55:06,720 --> 00:55:08,595 ♪ And don't give up the fight. ♪ 906 00:55:15,395 --> 00:55:17,229 Ital. 907 00:55:17,397 --> 00:55:19,732 Irie. 908 00:55:21,276 --> 00:55:23,569 Blackwell: The first record is easily the most, 909 00:55:23,737 --> 00:55:25,696 for want of a better word, pasteurized. 910 00:55:25,864 --> 00:55:28,657 I added sort of different things into it. 911 00:55:28,825 --> 00:55:32,536 All those guitars and the keyboards are all overdubs. 912 00:55:42,672 --> 00:55:47,926 ♪ No sun will shine in my day today ♪ 913 00:55:48,970 --> 00:55:52,431 ♪ No sun will shine ♪ 914 00:55:52,599 --> 00:55:57,770 ♪ The high yellow moon won't come out to play ♪ 915 00:55:57,937 --> 00:56:00,606 ♪ Won't come out to play ♪ 916 00:56:00,774 --> 00:56:02,733 - ♪ I said ♪ - ♪ Darkness ♪ 917 00:56:02,901 --> 00:56:06,403 ♪ Darkness has covered my light ♪ 918 00:56:06,571 --> 00:56:07,613 ♪ And has changed ♪ 919 00:56:07,781 --> 00:56:12,951 ♪ And has changed my day into night, yeah ♪ 920 00:56:13,119 --> 00:56:18,791 ♪ Where is the love to be found? ♪ 921 00:56:18,958 --> 00:56:21,335 ♪ Won't someone tell me? 'Cause... ♪ 922 00:56:21,503 --> 00:56:23,837 Blackwell: I had no doubt that it would succeed. 923 00:56:24,005 --> 00:56:25,756 I had no doubt. 924 00:56:25,924 --> 00:56:28,175 The only thing that could stop it succeeding 925 00:56:28,343 --> 00:56:30,260 is if I couldn't get them to tour. 926 00:56:30,428 --> 00:56:31,845 That was my only fear. 927 00:56:32,013 --> 00:56:33,806 ♪ Concrete jungle ♪ 928 00:56:33,973 --> 00:56:37,768 ♪ I say, where the living is hardest... ♪ 929 00:56:37,936 --> 00:56:40,396 Cole: They went on this famous tour, 930 00:56:40,563 --> 00:56:43,107 and things went wrong, things went sour. 931 00:56:43,274 --> 00:56:47,152 We did a tour of England of the "Catch a Fire" album, 932 00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:50,697 but no one told us that it was a promotional tour 933 00:56:50,865 --> 00:56:53,826 so we wouldn't be getting any money. 934 00:56:53,993 --> 00:56:55,953 Cole: You're a top group in Jamaica now, 935 00:56:56,121 --> 00:56:58,497 and you probably think that going to England 936 00:56:58,665 --> 00:57:00,332 is going to be the same. 937 00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:02,084 Bob was more real 938 00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:05,170 'cause he said to me, "Eh, nobody know the Wailers." 939 00:57:05,338 --> 00:57:08,257 l think Bob recognized he needed to get out there and do it, 940 00:57:08,425 --> 00:57:10,592 and l think the others were not sure. 941 00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:12,886 It's like grassroots, you know? 942 00:57:13,054 --> 00:57:16,473 You're on a bus all night, schlepping up and down the motorway, 943 00:57:16,641 --> 00:57:18,392 eating terrible food. 944 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:20,561 You know, it's rough. 945 00:57:20,728 --> 00:57:23,105 In the case of Bunny, l think he just didn't want 946 00:57:23,273 --> 00:57:24,690 to be in the cold and the snow. 947 00:57:24,858 --> 00:57:27,693 He just... it just wasn't worth it to him. 948 00:57:31,156 --> 00:57:33,866 Danny: Bob wanted success. 949 00:57:34,033 --> 00:57:36,326 Bunny and Peter were more militant. 950 00:57:36,494 --> 00:57:38,871 People wanted to separate them 951 00:57:39,038 --> 00:57:43,333 because they didn't want to deal with Bunny and Peter. 952 00:57:43,501 --> 00:57:45,544 Interviewer: When you say people, do you mean Island Records? 953 00:57:45,712 --> 00:57:47,212 Of course. 954 00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:49,882 The American leg was next. 955 00:57:50,049 --> 00:57:53,343 So l said, "Are we going to get some money out of this leg?" 956 00:57:53,511 --> 00:57:58,474 Chris Blackwell said, "No, because you're going to be doing freak clubs." 957 00:57:58,641 --> 00:58:02,644 You know, a place where all kinds of immoral, mix-up, mix-up things... 958 00:58:02,812 --> 00:58:06,565 So l say, "Chris, you know that we are Rastas." 959 00:58:06,733 --> 00:58:10,152 Why are you exposing us to them kind of situations there?" 960 00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:13,572 "Well, if the Wailers don't do those clubs, they're nobody." 961 00:58:13,740 --> 00:58:17,910 So I said, "Yeah? So I'm not going on this tour." 962 00:58:18,077 --> 00:58:21,246 This leg, I'm coming off." 963 00:58:21,414 --> 00:58:23,415 And my brothers, l thought, would have done the same 964 00:58:23,583 --> 00:58:26,168 as the conversation affected them both, 965 00:58:26,336 --> 00:58:31,381 but l was left to look as if l was the only cold front. 966 00:58:31,549 --> 00:58:36,261 So l hold my position anyway and still hold my position. 967 00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:39,640 ( Livingston speaking ) 968 00:58:49,692 --> 00:58:54,071 ♪ Stop that train, I'm leaving ♪ 969 00:58:55,532 --> 00:59:00,285 ♪ Stop that train, I'm leaving... ♪ 970 00:59:01,788 --> 00:59:04,039 McDonald: Peter was a militant type of guy 971 00:59:04,207 --> 00:59:07,584 and l think he didn't like Chris Blackwell too much. 972 00:59:07,752 --> 00:59:10,963 He figured Chris Blackwell was ripping them off. 973 00:59:12,173 --> 00:59:14,508 Well, the time came about '74 974 00:59:14,676 --> 00:59:17,427 when we did two L.P.s with Chris "Whitewell." 975 00:59:17,595 --> 00:59:20,722 And the way he intend to handle us 976 00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:23,058 was like we were unprofessional 977 00:59:23,226 --> 00:59:27,062 or we were just beginners, which l did not appreciate. 978 00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:31,149 But after 12 years of being a background vocalist with the Wailers, 979 00:59:31,317 --> 00:59:33,986 l didn't get much access of saying 980 00:59:34,153 --> 00:59:36,363 or materializing what was in me. 981 00:59:36,531 --> 00:59:39,032 And that was totally depreciating my ability. 982 00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:44,413 So l left because l need recognition and respect. 983 00:59:55,091 --> 00:59:57,384 ( Birds chirping ) 984 01:00:01,681 --> 01:00:05,767 Ziggy: For us as his children, he wasn't like a lovey-dovey daddy 985 01:00:05,935 --> 01:00:08,478 or, you know, a daddy who would, you know... 986 01:00:08,646 --> 01:00:11,148 "Oh, be careful, son." ( Iaughs ) 987 01:00:13,401 --> 01:00:15,819 Him was a rough man. Him was rough, you know? 988 01:00:15,987 --> 01:00:17,654 Rough, rough, rough. 989 01:00:19,282 --> 01:00:21,283 ( Bob speaking ) 990 01:00:27,624 --> 01:00:28,999 Cedella Marley: We were always, like, active. 991 01:00:29,167 --> 01:00:30,417 You know, like, we're on the beach. 992 01:00:30,585 --> 01:00:33,503 We're running. We're racing each other. 993 01:00:33,671 --> 01:00:36,548 It was always about racing to see who could beat him. 994 01:00:36,716 --> 01:00:38,550 Ziggy: I mean, there was no letup in him. 995 01:00:38,718 --> 01:00:41,928 There was no, like, "lt's children. Let me run slow." 996 01:00:42,096 --> 01:00:45,057 ( whistles, laughs ) 997 01:00:45,224 --> 01:00:48,560 The fastest he could run against us, he'd run. 998 01:00:48,728 --> 01:00:50,395 And then he would find it hilarious, 999 01:00:50,563 --> 01:00:52,648 and we didn't find it so funny. 1000 01:00:54,484 --> 01:00:58,487 Yeah, nobody wanted their children around us. 1001 01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:04,076 "Nasty. Drug heads." 1002 01:01:04,243 --> 01:01:08,121 AII your parents do is smoke weed and play music. 1003 01:01:08,289 --> 01:01:11,708 "And therefore, my kid cannot play with you." 1004 01:01:11,876 --> 01:01:14,670 So it wasn't a positive thing. 1005 01:01:14,837 --> 01:01:17,506 I would have friends who... Iike, basically if they want to sleep over, 1006 01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:21,426 they would have to tell their parents they were sleeping somewhere else. 1007 01:01:21,594 --> 01:01:23,887 He said, "You don't need friends." 1008 01:01:24,055 --> 01:01:25,972 You have your brothers and your sisters. 1009 01:01:26,140 --> 01:01:29,601 And that's all you need. 1010 01:01:29,769 --> 01:01:31,895 "Don't ever think you'd need friends." 1011 01:01:33,648 --> 01:01:34,773 Garrick: I feel Bob worked through 1012 01:01:34,941 --> 01:01:37,192 so many different experiences in life 1013 01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:41,446 that l don't think him trust people so easy. 1014 01:01:41,614 --> 01:01:46,284 So it's like, "Who really love me?" 1015 01:01:47,286 --> 01:01:49,955 ♪ Play l some music ♪ 1016 01:01:50,123 --> 01:01:52,457 ♪ Dis a reggae music ♪ 1017 01:01:54,293 --> 01:01:59,131 ♪ Play l some music, dis a reggae music ♪ 1018 01:02:00,925 --> 01:02:03,635 ♪ Roots, rock, reggae ♪ 1019 01:02:03,803 --> 01:02:06,555 ♪ Dis a reggae music ♪ 1020 01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:10,475 ♪ Roots, rock, reggae ♪ 1021 01:02:10,643 --> 01:02:13,311 ♪ Dis a reggae music... ♪ 1022 01:02:13,479 --> 01:02:15,147 Well, the harmony didn't change 1023 01:02:15,314 --> 01:02:17,816 because then Bob took hold of The l-Threes, 1024 01:02:17,984 --> 01:02:21,486 because he still wanted to maintain that sound. 1025 01:02:21,654 --> 01:02:24,823 ♪ I can't refuse it... ♪ 1026 01:02:24,991 --> 01:02:29,202 Rita: And Bob invited us to do the Natty Dread tour. 1027 01:02:29,370 --> 01:02:31,329 ♪ Feel like dancing... ♪ 1028 01:02:31,497 --> 01:02:33,999 Garrick: From the very first show, it was just... 1029 01:02:34,167 --> 01:02:37,627 pssh, dynamite. 1030 01:02:37,795 --> 01:02:42,299 ♪ I ♪ 1031 01:02:43,468 --> 01:02:45,260 ♪ Rebel music... ♪ 1032 01:02:45,428 --> 01:02:46,762 Garrick: We sold out everything. 1033 01:02:46,929 --> 01:02:48,972 We're just doing clubs. 1034 01:02:49,140 --> 01:02:51,183 But, like, the Paul's Mall in Boston... 1035 01:02:51,350 --> 01:02:54,519 we did, like, something like six nights straight. 1036 01:02:55,521 --> 01:02:58,440 ♪ Rebel music... ♪ 1037 01:03:02,153 --> 01:03:04,863 Garrick: It's that experience in a 400-seater, 1038 01:03:05,031 --> 01:03:07,532 500-seater at the Roxy, 1039 01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:10,827 the Quiet Knight in Chicago, another 500... 1040 01:03:10,995 --> 01:03:12,996 that was the time to see Bob Marley, 1041 01:03:13,164 --> 01:03:17,918 'cause you were as close to him as l am to you now. 1042 01:03:18,085 --> 01:03:20,212 Man: All the way from Trench Town, Jamaica, 1043 01:03:20,379 --> 01:03:21,588 Bob Marley and the Wailers. 1044 01:03:21,756 --> 01:03:23,757 - Come on! - ( Audience cheering ) 1045 01:03:29,430 --> 01:03:31,890 Blackwell: This concert they did in London in 1975... 1046 01:03:32,058 --> 01:03:35,101 the Lyceum... that was the tipping point. 1047 01:03:35,269 --> 01:03:38,271 After that, everybody knew his name. 1048 01:03:38,439 --> 01:03:42,734 There was that sense that he's about to be massive. 1049 01:03:48,407 --> 01:03:50,992 Firstly, it was packed, overpacked. 1050 01:03:53,913 --> 01:03:56,790 When you're at a concert and you've managed to get in, 1051 01:03:56,958 --> 01:03:59,125 and there are X hundred people outside 1052 01:03:59,293 --> 01:04:01,253 who can't get in, you already feel great. 1053 01:04:01,420 --> 01:04:05,090 And that energy you have spreads to the band when they come onstage. 1054 01:04:05,258 --> 01:04:07,759 And so they feel something. And it was one of those things. 1055 01:04:07,927 --> 01:04:10,846 It was just... just explosive. 1056 01:04:11,013 --> 01:04:15,267 When he walked on stage and he felt the crowd moving the theater, 1057 01:04:15,434 --> 01:04:17,894 it was like, "yes," you know, "finally." 1058 01:04:18,896 --> 01:04:40,000 ♪ No woman, no cry ♪ 1059 01:04:41,294 --> 01:04:43,420 ♪ Said, said ♪ 1060 01:04:43,588 --> 01:04:47,799 ♪ Said l remember when we used to sit ♪ 1061 01:04:49,427 --> 01:04:53,430 ♪ In the government yard in Trench Town ♪ 1062 01:04:55,641 --> 01:05:00,186 ♪ Oba-observing the hypocrites... ♪ 1063 01:05:00,354 --> 01:05:02,898 Garrick: This was owned by Chris Blackwell. 1064 01:05:03,065 --> 01:05:04,983 It was called lsland House. 1065 01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:09,112 And he had several of his friends and associates who really lived there. 1066 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,907 Not like an apartment building, but people who knew each other. 1067 01:05:12,074 --> 01:05:15,368 And, you know, they're occupied downstairs and upstairs. 1068 01:05:15,536 --> 01:05:19,164 Chris made this available for Bob to rehearse. 1069 01:05:19,332 --> 01:05:23,501 And eventually, over time, Bob bought it from Chris. 1070 01:05:23,669 --> 01:05:26,504 Well, Rastas weren't allowed uptown, 1071 01:05:26,672 --> 01:05:28,924 and, until Bob moved in, 1072 01:05:29,091 --> 01:05:31,217 there were no dreadlocks there. 1073 01:05:31,385 --> 01:05:33,053 Garrick: A woman said to Bob, 1074 01:05:33,220 --> 01:05:35,597 "How come you live at 56 Hope Road," 1075 01:05:35,765 --> 01:05:38,433 which is two doors up from King's House 1076 01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:40,268 where the governor lives, 1077 01:05:40,436 --> 01:05:42,771 and three doors up from Jamaica House 1078 01:05:42,939 --> 01:05:44,522 "where the prime minister lives?" 1079 01:05:44,690 --> 01:05:49,361 And Bob just said, "Sister, l bring the ghetto uptown." 1080 01:05:51,864 --> 01:05:54,366 ( Bob vocalizing ) 1081 01:05:54,533 --> 01:05:57,661 One of the people who lived here prior to Bob 1082 01:05:57,828 --> 01:05:59,829 was Cindy Breakspeare. 1083 01:05:59,997 --> 01:06:03,208 And she lived there with her brother Reds. 1084 01:06:03,376 --> 01:06:05,293 I loved the accommodation 1085 01:06:05,461 --> 01:06:07,545 because l loved the old house with the wooden floors. 1086 01:06:07,713 --> 01:06:10,006 And, you know, it was just lovely. 1087 01:06:10,174 --> 01:06:13,343 Cool and breezy, and it was great. 1088 01:06:13,511 --> 01:06:18,056 ♪ Chase those crazy baldheads out of our town... ♪ 1089 01:06:18,224 --> 01:06:21,017 Breakspeare: There's always a stream of people up and down 1090 01:06:21,185 --> 01:06:25,438 and shouting and laughter and just general carrying on. 1091 01:06:26,691 --> 01:06:28,566 You were right in the mix. 1092 01:06:28,734 --> 01:06:32,320 The most important thing culturally that was happening in Jamaica at that time 1093 01:06:32,488 --> 01:06:35,156 was happening right there. 1094 01:06:35,324 --> 01:06:38,410 That was the headquarters. That was the center of it all. 1095 01:06:38,577 --> 01:06:41,079 Bob never left 56 Hope Road. 1096 01:06:41,247 --> 01:06:43,999 People come from all over the world to see him. 1097 01:06:45,543 --> 01:06:47,460 Interviewer: Did you live at Hope Road with your dad? 1098 01:06:47,628 --> 01:06:50,588 No, we lived probably a couple of miles from Hope Road. 1099 01:06:50,756 --> 01:06:53,258 - Right. - 'Cause Hope Road was really... 1100 01:06:54,927 --> 01:06:57,053 l don't know. It was the spot. 1101 01:06:58,597 --> 01:07:00,432 Garrick: Rasta is an open-door thing. 1102 01:07:00,599 --> 01:07:02,434 Nobody not checking your credentials. 1103 01:07:02,601 --> 01:07:04,769 So all kinds of people come in to Hope Road... 1104 01:07:04,937 --> 01:07:06,980 good, bad and the different. 1105 01:07:08,649 --> 01:07:10,817 Mowatt: Every time you go to 56 Hope Road, 1106 01:07:10,985 --> 01:07:13,403 you would see a lot of people gather with Bob, 1107 01:07:13,571 --> 01:07:16,156 reasoning, talking about politics, 1108 01:07:16,323 --> 01:07:19,951 talking about God, talking about history... 1109 01:07:20,119 --> 01:07:23,038 you know, talking about everything. 1110 01:07:23,205 --> 01:07:24,581 Bob was very strict. 1111 01:07:24,749 --> 01:07:26,958 Him run this thing like an army. 1112 01:07:27,126 --> 01:07:29,127 We call him "Skipper." 1113 01:07:29,295 --> 01:07:33,214 You see, the thing is, we had certain strict rules at that time. 1114 01:07:33,382 --> 01:07:37,093 Woman supposed to wear dress, not pants. 1115 01:07:37,261 --> 01:07:38,678 So you had those kind... don't come in 1116 01:07:38,846 --> 01:07:42,932 with what we call war paint... Iipstick and eye shadow. 1117 01:07:43,100 --> 01:07:44,601 And this is a roots saying kinda... 1118 01:07:44,769 --> 01:07:46,186 if you wanna come round Rasta, 1119 01:07:46,353 --> 01:07:49,272 then you have to throw away those Babylonian things. 1120 01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:53,485 Breakspeare: lt was a camp with rules and doctrines 1121 01:07:53,652 --> 01:07:57,947 and tenets to live by, and it was serious. 1122 01:07:58,115 --> 01:08:01,826 Garrick: Bob was very, like, health-conscious with him foods. 1123 01:08:01,994 --> 01:08:05,705 Mowatt: The blender would always be going with excellent juices. 1124 01:08:05,873 --> 01:08:09,167 Irish moss on the fire, fish tea going... 1125 01:08:09,335 --> 01:08:11,836 you know, everything to make you strong. 1126 01:08:16,842 --> 01:08:19,594 Cole: When l met him, we started a routine. 1127 01:08:19,762 --> 01:08:22,680 My routine was getting up in the mornings, train, 1128 01:08:22,848 --> 01:08:25,016 do a lot of running, exercise, go to the beach. 1129 01:08:25,184 --> 01:08:27,894 So it became an integral part of our lifestyle. 1130 01:08:28,062 --> 01:08:31,856 The whole Rasta thing is based on eternal life 1131 01:08:32,024 --> 01:08:33,483 and taking care of your body. 1132 01:08:33,651 --> 01:08:35,777 It's the temple of the Lord. 1133 01:08:35,945 --> 01:08:38,113 And we'd run on the beach and then up this mountain 1134 01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:40,240 to a place called Cane River Falls. 1135 01:08:40,407 --> 01:08:41,866 Incredible waterfalls. 1136 01:08:42,034 --> 01:08:43,368 I shot some video up there. 1137 01:08:43,536 --> 01:08:45,537 ♪ 'Cause every day we pay the price ♪ 1138 01:08:45,704 --> 01:08:47,914 ♪ With a little sacrifice ♪ 1139 01:08:48,082 --> 01:08:51,626 ♪ Jammin' till the jam is through ♪ 1140 01:08:51,794 --> 01:08:53,628 ♪ We're jammin'... ♪ 1141 01:08:55,047 --> 01:08:57,257 Garrick: Cane River... we went up there, really, 1142 01:08:57,424 --> 01:09:01,261 to get the waterfall beat on your back. 1143 01:09:01,428 --> 01:09:03,513 It was like the best massage you can get. 1144 01:09:03,681 --> 01:09:07,183 ♪ I hope this jam is gonna last... ♪ 1145 01:09:07,351 --> 01:09:11,020 This spot we're standing on now was a stadium. 1146 01:09:11,188 --> 01:09:12,564 This was a football field. 1147 01:09:12,731 --> 01:09:15,024 ♪ Neither can be bought nor sold ♪ 1148 01:09:15,192 --> 01:09:17,777 ♪ We all defend the right... ♪ 1149 01:09:17,945 --> 01:09:20,071 Garrick: So we had, like, two goalposts. 1150 01:09:20,239 --> 01:09:21,990 You know, like small scrimmage. 1151 01:09:22,158 --> 01:09:24,659 The most we ever played was five-a-side scrimmage. 1152 01:09:24,827 --> 01:09:26,244 So you had one there. 1153 01:09:26,412 --> 01:09:28,663 Then we had one down the back here. 1154 01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:32,584 So, l said maybe... wow, that's a small field when you look at it. 1155 01:09:32,751 --> 01:09:34,586 Probably was what, 40 yards? 1156 01:09:34,753 --> 01:09:37,589 ♪ Jammin' right straight from ya... ♪ 1157 01:09:37,756 --> 01:09:40,091 Garrick: In everything that Bob does... 1158 01:09:40,259 --> 01:09:41,759 very competitive. 1159 01:09:41,927 --> 01:09:45,597 So, you know, everything him really gave it 110%. 1160 01:09:47,099 --> 01:09:50,852 ♪ Jah sitteth in Mount Zion ♪ 1161 01:09:51,020 --> 01:09:53,229 ♪ And rules all creation, yeah... ♪ 1162 01:09:53,397 --> 01:09:54,564 Cole: He had a passion. 1163 01:09:54,732 --> 01:09:58,151 Everything l did with a ball, he would try to do it. 1164 01:09:58,319 --> 01:10:00,570 ♪ We're jammin'... ♪ 1165 01:10:00,738 --> 01:10:02,071 Smith: He just didn't play for the fun of it. 1166 01:10:02,239 --> 01:10:04,199 This was always part of the process, you know? 1167 01:10:04,366 --> 01:10:07,118 Before he writes a song, he'd burn a spliff. 1168 01:10:07,286 --> 01:10:10,622 Then you go run, so you can lively up yourself. 1169 01:10:10,789 --> 01:10:13,958 And then you get more inspired so the lyrics can come out. 1170 01:10:15,961 --> 01:10:17,795 ( Bob vocalizing ) 1171 01:10:17,963 --> 01:10:21,299 Bob: Better to write, play everywhere. 1172 01:10:21,467 --> 01:10:23,301 Anywhere it is possible, you know? 1173 01:10:23,469 --> 01:10:25,053 ( Chuckling ) 1174 01:10:25,221 --> 01:10:28,264 ♪ l wanna, l wanna, l wanna jam with you now ♪ 1175 01:10:28,432 --> 01:10:30,141 ♪ We're jammin' ♪ 1176 01:10:30,309 --> 01:10:32,268 ♪ We're jammin'. ♪ 1177 01:10:35,397 --> 01:10:38,024 Breakspeare: He began to come and visit. 1178 01:10:38,192 --> 01:10:41,152 You just hear these footsteps come running up the steps in the evening, 1179 01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:44,822 always when the football was over and place kind of quiet down, you know? 1180 01:10:44,990 --> 01:10:47,825 And there's nobody to really see the little moves that you're making. 1181 01:10:47,993 --> 01:10:50,078 'Cause in the day the place is teeming with people, 1182 01:10:50,246 --> 01:10:53,581 so you can't be too overt because you'd be outed instantly. 1183 01:10:55,834 --> 01:10:57,961 ( Interviewer speaking ) 1184 01:10:58,128 --> 01:10:59,629 ( Bob speaking ) 1185 01:11:13,060 --> 01:11:15,019 ( crowd cheering, applauding ) 1186 01:11:15,187 --> 01:11:17,188 ( reggae music playing ) 1187 01:11:19,233 --> 01:11:22,527 - ♪ I went downtown ♪ - ♪ Said l went downtown ♪ 1188 01:11:22,695 --> 01:11:25,863 - ♪ I saw Miss Brown ♪ - ♪ Said l saw Miss Brown ♪ 1189 01:11:26,031 --> 01:11:29,325 - ♪ She had brown sugar ♪ - ♪ Had brown sugar ♪ 1190 01:11:29,493 --> 01:11:32,829 - ♪ All over her booga-wooga ♪ - ♪ Over her booga-wooga ♪ 1191 01:11:32,997 --> 01:11:36,249 - ♪ Think l might join the fun ♪ - ♪ Think l might join the fun ♪ 1192 01:11:36,417 --> 01:11:39,294 - ♪ But l had to hit and run ♪ - ♪ But l had to hit and run ♪ 1193 01:11:39,461 --> 01:11:42,547 - ♪ See, l just can't settle down ♪ - ♪ Just can't settle down ♪ 1194 01:11:42,715 --> 01:11:45,258 ♪ In a kinky part of town ♪ 1195 01:11:45,426 --> 01:11:46,926 ♪ Ride on... ♪ 1196 01:11:47,094 --> 01:11:48,678 Interviewer: When did you first meet Bob? 1197 01:11:48,846 --> 01:11:50,179 I see Bob every day. 1198 01:11:50,347 --> 01:11:52,390 Bob live on Second Street. I live on First Street. 1199 01:11:52,558 --> 01:11:55,393 ♪ Ride on, see, l just won't settle down ♪ 1200 01:11:55,561 --> 01:11:57,228 ♪ Ride on, everyone... ♪ 1201 01:11:57,396 --> 01:12:01,399 I would take no notice of him because he would bother me, 1202 01:12:01,567 --> 01:12:03,735 and l would go and tell my mother. 1203 01:12:03,902 --> 01:12:06,237 - Interviewer: How old were you? - 16. 1204 01:12:06,405 --> 01:12:08,072 ♪ Take me away ♪ 1205 01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:10,325 ♪ Kinky reggae, now... ♪ 1206 01:12:10,492 --> 01:12:12,410 Interviewer: What did he do when he paid you attention? 1207 01:12:12,578 --> 01:12:16,914 Like stuff like, "Don't give it away. I'm growing you. 1208 01:12:17,082 --> 01:12:18,916 Remember, don't have any boyfriend before me." 1209 01:12:19,084 --> 01:12:20,918 Stuff like that. 1210 01:12:21,086 --> 01:12:23,713 - Interviewer: Was he charming? - Williams: Oh, yes. 1211 01:12:23,881 --> 01:12:26,799 - ♪ Would you ride on, ya ♪ - ♪ Ride on ♪ 1212 01:12:26,967 --> 01:12:29,761 - ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, mama, mama ♪ - ♪ Ride on... ♪ 1213 01:12:29,928 --> 01:12:31,929 Interviewer: Why were so many girls attracted to him? 1214 01:12:32,097 --> 01:12:34,891 Oh, my God. ( Laughs ) 1215 01:12:35,059 --> 01:12:37,643 You don't know Bob. 1216 01:12:37,811 --> 01:12:39,395 That's a handsome guy. 1217 01:12:39,563 --> 01:12:43,399 ♪ I went down to Piccadilly Circus... ♪ 1218 01:12:43,567 --> 01:12:45,526 Interviewer: People have visions of women 1219 01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:47,362 beating down the door to get at Bob Marley. 1220 01:12:47,529 --> 01:12:50,448 - Jesus. ( Laughing ) - Grabbing clothes. 1221 01:12:50,616 --> 01:12:53,743 - Is it like that? - No. 1222 01:12:53,911 --> 01:12:56,537 Interviewer: Why was he so successful with women? 1223 01:12:56,705 --> 01:12:58,706 Because he was shy. 1224 01:13:00,125 --> 01:13:02,460 Bob is not the womanizer 1225 01:13:02,628 --> 01:13:05,296 that people make him out to be. 1226 01:13:05,464 --> 01:13:07,882 I think more, the women came at him. 1227 01:13:08,050 --> 01:13:10,802 - ♪ That why they say ♪ - ♪ Nice one... ♪ 1228 01:13:10,969 --> 01:13:12,804 - Interviewer: Was he faithful? - Diane Jobson: To whom? God? 1229 01:13:12,971 --> 01:13:15,306 To Jah? Yes, he was faithful to Jah. 1230 01:13:15,474 --> 01:13:18,393 Faithful to any one woman? No. 1231 01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:20,561 Why? Somebody own him? 1232 01:13:22,398 --> 01:13:24,774 What is fidelity? Western ideology, you know. 1233 01:13:24,942 --> 01:13:27,318 A ring on your finger, a ring through your nose? 1234 01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:30,029 That's for Western men, man. 1235 01:13:30,197 --> 01:13:31,739 They can only handle one woman at a time. 1236 01:13:31,907 --> 01:13:33,991 Bob could handle more. 1237 01:13:35,661 --> 01:13:37,954 ♪ Kinky reggae now... ♪ 1238 01:13:38,122 --> 01:13:41,165 Williams: One day, a lady came to me and she said, 1239 01:13:41,333 --> 01:13:45,336 "Didn't anyone tell you that Bob was married?" And l didn't know. 1240 01:13:45,504 --> 01:13:48,464 For a time there l never knew that he was legally married. 1241 01:13:48,632 --> 01:13:52,760 I did come to know. Eventually, his mom told me. 1242 01:13:52,928 --> 01:13:54,846 Interviewer: Did he see Rita at all at that time? 1243 01:13:55,013 --> 01:13:57,557 Sure. I mean, they worked together, you know. 1244 01:13:57,724 --> 01:13:59,350 Toured the world together. 1245 01:14:00,602 --> 01:14:03,855 When we were on tour, Rita had her own room. 1246 01:14:04,022 --> 01:14:06,023 She was not with Bob. 1247 01:14:06,191 --> 01:14:09,193 She would see everything that goes on, 1248 01:14:09,361 --> 01:14:13,197 but she had maximum respect for the work. 1249 01:14:15,868 --> 01:14:17,410 Interviewer: How did you cope through all the years 1250 01:14:17,578 --> 01:14:19,829 that you were married together, and Bob was having 1251 01:14:19,997 --> 01:14:22,123 these relationships with other women? 1252 01:14:22,291 --> 01:14:25,084 ( Chuckles ) l became his... his guardian angel. 1253 01:14:25,252 --> 01:14:27,503 ( Iaughing ) And then by that time, 1254 01:14:27,671 --> 01:14:31,716 l was past the surface of being just a wife, 1255 01:14:31,884 --> 01:14:36,888 because of the importance of who l knew Bob is. 1256 01:14:37,055 --> 01:14:40,308 I didn't see it as a fun trip. We were on a mission. 1257 01:14:40,476 --> 01:14:43,227 It was like an evangelist campaign 1258 01:14:43,395 --> 01:14:45,480 to bring people closer to Jah. 1259 01:14:47,274 --> 01:14:50,985 Cedella: They had this... this bond, you know? 1260 01:14:51,153 --> 01:14:52,403 I wouldn't. 1261 01:14:52,571 --> 01:14:54,489 I mean, you know, 1262 01:14:54,656 --> 01:14:56,407 if that was my husband, l wouldn't. 1263 01:14:58,577 --> 01:15:02,747 Rita: We never fought about women. We would never get into that. 1264 01:15:02,915 --> 01:15:04,373 He would come and say to me, 1265 01:15:04,541 --> 01:15:08,711 "Rita, I did this," or "This is what happened." 1266 01:15:08,879 --> 01:15:11,881 l was the one that he would call to get women out of his dressing room 1267 01:15:12,049 --> 01:15:13,799 when it get to that stage. 1268 01:15:13,967 --> 01:15:17,553 "Come up for my room. Come and get these people out for me." 1269 01:15:17,721 --> 01:15:19,138 And l would do that gracefully. 1270 01:15:19,306 --> 01:15:21,349 "Come on, ladies. It's bedtime. 1271 01:15:21,517 --> 01:15:23,684 We have a show tomorrow, so..." 1272 01:15:24,728 --> 01:15:27,021 She wouldn't get upset, you know, 1273 01:15:27,189 --> 01:15:32,068 but... there were times when, you know, 1274 01:15:32,236 --> 01:15:34,111 you knew she was hurting. 1275 01:15:35,113 --> 01:15:37,448 It hurt all of us. 1276 01:15:37,616 --> 01:15:40,409 And that's what he didn't like. 1277 01:15:40,577 --> 01:15:43,454 He didn't like it when, like, we knew that she was hurt 1278 01:15:43,622 --> 01:15:45,706 and it showed on us. 1279 01:15:45,874 --> 01:15:47,708 That's when, "Okay, we're going for ice cream." 1280 01:15:47,876 --> 01:15:50,294 We're going for burgers. What do you want?" 1281 01:15:50,462 --> 01:15:53,214 lnterviewer: Do you think that he was being selfish? 1282 01:15:53,382 --> 01:15:56,384 Yes. It's not fair to no woman. 1283 01:15:57,678 --> 01:15:59,387 That is not fair at all, 1284 01:15:59,555 --> 01:16:02,640 but we still couldn't hate him for it. 1285 01:16:04,268 --> 01:16:06,811 ( Song ends ) 1286 01:16:06,979 --> 01:16:08,980 ( audience applauding, cheering ) 1287 01:16:20,325 --> 01:16:21,659 Reporter: In the capital of Kingston, 1288 01:16:21,827 --> 01:16:24,161 there are rival shantytown ghettos 1289 01:16:24,329 --> 01:16:25,663 where whole communities are divided 1290 01:16:25,831 --> 01:16:27,832 along sectarian lines. 1291 01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:29,458 These zones are controlled 1292 01:16:29,626 --> 01:16:32,128 by the prime minister's People's National Party, 1293 01:16:32,296 --> 01:16:34,422 who are accused of being communists, 1294 01:16:34,590 --> 01:16:36,674 or by the opposition, Jamaica Labour Party, 1295 01:16:36,842 --> 01:16:38,926 who are accused of being fascists. 1296 01:16:40,053 --> 01:16:42,680 Politics in Jamaica at that time 1297 01:16:42,848 --> 01:16:46,058 was like an East-West confrontation, 1298 01:16:46,226 --> 01:16:47,685 which was scary. 1299 01:16:47,853 --> 01:16:49,812 You have one side which is kind of 1300 01:16:49,980 --> 01:16:52,857 more ultraconservative, right-wing, 1301 01:16:53,025 --> 01:16:54,567 which is Seaga, 1302 01:16:54,735 --> 01:16:57,361 who was like Reagan's man in the Caribbean. 1303 01:16:57,529 --> 01:17:00,865 And then Manley was trying to work a system 1304 01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:03,451 called democratic socialism, 1305 01:17:03,619 --> 01:17:05,536 which other parties say, 1306 01:17:05,704 --> 01:17:08,372 "That's just a disguise for saying you're a communist." 1307 01:17:08,540 --> 01:17:11,626 Reporter: Sometimes it's only insults or stones and bottles 1308 01:17:11,793 --> 01:17:13,586 thrown from one side to the other, 1309 01:17:13,754 --> 01:17:15,588 but often it's bombs and bullets, 1310 01:17:15,756 --> 01:17:18,924 and almost every day the newspapers carry fresh reports 1311 01:17:19,092 --> 01:17:21,052 of the previous day's killings in Kingston. 1312 01:17:22,596 --> 01:17:25,723 Rita: The whole thing became like a gangster thing. 1313 01:17:25,891 --> 01:17:27,725 Political gangster. 1314 01:17:27,893 --> 01:17:30,686 These were the guys who kept things in line 1315 01:17:30,854 --> 01:17:32,938 for the MPs, you know. 1316 01:17:33,106 --> 01:17:35,274 So you find that in some areas, 1317 01:17:35,442 --> 01:17:38,653 the real power is enforcers. 1318 01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:41,447 You like this girl... that's both of us. 1319 01:17:41,615 --> 01:17:44,033 You like her and l like her. We start a fight over her. 1320 01:17:44,201 --> 01:17:45,409 It's just that. 1321 01:17:45,577 --> 01:17:48,746 Him like PNP. You like JLP. 1322 01:17:48,914 --> 01:17:50,706 You wanna fight for your PNP. 1323 01:17:52,417 --> 01:17:54,835 Bob was friends with all of those guys. 1324 01:17:55,003 --> 01:17:58,339 AII of the bad guys from the Labour Party was Bob friend. 1325 01:17:58,507 --> 01:18:01,967 Likewise, all the bad guys from the PNP. 1326 01:18:03,220 --> 01:18:04,762 Smith: These are guys that come from 1327 01:18:04,930 --> 01:18:07,098 the same neighborhood he grew up with. 1328 01:18:07,265 --> 01:18:09,809 These are really bad guys. ( Iaughing ) 1329 01:18:09,976 --> 01:18:11,310 'Cause you might see some guys, yeah, 1330 01:18:11,478 --> 01:18:15,523 and then tomorrow you'd take up the Jamaican paper, 1331 01:18:15,691 --> 01:18:17,441 you'd see the 10-most-wanted list... 1332 01:18:17,609 --> 01:18:20,277 four of the guys that were on it were dead. 1333 01:18:20,445 --> 01:18:22,071 There are now five. ( laughing ) 1334 01:18:23,448 --> 01:18:25,449 Some of them actually love the music, you know, 1335 01:18:25,617 --> 01:18:28,452 but their main thing is, you know... ( laughing ) 1336 01:18:28,620 --> 01:18:31,122 warfare and badness, you know. 1337 01:18:32,332 --> 01:18:34,458 ( Bob speaking ) 1338 01:18:47,764 --> 01:18:50,307 Bob did a concert 1339 01:18:50,475 --> 01:18:53,853 with Stevie Wonder in Jamaica, 1340 01:18:54,020 --> 01:18:57,940 and they actually performed two songs together. 1341 01:18:58,108 --> 01:19:00,818 I think "Very Superstitious," which Bob knew, 1342 01:19:00,986 --> 01:19:03,320 and "l Shot the Sheriff." 1343 01:19:04,823 --> 01:19:07,616 ♪ l shot the sheriff ♪ 1344 01:19:08,994 --> 01:19:13,122 ♪ But l did not shoot the deputy... ♪ 1345 01:19:14,875 --> 01:19:17,501 Garrick: Stevie made a gesture by giving, I think, 1346 01:19:17,669 --> 01:19:19,670 half of his pay for the show 1347 01:19:19,838 --> 01:19:23,132 to the Salvation Army blind school in Jamaica, 1348 01:19:23,300 --> 01:19:26,677 and l think Bob was moved by that. 1349 01:19:26,845 --> 01:19:31,515 And Bob said, "Well, we'll give a free concert." 1350 01:19:31,683 --> 01:19:35,144 They took that idea to Michael Manley, 1351 01:19:35,312 --> 01:19:38,063 who was just down the road... the prime minister... 1352 01:19:38,231 --> 01:19:42,026 and they were, like, enthused about it. 1353 01:19:42,194 --> 01:19:45,029 Reporter: Bob Marley, the world's leading exponent of reggae music, 1354 01:19:45,197 --> 01:19:47,323 has agreed to appear in a major free concert 1355 01:19:47,491 --> 01:19:49,825 to be held for the benefit of the Jamaican people 1356 01:19:49,993 --> 01:19:51,869 in Kingston on Sunday, December 5th. 1357 01:19:52,037 --> 01:19:55,456 The announcement was made at a press conference held at Jamaica House 1358 01:19:55,624 --> 01:19:57,541 by Marley, his manager Don Taylor, 1359 01:19:57,709 --> 01:19:59,335 and the parliamentary secretary in charge 1360 01:19:59,503 --> 01:20:01,545 of cultural information, Arnold Bertram. 1361 01:20:01,713 --> 01:20:04,048 Blackwell: Well, l think he got tricked into it, 1362 01:20:04,216 --> 01:20:06,759 'cause he rang me and asked me if l thought he should do the concert. 1363 01:20:06,927 --> 01:20:08,928 And l said, "Well, if it's the prime minister", 1364 01:20:09,095 --> 01:20:11,555 then you're doing it for the country. 1365 01:20:11,723 --> 01:20:13,766 But if there's going to be an election soon, 1366 01:20:13,934 --> 01:20:17,061 "then you're doing it for him rather than the country." 1367 01:20:17,229 --> 01:20:20,689 Reporter: Two weeks following that announcement on November 22nd, 1368 01:20:20,857 --> 01:20:22,733 Jamaica's prime minister, Michael Manley, 1369 01:20:22,901 --> 01:20:26,070 called new general elections for December 15th. 1370 01:20:26,238 --> 01:20:29,824 Garrick: lf we knew that election was going to happen 1371 01:20:29,991 --> 01:20:32,743 in that space of time, we'd have never done that concert. 1372 01:20:33,745 --> 01:20:35,746 ( Bob speaking ) 1373 01:20:38,834 --> 01:20:40,417 Interviewer: So with the upcoming election, 1374 01:20:40,585 --> 01:20:44,380 you don't really want to think about or care who wins? 1375 01:20:44,548 --> 01:20:45,923 ( Bob speaking ) 1376 01:20:49,886 --> 01:20:52,263 Remember, Bob is becoming very popular, 1377 01:20:52,430 --> 01:20:55,057 and whoever side Bob seems to be on, 1378 01:20:55,225 --> 01:20:56,934 that's the side people gonna be on. 1379 01:20:57,102 --> 01:21:00,604 Hell, Bob had a lot of control down there in Jamaica, man. 1380 01:21:00,772 --> 01:21:03,274 And them politicians didn't like that. 1381 01:21:03,441 --> 01:21:05,943 Bob, I think, had overexposed himself 1382 01:21:06,111 --> 01:21:07,945 on the political side, 1383 01:21:08,113 --> 01:21:11,657 and that was bound to draw the anger of some others 1384 01:21:11,825 --> 01:21:13,450 because he had friends on both sides. 1385 01:21:13,618 --> 01:21:16,620 The thing was, like, you have to be on one side. 1386 01:21:16,788 --> 01:21:18,455 You have to be on some side. 1387 01:21:18,623 --> 01:21:21,834 You can't be in the middle, or you can get hurt. 1388 01:21:26,131 --> 01:21:28,924 Garrick: We'd feel a little kind of tension, 1389 01:21:29,092 --> 01:21:32,845 but, you know, the politics kind of getting hot. 1390 01:21:33,013 --> 01:21:35,639 Mowatt: There were people saying that they heard 1391 01:21:35,807 --> 01:21:39,310 that they were gonna shoot up the concert. 1392 01:21:39,477 --> 01:21:40,978 Kinsey: People in the group, you know, 1393 01:21:41,146 --> 01:21:44,315 the musicians and The l-Threes... 1394 01:21:44,482 --> 01:21:48,485 every day, as it would get closer to this day of the concert, 1395 01:21:48,653 --> 01:21:52,823 people was feeling hesitant about doing it. 1396 01:21:52,991 --> 01:21:55,367 They had a fear for it. 1397 01:21:57,996 --> 01:22:01,248 Mowatt: Every night there would be rehearsal at 56 Hope Road 1398 01:22:01,416 --> 01:22:03,417 for the concert. 1399 01:22:05,337 --> 01:22:07,588 Garrick: We usually had two guys 1400 01:22:07,756 --> 01:22:10,299 from equivalent to the Secret Service. 1401 01:22:10,467 --> 01:22:12,301 They call them the Protective Service. 1402 01:22:12,469 --> 01:22:15,512 They, like, protect the prime minister and stuff. 1403 01:22:15,680 --> 01:22:17,848 And they used to come every night, 1404 01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:20,851 but they never came that night. 1405 01:22:21,019 --> 01:22:24,855 We had took a break, so everybody was kind of floating around. 1406 01:22:25,023 --> 01:22:28,817 Don Taylor, Bob, and myself 1407 01:22:28,985 --> 01:22:32,446 was in the kitchen. 1408 01:22:32,614 --> 01:22:35,950 I was in the car, you know, getting ready to come out. 1409 01:22:36,117 --> 01:22:38,869 I see some men going up the steps. 1410 01:22:39,037 --> 01:22:43,666 The gunman approached from the side here 1411 01:22:43,833 --> 01:22:47,211 and kind of pushed his gun through here. 1412 01:22:47,379 --> 01:22:50,589 Well, you see a black glove with a gun in it pointing up, 1413 01:22:50,757 --> 01:22:53,759 you know... there was nowhere else to go in the kitchen 1414 01:22:53,927 --> 01:22:56,095 'cause we just, like, at the wall. 1415 01:22:57,806 --> 01:23:00,557 And then l heard the gunshots. 1416 01:23:01,768 --> 01:23:04,061 ( Gunshots ) 1417 01:23:08,024 --> 01:23:11,527 - Then they turned the gun on the car. - ( Gunshots ) 1418 01:23:11,695 --> 01:23:14,321 l felt the warmest of blood running down, 1419 01:23:14,489 --> 01:23:16,573 and then l realized l was shot. 1420 01:23:16,741 --> 01:23:18,742 The cat just kept on shooting, man, 1421 01:23:18,910 --> 01:23:20,577 till he ran out of bullets. 1422 01:23:20,745 --> 01:23:22,246 The one hold a gun to my head, 1423 01:23:22,414 --> 01:23:24,456 and one said to the other one, "Everybody dead?" 1424 01:23:24,624 --> 01:23:27,251 And the other said, "Yeah, man, everybody dead. Everybody dead." 1425 01:23:27,419 --> 01:23:29,378 Next thing l see Don Taylor come out, man, 1426 01:23:29,546 --> 01:23:32,423 and, like, blood pouring out of him like ketchup, man. 1427 01:23:32,590 --> 01:23:35,551 And then he finally collapsed right there on the floor. 1428 01:23:35,719 --> 01:23:37,052 I'm, like, "Man!" 1429 01:23:37,220 --> 01:23:39,763 And I'm shouting out for Bob, and then I heard a voice 1430 01:23:39,931 --> 01:23:42,641 who I recognized as Carly Barrett coming from... 1431 01:23:42,809 --> 01:23:44,768 he said, "Bob is all right." 1432 01:23:46,104 --> 01:23:47,604 Bob is all right." 1433 01:23:49,691 --> 01:23:51,942 He had a burn right... 1434 01:23:52,110 --> 01:23:54,570 the bullet traveled right here 1435 01:23:54,738 --> 01:23:56,697 and actually lodged in his arm. 1436 01:23:58,700 --> 01:24:00,492 Kinsey: It's just a miracle, man, 1437 01:24:00,660 --> 01:24:02,828 that nobody died from that, man. 1438 01:24:02,996 --> 01:24:05,205 Interviewer: So, it wasn't really a professional hit? 1439 01:24:05,373 --> 01:24:07,249 Well, as professional as Jamaica is. 1440 01:24:07,417 --> 01:24:10,169 They watch a lot of movies. ( chuckles ) 1441 01:24:10,336 --> 01:24:12,629 ( siren wailing ) 1442 01:24:12,797 --> 01:24:15,466 Reporter: Here now is a special item of news. 1443 01:24:15,633 --> 01:24:18,552 Entertainer and reggae star, Bob Marley, 1444 01:24:18,720 --> 01:24:21,430 Rita Marley and the manager of The Wailers, Don Taylor, 1445 01:24:21,598 --> 01:24:24,099 are now patients in the University Hospital 1446 01:24:24,267 --> 01:24:25,809 after receiving gunshot wounds 1447 01:24:25,977 --> 01:24:29,313 during a shooting incident tonight. 1448 01:24:34,944 --> 01:24:38,530 ( Bob speaking ) 1449 01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:50,918 That's one thing for sure... 1450 01:24:51,086 --> 01:24:54,296 that they was trying to stop that concert from happening. 1451 01:24:54,464 --> 01:24:56,131 The whole thing about whether the concert 1452 01:24:56,299 --> 01:24:58,133 was gonna happen or not... there was so much pressure. 1453 01:24:58,301 --> 01:25:00,427 There was pressure from everywhere. 1454 01:25:00,595 --> 01:25:02,846 I was just scared Bob would get assassinated. 1455 01:25:07,018 --> 01:25:08,852 Reporter: In the twilight inside the arena, 1456 01:25:09,020 --> 01:25:10,562 the crowd is fenced off 1457 01:25:10,730 --> 01:25:12,147 and armed police are positioned 1458 01:25:12,315 --> 01:25:14,233 all around the park. 1459 01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:16,693 Five hours after the concert was due to begin, 1460 01:25:16,861 --> 01:25:20,364 the star, Bob Marley, is still not there. 1461 01:25:20,532 --> 01:25:23,283 Jobson: Some were trying to say, "Bob, don't go. 1462 01:25:23,451 --> 01:25:26,453 They didn't get you. They may try for you again." 1463 01:25:26,621 --> 01:25:29,957 Everyone saying, "You really wanna do it, boss?" 1464 01:25:30,125 --> 01:25:32,042 And him saying... he said, "Yes." 1465 01:25:32,210 --> 01:25:34,711 I said, "Hey, you know, I'm with you, man." 1466 01:25:34,879 --> 01:25:36,213 If you wanna do it, let's do it." 1467 01:25:36,381 --> 01:25:38,882 Mowatt: The police came for him and took him down, 1468 01:25:39,050 --> 01:25:42,386 and we were in the car right behind the police vehicle. 1469 01:25:42,554 --> 01:25:46,181 ( Crowd shouting, cheering ) 1470 01:25:48,226 --> 01:25:49,601 Kinsey: When l got there, 1471 01:25:49,769 --> 01:25:53,355 I couldn't believe the situation, man. 1472 01:25:53,523 --> 01:25:55,732 This is at night in Kingston. 1473 01:25:55,900 --> 01:25:59,236 You got, like, 80,000 people, man. You know what l mean? 1474 01:25:59,404 --> 01:26:03,407 If somebody wanted to try to get you, here's, like, a perfect situation. 1475 01:26:03,575 --> 01:26:05,450 ( Crowd cheering ) 1476 01:26:11,749 --> 01:26:14,459 But it was a special night, man. It was a special moment, man. 1477 01:26:14,627 --> 01:26:16,295 Woman: Come on, people! 1478 01:26:16,462 --> 01:26:19,882 We got a band to see play tonight. 1479 01:26:20,049 --> 01:26:22,301 Come on! ( Shouts ) 1480 01:26:22,468 --> 01:26:24,803 ( Jobson speaking ) 1481 01:26:24,971 --> 01:26:26,930 Whoo! 1482 01:26:31,853 --> 01:26:33,896 - Bob: Yeah. - ( Band playing ) 1483 01:26:36,316 --> 01:26:38,066 Mowatt: Bob was not afraid. 1484 01:26:38,234 --> 01:26:41,195 Bob knew that if anything happens 1485 01:26:41,362 --> 01:26:43,447 while he's doing his work, 1486 01:26:43,615 --> 01:26:45,908 he know that the Almighty God is protect him. 1487 01:26:46,910 --> 01:26:48,660 ♪ Oh, children ♪ 1488 01:26:48,828 --> 01:26:50,787 ♪ In Jamaica ♪ 1489 01:26:52,582 --> 01:26:55,042 ♪ In Jamaica, y'all... ♪ 1490 01:26:56,461 --> 01:27:00,047 If you lacked faith before then, 1491 01:27:00,215 --> 01:27:02,799 you could not deny it after that, man. 1492 01:27:02,967 --> 01:27:07,054 ♪ Almighty ♪ 1493 01:27:07,222 --> 01:27:10,641 - ♪ O Lord, help us ♪ - ♪ Tonight ♪ 1494 01:27:10,808 --> 01:27:14,394 - ♪ Cast away evil ♪ - ♪ The evil spell ♪ 1495 01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:17,314 ♪ Throw some water in the well ♪ 1496 01:27:17,482 --> 01:27:21,151 ♪ And smile in Jamaica ♪ 1497 01:27:22,862 --> 01:27:24,988 ♪ In Jamaica, y'all ♪ 1498 01:27:26,616 --> 01:27:28,825 ♪ In Jamaica ♪ 1499 01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:32,496 ♪ In Jamaica, y'all ♪ 1500 01:27:49,347 --> 01:27:51,556 ♪ In Jamaica ♪ 1501 01:27:53,184 --> 01:27:55,519 ♪ In Jamaica, y'all ♪ 1502 01:27:57,021 --> 01:27:59,189 ♪ In Jamaica ♪ 1503 01:28:00,858 --> 01:28:02,734 ♪ In Jamaica, y'all. ♪ 1504 01:28:18,876 --> 01:28:21,044 - ( Song ends ) - ( Crowd cheering ) 1505 01:28:22,505 --> 01:28:26,008 ( interviewer speaking ) 1506 01:28:36,227 --> 01:28:38,270 ( Bob speaking ) 1507 01:28:42,066 --> 01:28:43,900 ( interviewer speaking ) 1508 01:28:44,068 --> 01:28:45,235 ( Bob speaking ) 1509 01:28:45,403 --> 01:28:47,696 ( Bob chuckling ) 1510 01:28:51,659 --> 01:28:53,493 After the shooting, he was... 1511 01:28:53,661 --> 01:28:55,912 l wouldn't say scared, but just hurt, 1512 01:28:56,080 --> 01:28:58,623 too hurt to face Jamaica. 1513 01:28:58,791 --> 01:29:00,500 I was the one who escaped with him 1514 01:29:00,668 --> 01:29:02,586 out of Jamaica after the shooting. 1515 01:29:02,754 --> 01:29:04,087 Yeah... me and him. 1516 01:29:04,255 --> 01:29:08,592 He didn't say a word the whole way through. 1517 01:29:08,760 --> 01:29:10,260 Rita: We went to Nassau first, 1518 01:29:10,428 --> 01:29:12,804 and then he went on to London. 1519 01:29:12,972 --> 01:29:15,098 ♪ Don't worry ♪ 1520 01:29:16,100 --> 01:29:17,559 ♪ About a thing ♪ 1521 01:29:19,937 --> 01:29:22,230 ♪ 'Cause every little thing ♪ 1522 01:29:22,398 --> 01:29:24,566 ♪ Gonna be all right ♪ 1523 01:29:26,361 --> 01:29:29,112 ♪ Singin' don't worry ♪ 1524 01:29:29,280 --> 01:29:30,864 ♪ About a thing ♪ 1525 01:29:33,159 --> 01:29:35,285 ♪ 'Cause every little thing ♪ 1526 01:29:35,453 --> 01:29:37,412 ♪ Gonna be all right... ♪ 1527 01:29:37,580 --> 01:29:40,415 Breakspeare: I think he just wanted to take a break. 1528 01:29:40,583 --> 01:29:42,751 He wanted to not be looking over his shoulder. 1529 01:29:42,919 --> 01:29:44,961 He wanted not to be dealing with the problem, 1530 01:29:45,129 --> 01:29:47,089 not dealing with the controversy. 1531 01:29:47,256 --> 01:29:49,841 He just wanted some free head space to work, 1532 01:29:50,009 --> 01:29:51,718 to make music, to tour. 1533 01:29:51,886 --> 01:29:54,471 ♪ Singing sweet songs... ♪ 1534 01:29:54,639 --> 01:29:59,851 We moved immediately into Chelsea area, Oakley Street. 1535 01:30:00,019 --> 01:30:04,398 It was a great experience because we were all together 1536 01:30:04,565 --> 01:30:06,608 in this house. 1537 01:30:06,776 --> 01:30:08,902 Well, on each floor, there was a different musician. 1538 01:30:09,070 --> 01:30:11,488 There was Tyrone Downie on one floor, 1539 01:30:11,656 --> 01:30:13,281 Carlton Barrett on another floor, 1540 01:30:13,449 --> 01:30:15,242 "Family Man" Barrett on another floor, 1541 01:30:15,410 --> 01:30:17,661 Alvin "Seeco" Patterson on another floor. 1542 01:30:17,829 --> 01:30:21,832 Neville Garrick, I think, was in the basement sharing with somebody. 1543 01:30:21,999 --> 01:30:25,335 We were a stone's throw from Battersea Park Bridge. 1544 01:30:25,503 --> 01:30:29,548 Once we went over the bridge, then you had a football field. 1545 01:30:29,715 --> 01:30:33,009 God, we even played against some National Front guys. 1546 01:30:33,177 --> 01:30:37,931 We whupped them a couple of times over there. ( Laughing ) 1547 01:30:38,099 --> 01:30:39,474 Interviewer: Did he feel like he was in exile? 1548 01:30:39,642 --> 01:30:40,851 Garrick: Yeah, man. 1549 01:30:41,018 --> 01:30:45,063 But Bob was, like, deeply into creation of music. 1550 01:30:45,231 --> 01:30:48,275 That's how I think he satisfied his soul. 1551 01:30:50,069 --> 01:30:53,572 Marvin: Bob life was spared, and he was very happy to be alive. 1552 01:30:53,739 --> 01:30:56,825 See, Jah gave him another chance. 1553 01:30:56,993 --> 01:30:59,828 Breakspeare: He was also confronted by his mortality. 1554 01:30:59,996 --> 01:31:01,997 And when you think that these might be 1555 01:31:02,165 --> 01:31:04,916 your last opportunities to do anything, 1556 01:31:05,084 --> 01:31:08,795 you place a greater value on every moment, 1557 01:31:08,963 --> 01:31:11,298 every second of every moment of every day. 1558 01:31:11,466 --> 01:31:15,510 There's no time. We've got no time to lose. 1559 01:31:15,678 --> 01:31:19,014 Marvin: He slept basically about four hours a day. 1560 01:31:19,182 --> 01:31:20,891 And he was always writing a song. 1561 01:31:21,058 --> 01:31:23,643 You know, he'd be up all night writing, and then he'd go... 1562 01:31:23,811 --> 01:31:25,645 l'd say, "Oh, Bob, l've gotta go get some sleep now." 1563 01:31:25,813 --> 01:31:27,522 He'd go, "Just half an hour more." 1564 01:31:27,690 --> 01:31:31,026 Half an hour would turn into four hours, you know. ( Iaughing ) 1565 01:31:31,194 --> 01:31:34,905 Garrick: Bob liked to write early in the morning. 1566 01:31:35,072 --> 01:31:38,074 Come the morning, him have this gravelly voice, you know, 1567 01:31:38,242 --> 01:31:40,494 like kind of Rod Stewart-ish kind of thing. 1568 01:31:40,661 --> 01:31:44,831 ( Bob vocalizing ) 1569 01:31:49,378 --> 01:31:52,130 Mowatt: He would be working out the melody, working out the melody, 1570 01:31:52,298 --> 01:31:55,759 and then the lyrics would come after. 1571 01:31:55,927 --> 01:31:59,638 ♪ Would that leave you there? ♪ 1572 01:31:59,805 --> 01:32:03,350 ♪ There's something l have to play ♪ 1573 01:32:03,518 --> 01:32:06,728 ♪ It's that way every day ♪ 1574 01:32:07,855 --> 01:32:10,941 ♪ Children, mark my word ♪ 1575 01:32:11,108 --> 01:32:16,571 ♪ It's what the Bible say. ♪ 1576 01:32:16,739 --> 01:32:18,907 ( Drumroll, band playing ) 1577 01:32:22,912 --> 01:32:25,956 Announcer: And Miss World 1976 1578 01:32:26,123 --> 01:32:27,582 is Miss Jamaica! 1579 01:32:27,750 --> 01:32:29,543 - ( Screaming ) - ( Audience applauding ) 1580 01:32:29,710 --> 01:32:32,629 Man: And the Royal Albert Hall is in uproar. 1581 01:32:32,797 --> 01:32:34,631 Incredible! Cindy Breakspeare. 1582 01:32:34,799 --> 01:32:37,926 The 21-year-old health club operator gets the sash. 1583 01:32:38,094 --> 01:32:40,095 I think she's as overwhelmed as anyone. 1584 01:32:40,263 --> 01:32:41,680 Breakspeare: At the time l won Miss World, 1585 01:32:41,847 --> 01:32:43,848 Bob was not yet a household name in England. 1586 01:32:44,016 --> 01:32:46,309 But because he was now tied to me, 1587 01:32:46,477 --> 01:32:49,896 and Miss World was definitely a household name, 1588 01:32:50,064 --> 01:32:53,108 we kind of... we complemented each other very nicely. 1589 01:32:53,276 --> 01:32:56,278 Man: Cindy completely overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment. 1590 01:32:56,445 --> 01:33:01,700 And Wilnelia Merced crowns the new Miss World 1976. 1591 01:33:03,578 --> 01:33:07,038 Breakspeare: lt was considered quite... ( chuckling ) 1592 01:33:07,206 --> 01:33:09,583 - lnterviewer: Outrageous? - Yeah, that's a good word. 1593 01:33:09,750 --> 01:33:11,626 "Outrageous" works. 1594 01:33:11,794 --> 01:33:13,628 But Bob loved the achievement, you know? 1595 01:33:13,796 --> 01:33:15,630 He loved the achievement. 1596 01:33:15,798 --> 01:33:19,467 I don't think there's a man alive who doesn't want to get "the girl." 1597 01:33:19,635 --> 01:33:21,720 - And so... ( Iaughing ) - ( Interviewer laughing ) 1598 01:33:26,934 --> 01:33:29,561 lnterviewer: Would he have liked it if you had become a Rasta? 1599 01:33:30,605 --> 01:33:34,482 Um, yes, l think he would have liked it. 1600 01:33:34,650 --> 01:33:36,651 Things would always come up... 1601 01:33:36,819 --> 01:33:38,653 how you present yourself as a woman, 1602 01:33:38,821 --> 01:33:41,531 what's appropriate where, cover your hair, this, that. 1603 01:33:41,699 --> 01:33:45,994 Here I am on the train coming in from all parts out of London, 1604 01:33:46,162 --> 01:33:48,663 and, you know, they've got this tiny little triangular sink 1605 01:33:48,831 --> 01:33:50,498 in the bathroom on the train, 1606 01:33:50,666 --> 01:33:53,752 and I'm washing all the makeup off. 1607 01:33:53,919 --> 01:33:56,838 Anyway, one night l wasn't able to do that, 1608 01:33:57,006 --> 01:33:58,840 and l came home in full regalia... 1609 01:33:59,008 --> 01:34:02,510 red nails, fur coat, fully made up. 1610 01:34:02,678 --> 01:34:05,847 And no sooner than l walked through the front door and closed it, 1611 01:34:06,015 --> 01:34:07,849 he walked in behind. 1612 01:34:08,017 --> 01:34:12,270 I turned around, he looked at me and said, "Ah, l catch you." 1613 01:34:20,863 --> 01:34:22,656 ♪ l wanna love you ♪ 1614 01:34:24,408 --> 01:34:26,368 ♪ And treat you right ♪ 1615 01:34:26,535 --> 01:34:28,995 ♪ I wanna love you ♪ 1616 01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:33,625 ♪ Every day and every night ♪ 1617 01:34:33,793 --> 01:34:36,586 ♪ We'll be together ♪ 1618 01:34:39,382 --> 01:34:41,925 ♪ With a roof right over our heads ♪ 1619 01:34:42,093 --> 01:34:44,427 ♪ We'll share the shelter ♪ 1620 01:34:47,390 --> 01:34:49,974 ♪ Of my single bed ♪ 1621 01:34:50,142 --> 01:34:53,395 ♪ We'II share the same room, yeah ♪ 1622 01:34:55,481 --> 01:34:58,692 ♪ For Jah provide the bread ♪ 1623 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:01,736 ♪ Is this love, is this love, is this love ♪ 1624 01:35:01,904 --> 01:35:05,281 ♪ Is this love that I'm feelin'? ♪ 1625 01:35:06,951 --> 01:35:09,911 ♪ Is this love, is this love, is this love ♪ 1626 01:35:10,079 --> 01:35:13,123 ♪ Is this love that I'm feelin'? ♪ 1627 01:35:16,502 --> 01:35:18,253 Garrick: "Exodus" was huge. 1628 01:35:18,421 --> 01:35:20,505 That was our biggest album ever there. 1629 01:35:20,673 --> 01:35:24,134 Just mash up Europe, and it's tearing down America. 1630 01:35:24,301 --> 01:35:25,468 They're waiting for us. 1631 01:35:25,636 --> 01:35:27,554 And then the American tour was canceled 1632 01:35:27,722 --> 01:35:31,099 because Bob was having problems with his toe. 1633 01:35:31,267 --> 01:35:34,227 Somebody stepped on it with their spike boots... 1634 01:35:35,938 --> 01:35:38,898 and then it started to get infested 1635 01:35:39,066 --> 01:35:41,776 because Bob would still play football the next day on it... 1636 01:35:41,944 --> 01:35:43,486 and the next day. 1637 01:35:43,654 --> 01:35:46,823 And that went on for some time 1638 01:35:46,991 --> 01:35:49,784 before they realized what it really was. 1639 01:35:49,952 --> 01:35:54,247 They came up with a definitive diagnosis 1640 01:35:54,415 --> 01:35:56,249 of melanoma. 1641 01:35:56,417 --> 01:35:59,085 And they test it and they found out that 1642 01:35:59,253 --> 01:36:03,131 that was more like a white person sort of sickness. 1643 01:36:03,299 --> 01:36:05,091 It wasn't coming from a black source. 1644 01:36:05,259 --> 01:36:09,763 It was the whiteness in him that allowed it to get this bad. 1645 01:36:11,640 --> 01:36:13,475 Interviewer: What did they recommend he should do about it? 1646 01:36:13,642 --> 01:36:16,936 They recommended disarticulation at the hip. 1647 01:36:17,104 --> 01:36:19,814 In other words, remove the entire leg. 1648 01:36:19,982 --> 01:36:21,316 Interviewer: The doctor in England 1649 01:36:21,484 --> 01:36:23,443 told him he had to cut his whole leg off. 1650 01:36:23,611 --> 01:36:26,529 - Was that... do you remember that? - No. 1651 01:36:26,697 --> 01:36:29,365 Had to cut off his... his toe. 1652 01:36:31,160 --> 01:36:32,660 It was definitely not his leg. 1653 01:36:32,828 --> 01:36:37,165 A lot of people told Bob that once you cut your toe off... 1654 01:36:37,333 --> 01:36:40,168 your big toe especially... you won't be able to dance anymore. 1655 01:36:40,336 --> 01:36:45,507 He loved football, so l think the thought 1656 01:36:45,674 --> 01:36:48,593 of having his toe amputated was just unacceptable to him. 1657 01:36:48,761 --> 01:36:52,680 So, this other doctor we saw in Miami said, 1658 01:36:52,848 --> 01:36:54,599 "No, it's not necessary." 1659 01:36:54,767 --> 01:36:58,061 We can just take off a portion of it. 1660 01:36:58,229 --> 01:36:59,687 You don't have to remove the whole toe. 1661 01:36:59,855 --> 01:37:02,899 You can just take off the whole nail bed, and you know, 1662 01:37:03,067 --> 01:37:04,859 "it wouldn't be necessary." 1663 01:37:07,029 --> 01:37:11,032 Danny: He got very bad advice from the people that was around him. 1664 01:37:25,881 --> 01:37:30,426 ( Iaughs ) 1665 01:37:30,594 --> 01:37:33,012 ♪ Until the philosophy ♪ 1666 01:37:33,180 --> 01:37:35,932 ♪ Which hold one race superior ♪ 1667 01:37:36,100 --> 01:37:39,018 ♪ And another ♪ 1668 01:37:39,186 --> 01:37:41,938 ♪ Inferior ♪ 1669 01:37:42,106 --> 01:37:44,732 ♪ Is finally ♪ 1670 01:37:44,900 --> 01:37:47,777 ♪ And permanently ♪ 1671 01:37:47,945 --> 01:37:50,530 ♪ Discredited ♪ 1672 01:37:50,698 --> 01:37:52,782 ♪ And abandoned ♪ 1673 01:37:52,950 --> 01:37:55,577 ♪ Well, everywhere is war ♪ 1674 01:37:56,704 --> 01:37:59,539 ♪ Is war ♪ 1675 01:37:59,707 --> 01:38:02,250 ♪ And until there's no longer ♪ 1676 01:38:02,418 --> 01:38:05,086 ♪ First-class nor second-class citizens ♪ 1677 01:38:05,254 --> 01:38:08,256 ♪ Of any nation ♪ 1678 01:38:08,424 --> 01:38:10,717 ♪ Until the color of a man's skin ♪ 1679 01:38:10,885 --> 01:38:13,720 ♪ Is of no more significance ♪ 1680 01:38:13,888 --> 01:38:15,680 ♪ Than the color of his eyes ♪ 1681 01:38:15,848 --> 01:38:18,016 ♪ I've got to say war ♪ 1682 01:38:19,685 --> 01:38:22,186 ♪ War in the east ♪ 1683 01:38:22,354 --> 01:38:25,064 ♪ War in the west ♪ 1684 01:38:25,232 --> 01:38:27,817 ♪ War up north ♪ 1685 01:38:27,985 --> 01:38:29,527 ♪ War down south ♪ 1686 01:38:30,529 --> 01:38:33,281 ♪ This a war ♪ 1687 01:38:33,449 --> 01:38:36,117 - ♪ War... ♪ - ( Shouting ) 1688 01:38:36,285 --> 01:38:37,869 ♪ War ♪ 1689 01:38:39,038 --> 01:38:40,371 ♪ War. ♪ 1690 01:38:40,539 --> 01:38:43,374 ( Siren wailing ) 1691 01:38:43,542 --> 01:38:45,960 Seaga: There was a movement to bring Bob back 1692 01:38:46,128 --> 01:38:48,463 because it was felt that he had the potential 1693 01:38:48,631 --> 01:38:52,300 to heal the very strong division that existed. 1694 01:38:52,468 --> 01:38:53,927 ( Shouting ) 1695 01:38:54,094 --> 01:38:55,929 The government was begging 1696 01:38:56,096 --> 01:38:58,932 because they said Jamaica is lost without Bob Marley. 1697 01:38:59,099 --> 01:39:01,559 We can't say, "Bob is in exile." 1698 01:39:01,727 --> 01:39:05,271 So they got one of their main leader, Claudie Massop, 1699 01:39:05,439 --> 01:39:08,149 to speak to Bob. 1700 01:39:08,317 --> 01:39:10,985 This guy, he was from the other side of the party... 1701 01:39:11,153 --> 01:39:12,820 Claudie Massop. 1702 01:39:12,988 --> 01:39:15,031 And the next one named Tek-Life. 1703 01:39:15,199 --> 01:39:17,784 I don't remember his right name, but we call him Tek-Life. 1704 01:39:17,952 --> 01:39:21,496 They went up to England to pursue Bob to come down, 1705 01:39:21,664 --> 01:39:23,456 back to Jamaica. 1706 01:39:23,624 --> 01:39:25,833 Bob sent for them, in a way, 1707 01:39:26,001 --> 01:39:29,837 to come up, and so they would be on... away from Jamaica, 1708 01:39:30,005 --> 01:39:31,839 away from that political influence, 1709 01:39:32,007 --> 01:39:34,676 and they could reason among themselves. 1710 01:39:34,843 --> 01:39:38,721 Welch: The two guys who went up there for him was on the opposition. 1711 01:39:38,889 --> 01:39:40,807 So l would represent the other side. 1712 01:39:40,975 --> 01:39:43,184 So if he say, "l don't come," 1713 01:39:43,352 --> 01:39:45,937 then he ain't coming back to Jamaica. 1714 01:39:46,105 --> 01:39:49,023 So l have to go to England. 1715 01:39:52,111 --> 01:39:56,155 Interviewer: Of those people, how many are still alive? 1716 01:39:57,449 --> 01:39:59,283 One... 1717 01:39:59,451 --> 01:40:01,202 the one you're speaking to. 1718 01:40:02,871 --> 01:40:05,123 ♪ We, Jah people ♪ 1719 01:40:05,290 --> 01:40:07,542 ♪ Can make it work ♪ 1720 01:40:09,378 --> 01:40:11,379 ♪ Come together ♪ 1721 01:40:13,090 --> 01:40:15,633 ♪ And make it work, yeah ♪ 1722 01:40:16,927 --> 01:40:20,138 ♪ I'm singing that we ♪ 1723 01:40:20,305 --> 01:40:22,807 ♪ We can make it work... ♪ 1724 01:40:22,975 --> 01:40:24,809 Jobson: Bob started doing that song which is, 1725 01:40:24,977 --> 01:40:27,520 "We, Jah people, shall come together and make it work." 1726 01:40:27,688 --> 01:40:29,022 Then they decided to have a concert. 1727 01:40:29,189 --> 01:40:30,940 They'd just have a peace concert. 1728 01:40:31,108 --> 01:40:32,859 Last month a truce was arranged 1729 01:40:33,027 --> 01:40:36,237 between the rival political factions in Kingston, Jamaica. 1730 01:40:36,405 --> 01:40:39,991 A peace conference was arranged to be preceded by a peace concert 1731 01:40:40,159 --> 01:40:42,160 for the people in a very large park. 1732 01:40:42,327 --> 01:40:44,829 They expect over 100,000 people there. 1733 01:40:44,997 --> 01:40:48,541 Bob Marley was invited to headline this peace concert. 1734 01:40:48,709 --> 01:40:50,626 Marley has accepted 1735 01:40:50,794 --> 01:40:53,588 and will return to Kingston, Jamaica. 1736 01:40:53,756 --> 01:40:55,757 Bob, why are you returning to Jamaica? 1737 01:40:55,924 --> 01:40:57,800 Well, my life not important to me, 1738 01:40:57,968 --> 01:40:59,761 but other people life important. 1739 01:40:59,928 --> 01:41:02,597 My life is only important if me can help plenty people. 1740 01:41:02,765 --> 01:41:06,100 If my life is just me and my own security, then me don't want it. 1741 01:41:06,268 --> 01:41:09,729 My life is for people. That's the way me is. 1742 01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:19,864 ( Crowd cheering ) 1743 01:41:22,826 --> 01:41:25,828 Jobson: Busloads of people went out to the airport. 1744 01:41:25,996 --> 01:41:27,622 They stormed the runway. 1745 01:41:27,790 --> 01:41:29,165 Marvin: When the plane landed, 1746 01:41:29,333 --> 01:41:32,376 they jumped over the barriers and ran towards the plane, 1747 01:41:32,544 --> 01:41:35,254 which was similar to what happened when Haile Selassie came to Jamaica. 1748 01:41:42,137 --> 01:41:45,681 ( Crowd cheering ) 1749 01:41:47,601 --> 01:41:51,479 Seaga: It was amazing to see this stadium of 30,000 people. 1750 01:41:51,647 --> 01:41:54,565 People who were opposed politically 1751 01:41:54,733 --> 01:41:56,067 were sitting beside each other. 1752 01:41:56,235 --> 01:41:58,486 ( Band playing ) 1753 01:42:09,832 --> 01:42:12,667 ♪ l wanna jam with you ♪ 1754 01:42:12,835 --> 01:42:15,837 ♪ I really wanna jam it with you ♪ 1755 01:42:16,839 --> 01:42:19,215 ♪ I wanna jam with you ♪ 1756 01:42:20,342 --> 01:42:22,176 ♪ I really wanna jam it ♪ 1757 01:42:22,344 --> 01:42:23,928 ♪ I really wanna jam ♪ 1758 01:42:24,096 --> 01:42:27,557 ♪ I wanna jam with you ♪ 1759 01:42:27,724 --> 01:42:30,685 - ♪ Whoa ♪ - ♪ I hope you like jammin', too ♪ 1760 01:42:30,853 --> 01:42:33,396 ♪ Well, oh, well, well, oh, well... ♪ 1761 01:42:34,523 --> 01:42:36,482 ( Vocalizing ) 1762 01:42:36,650 --> 01:42:39,026 - ♪ l wanna jam it with you ♪ - ♪ Yeah... ♪ 1763 01:42:39,194 --> 01:42:42,029 Ooh. Just let me tell you something else. 1764 01:42:42,197 --> 01:42:44,740 - Yeah. - ♪ I hope you like jammin', too... ♪ 1765 01:42:44,908 --> 01:42:49,078 To make everything come true, we got to be together. 1766 01:42:49,246 --> 01:42:51,998 - Yeah. Yeah. - ♪ I wanna jam it with you... ♪ 1767 01:42:52,166 --> 01:42:54,667 And through the spirit of the most high, 1768 01:42:54,835 --> 01:42:58,838 His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie l, 1769 01:42:59,006 --> 01:43:02,008 from writing to 1770 01:43:02,176 --> 01:43:04,343 leading people 1771 01:43:04,511 --> 01:43:06,721 of the slavery to be here 1772 01:43:06,889 --> 01:43:08,264 to shake hands. 1773 01:43:08,432 --> 01:43:11,225 ♪ Show the people that you love them right ♪ 1774 01:43:11,393 --> 01:43:15,521 ♪ Show the people that you gonna unite ♪ 1775 01:43:15,689 --> 01:43:18,900 ♪ Show the people that we're all right ♪ 1776 01:43:19,067 --> 01:43:21,903 ♪ Show the people that everything is all right... ♪ 1777 01:43:22,070 --> 01:43:23,946 Marvin: I actually played a wrong note. 1778 01:43:24,114 --> 01:43:25,698 - ( Off-key note ) - He started singing, 1779 01:43:25,866 --> 01:43:27,575 "Whoa, watch what you're doing." 1780 01:43:27,743 --> 01:43:29,535 ♪ Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch ♪ 1781 01:43:29,703 --> 01:43:32,288 ♪ Watch, watch, watch what you're doing... ♪ 1782 01:43:32,456 --> 01:43:34,582 Everybody thought he was trying to tell the people out there, 1783 01:43:34,750 --> 01:43:37,126 "Watch what you're doing," but he was really talking to me. 1784 01:43:41,590 --> 01:43:45,426 He was very spiritual. This was like, "Hey." 1785 01:43:49,056 --> 01:43:50,431 ♪ I'm trying to say... ♪ 1786 01:43:50,599 --> 01:43:53,017 - Woman: l hear you, brother. - Bob: Could we have... 1787 01:43:53,185 --> 01:43:56,646 could we have up here, onstage here, 1788 01:43:56,813 --> 01:44:01,859 the presence of Mr. Michael Manley and Mr. Edward Seaga? 1789 01:44:02,027 --> 01:44:04,654 ♪ Oh! ♪ 1790 01:44:04,821 --> 01:44:07,865 I just want to shake hands and show the people that... 1791 01:44:08,033 --> 01:44:09,700 ♪ We're gonna make them right ♪ 1792 01:44:09,868 --> 01:44:11,661 ♪ We're gonna unite ♪ 1793 01:44:11,828 --> 01:44:13,454 ♪ We're gonna make them right ♪ 1794 01:44:13,622 --> 01:44:17,959 ♪ We gots to unite... ♪ ( scatting ) 1795 01:44:20,295 --> 01:44:23,631 Rita: He didn't plan it at all. It was spontaneous. 1796 01:44:25,384 --> 01:44:27,969 ♪ I'm waiting, I'm waiting ♪ 1797 01:44:28,136 --> 01:44:30,638 ♪ O Lord, O Lord ♪ 1798 01:44:30,806 --> 01:44:32,515 ♪ Help us out, l pray... ♪ 1799 01:44:32,683 --> 01:44:34,308 ♪ We're jammin' ♪ 1800 01:44:34,476 --> 01:44:36,644 ♪ We're jammin'. ♪ 1801 01:44:36,812 --> 01:44:38,813 Rita: Anything could have happened at that point. 1802 01:44:38,981 --> 01:44:41,691 I was just praying that the people 1803 01:44:41,858 --> 01:44:44,235 didn't get foolish and start shooting again. 1804 01:44:47,155 --> 01:44:49,240 Seaga: There were no preachment or anything like that. 1805 01:44:49,408 --> 01:44:52,326 He just took our hands and said a few words, 1806 01:44:52,494 --> 01:44:54,662 held it up above his head. 1807 01:44:54,830 --> 01:44:56,956 And at that moment, everybody was one. 1808 01:44:57,124 --> 01:44:58,457 ( Crowd cheering ) 1809 01:44:58,625 --> 01:45:00,001 Love. 1810 01:45:00,168 --> 01:45:01,711 Prosperity. 1811 01:45:01,878 --> 01:45:04,588 Be with us all, Jah. 1812 01:45:04,756 --> 01:45:07,383 Rastafari. Selassie. 1813 01:45:07,551 --> 01:45:09,468 ( Crowd cheering ) 1814 01:45:14,182 --> 01:45:16,350 Breakspeare: He was able to do that. 1815 01:45:16,518 --> 01:45:19,395 He was able to bring people together in that way. 1816 01:45:19,563 --> 01:45:23,190 The same half uptown, half downtown, half black, half white... 1817 01:45:23,358 --> 01:45:25,276 it's that marriage of everything. 1818 01:45:25,444 --> 01:45:28,070 He just embodied it all in one person. 1819 01:45:42,085 --> 01:45:45,087 Ziggy: As his career grows, so grew a better education 1820 01:45:45,255 --> 01:45:48,758 and a better car and a bigger house with more rooms. 1821 01:45:48,925 --> 01:45:51,761 But my father would always take us back to Trench Town. 1822 01:45:53,722 --> 01:45:56,390 Garrick: Sometime Bob would go down the ghetto and, you know, 1823 01:45:56,558 --> 01:45:57,892 pass through and thing like that, 1824 01:45:58,060 --> 01:46:00,561 would never lock his car up. 1825 01:46:00,729 --> 01:46:03,522 'Cause that's like saying you don't trust people. 1826 01:46:03,690 --> 01:46:06,192 Interviewer: Have you made a lot of money out of your music? 1827 01:46:06,360 --> 01:46:08,402 Money? 1828 01:46:08,570 --> 01:46:10,071 I mean, what is a... how much is... 1829 01:46:10,238 --> 01:46:12,073 how much is a lot of money to you? 1830 01:46:12,240 --> 01:46:13,366 That's a good question. 1831 01:46:13,533 --> 01:46:16,702 Have you made, say, millions of dollars? 1832 01:46:16,870 --> 01:46:20,081 - No. - Are you a rich man? 1833 01:46:20,248 --> 01:46:21,916 When you mean rich, what you mean? 1834 01:46:22,084 --> 01:46:24,877 Do you have a lot of possessions, a lot of money in the bank? 1835 01:46:25,045 --> 01:46:26,754 Possession make you rich? 1836 01:46:26,922 --> 01:46:28,756 I don't have that type of riches. 1837 01:46:28,924 --> 01:46:31,550 My riches is life forever. 1838 01:46:31,718 --> 01:46:34,595 Breakspeare: Hope Road was always swarming with people, 1839 01:46:34,763 --> 01:46:37,765 and for the same reason... looking for an opportunity, 1840 01:46:37,933 --> 01:46:40,810 Iooking for some money, looking for a handout, need a job... 1841 01:46:40,977 --> 01:46:43,062 "My children's school fees," on and on and on. 1842 01:46:43,230 --> 01:46:46,357 Smith: You have lines every day at Hope Road. 1843 01:46:46,525 --> 01:46:50,236 People from all walks... they bring the baby, they bring the kids. 1844 01:46:50,404 --> 01:46:53,614 You have long lines, and he just hand out... 1845 01:46:53,782 --> 01:46:55,741 He doesn't just give, like, pittance, you know. 1846 01:46:55,909 --> 01:46:59,870 He give you enough that you can start something, you know. 1847 01:47:00,038 --> 01:47:01,497 ( Crowd cheering ) 1848 01:47:01,665 --> 01:47:03,833 Reporter: A couple of years ago, no one would have believed 1849 01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:06,919 that this raggle-taggle tribe of Jamaican musicians 1850 01:47:07,087 --> 01:47:09,588 would be packing Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens. 1851 01:47:09,756 --> 01:47:12,007 It's a sign of reggae's growing acceptance 1852 01:47:12,175 --> 01:47:14,635 in the international pop music scene. 1853 01:47:14,803 --> 01:47:19,557 And it's also catapulted this man, Bob Marley, to superstardom. 1854 01:47:20,976 --> 01:47:22,977 ♪ We don't need no trouble ♪ 1855 01:47:23,145 --> 01:47:25,354 ♪ No, no, no, no... ♪ 1856 01:47:25,522 --> 01:47:27,398 Bob once made a statement. He said they ask him, 1857 01:47:27,566 --> 01:47:29,442 "How big you think this music will get?" 1858 01:47:29,609 --> 01:47:31,569 And Bob says, "You know", 1859 01:47:31,736 --> 01:47:34,488 this music will get bigger and bigger and bigger 1860 01:47:34,656 --> 01:47:37,158 "till it reaches right people." 1861 01:47:37,325 --> 01:47:39,994 Which, to me, is the whole world. 1862 01:47:40,162 --> 01:47:42,663 - ( Crowd cheering ) - ( Band playing ) 1863 01:47:45,750 --> 01:47:49,211 ( cheering grows louder ) 1864 01:47:49,379 --> 01:47:54,175 Yes, you know, come a long way. 1865 01:48:07,272 --> 01:48:09,231 ♪ Lively up yourself ♪ 1866 01:48:09,399 --> 01:48:12,401 ♪ And don't be no drag ♪ 1867 01:48:13,778 --> 01:48:15,988 ♪ Lively up yourself ♪ 1868 01:48:16,156 --> 01:48:18,407 ♪ For reggae is another bag, yeah... ♪ 1869 01:48:19,868 --> 01:48:22,411 Mowatt: I watched from 200-seaters 1870 01:48:22,579 --> 01:48:26,624 to 1,000, and then I saw 80,000. 1871 01:48:26,791 --> 01:48:28,792 I saw 100,000. 1872 01:48:28,960 --> 01:48:31,545 ♪ 'Cause l said so ♪ 1873 01:48:31,713 --> 01:48:32,880 ♪ You, what you gonna do? ♪ 1874 01:48:33,048 --> 01:48:35,799 ♪ You rock so, you rock so... ♪ 1875 01:48:35,967 --> 01:48:37,551 Garrick: We tore up Europe. 1876 01:48:37,719 --> 01:48:41,597 We played to, like, maybe two million people in six weeks. 1877 01:48:41,765 --> 01:48:43,766 We broke everybody's record over there. 1878 01:48:43,934 --> 01:48:45,601 The Rolling Stones... 1879 01:48:45,769 --> 01:48:48,896 ♪ You skank so, you skank so ♪ 1880 01:48:49,064 --> 01:48:51,065 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 1881 01:48:52,275 --> 01:48:54,777 ♪ You come so, you come so ♪ 1882 01:48:54,945 --> 01:48:58,197 ♪ Come alive today, yeah ♪ 1883 01:48:58,365 --> 01:49:00,407 ♪ And lively up yourself... ♪ 1884 01:49:00,575 --> 01:49:03,160 ( Grunting ) 1885 01:49:03,328 --> 01:49:04,828 Yeah! 1886 01:49:04,996 --> 01:49:09,166 Dennis Thompson: He did a concert in Tokyo... 4,000 people. 1887 01:49:09,334 --> 01:49:11,252 Everybody's total Japanese. 1888 01:49:11,419 --> 01:49:13,629 Singing every song word for word. 1889 01:49:15,257 --> 01:49:18,008 Marcia Griffiths: Most of them could not even understand. 1890 01:49:18,176 --> 01:49:19,843 They spoke a different language, 1891 01:49:20,011 --> 01:49:21,595 but they felt the music 1892 01:49:21,763 --> 01:49:24,223 and they knew what he was saying. 1893 01:49:24,391 --> 01:49:26,225 ♪ Lively up yourself ♪ 1894 01:49:26,393 --> 01:49:29,562 ♪ In the morning time, Lord... ♪ 1895 01:49:29,729 --> 01:49:31,605 Mowatt: The media lied 1896 01:49:31,773 --> 01:49:35,442 and said that Bob smoke a pound a day. 1897 01:49:37,279 --> 01:49:40,656 And so everywhere we went, the police was on our heels, 1898 01:49:40,824 --> 01:49:44,577 and they would search our belongings with a fine-toothed comb. 1899 01:49:44,744 --> 01:49:46,870 ♪ I got to lively up myself... ♪ 1900 01:49:47,038 --> 01:49:50,249 You would see police with dogs on the bus, searching. 1901 01:49:50,417 --> 01:49:53,335 But every time they searched, they never found anything. 1902 01:49:53,503 --> 01:49:55,796 So they didn't bother with us again. 1903 01:49:59,676 --> 01:50:02,803 Garrick: Towards the latter years, they're more, like, 1904 01:50:02,971 --> 01:50:05,472 "You have any posters, like, any rec...?" 1905 01:50:05,640 --> 01:50:09,059 So we basically just came out with the passports, 1906 01:50:09,227 --> 01:50:11,812 a whole bunch of records and posters, 1907 01:50:11,980 --> 01:50:14,231 and they didn't even look; They just stamped. 1908 01:50:14,399 --> 01:50:15,899 ( Iaughing ) 1909 01:50:34,669 --> 01:50:37,338 - ( song ends ) - ( Crowd cheering ) 1910 01:50:40,342 --> 01:50:43,594 One of his main concern was that he wasn't 1911 01:50:43,762 --> 01:50:45,679 reaching the black people. 1912 01:50:45,847 --> 01:50:49,058 You know, he's noticed all his shows are all white, all white, every show, 1913 01:50:49,225 --> 01:50:51,101 so that kind of was puzzling to him. 1914 01:50:51,269 --> 01:50:54,355 I was in Nigeria and came back and told him about the response 1915 01:50:54,522 --> 01:50:56,649 of the people to him in Nigeria 1916 01:50:56,816 --> 01:50:58,901 who had never seen him, but just the music. 1917 01:50:59,069 --> 01:51:02,446 And he couldn't believe it. I said, "Yes, I'm serious." 1918 01:51:02,614 --> 01:51:05,032 l said, "Africa is really waiting for you." 1919 01:51:05,200 --> 01:51:08,369 As a matter of fact, if you go to Africa, you really might not come back." 1920 01:51:09,704 --> 01:51:12,206 ( Pascaline Bongo Ondimba speaking French ) 1921 01:51:42,570 --> 01:51:46,532 ♪ Check out the real situation ♪ 1922 01:51:46,700 --> 01:51:50,160 ♪ Nation war against nation ♪ 1923 01:51:50,328 --> 01:51:52,996 ♪ Where did it all begin? ♪ 1924 01:51:53,164 --> 01:51:55,624 Jobson: Her father was the President of Gabon. 1925 01:51:55,792 --> 01:51:58,502 Marvin: We didn't know he was a dictator when we went, but we found out. 1926 01:51:58,670 --> 01:52:01,588 It was, like, "Okay, we're here. It's too late. Let's just play." 1927 01:52:03,758 --> 01:52:05,592 ♪ And there ain't no use... ♪ 1928 01:52:05,760 --> 01:52:07,928 And his daughter was in love with Bob. 1929 01:52:09,472 --> 01:52:11,640 ( Speaking French ) 1930 01:52:23,403 --> 01:52:25,696 Jobson: To Bob, Africa is the motherland, you know, 1931 01:52:25,864 --> 01:52:28,615 and he loved Jamaica, but he was in transit. 1932 01:52:28,783 --> 01:52:30,909 Africa was the destination. 1933 01:52:31,077 --> 01:52:33,620 ♪ And everything is just for a while ♪ 1934 01:52:33,788 --> 01:52:36,749 ♪ It seems like total destruction ♪ 1935 01:52:36,916 --> 01:52:38,208 ♪ The only solution... ♪ 1936 01:52:38,376 --> 01:52:39,752 Bob: You don't die and go to heaven. 1937 01:52:39,919 --> 01:52:42,171 You have to live in heaven. 1938 01:52:42,338 --> 01:52:45,966 Africa is our heaven because that's where we come from. 1939 01:52:47,635 --> 01:52:48,969 ♪ There ain't no use... ♪ 1940 01:52:49,137 --> 01:52:51,972 ( Ondimba speaking French ) 1941 01:52:58,313 --> 01:53:00,856 ♪ No one can stop them now... ♪ 1942 01:53:29,385 --> 01:53:32,721 Everywhere we went, the kids were running beside the bus 1943 01:53:32,889 --> 01:53:36,725 and waving and hollering, "Bob Marley! Bob Marley! 1944 01:53:36,893 --> 01:53:39,228 Ganja! Ganja!" We said, "Uh-oh." 1945 01:53:41,689 --> 01:53:43,857 ( Ondimba speaking French ) 1946 01:54:01,751 --> 01:54:04,503 Bob asked me to find out from Pascaline 1947 01:54:04,671 --> 01:54:06,547 how much money we were actually paid. 1948 01:54:06,714 --> 01:54:09,716 And what she told me was a lot, lot more money 1949 01:54:09,884 --> 01:54:13,220 than what Bob was told by Don. 1950 01:54:13,388 --> 01:54:14,721 ( Ondimba speaking French ) 1951 01:54:26,693 --> 01:54:29,027 He kick him down. 1952 01:54:29,195 --> 01:54:32,239 Leapt across the room and kick him down. 1953 01:54:32,407 --> 01:54:34,867 Yeah, l saw him kick his ass. 1954 01:54:35,034 --> 01:54:39,580 In fact, we questioned him for almost three hours that night on tape. 1955 01:54:39,747 --> 01:54:41,415 We were on the 23rd floor, 1956 01:54:41,583 --> 01:54:45,127 and they kind of held Don outside the window for a minute. 1957 01:54:45,295 --> 01:54:47,212 Bob would ask him the same question, 1958 01:54:47,380 --> 01:54:50,173 like, maybe half an hour later, and he answered different, 1959 01:54:50,341 --> 01:54:51,800 and Bob said, "Garrick, rewind." 1960 01:54:51,968 --> 01:54:53,552 ( imitating tape rewinding ) 1961 01:54:53,720 --> 01:54:55,220 Ding! Play. 1962 01:54:55,388 --> 01:54:57,931 And then, "Wasn't you said that, boy?" 1963 01:54:58,099 --> 01:55:00,976 Slap him couple of times. Shit! 1964 01:55:01,144 --> 01:55:02,936 - ( Barking ) - Hey! 1965 01:55:05,106 --> 01:55:09,234 Reporter: lt was the policy of keeping Africans in their place, 1966 01:55:09,402 --> 01:55:11,320 which, by 1965, 1967 01:55:11,487 --> 01:55:15,616 made Rhodesia illegal in the eyes of the world. 1968 01:55:15,783 --> 01:55:19,745 I don't believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia, 1969 01:55:19,913 --> 01:55:21,955 not in 1,000 years. 1970 01:55:22,123 --> 01:55:25,500 ( Gunfire ) 1971 01:55:25,668 --> 01:55:29,379 ♪ No more internal... ♪ 1972 01:55:29,547 --> 01:55:31,423 Marvin: Bob wrote a song called "Zimbabwe." 1973 01:55:31,591 --> 01:55:33,592 "Natty mash it in-a Zimbabwe. 1974 01:55:33,760 --> 01:55:36,053 I and l liberate Zimbabwe." 1975 01:55:36,220 --> 01:55:38,680 And when the song got to Zimbabwe, 1976 01:55:38,848 --> 01:55:41,350 the freedom fighters embraced that as their anthem. 1977 01:55:41,517 --> 01:55:43,226 They got their independence. 1978 01:55:43,394 --> 01:55:46,104 Finally, they got their independence, 1979 01:55:46,272 --> 01:55:49,650 and they sent representatives here to Jamaica 1980 01:55:49,817 --> 01:55:51,818 to ask Bob to perform. 1981 01:55:51,986 --> 01:55:55,155 They wanted him to come, and when they saw the cost, 1982 01:55:55,323 --> 01:55:57,074 they said they couldn't afford it. 1983 01:55:57,241 --> 01:56:00,619 And so Bob Marley used his own money 1984 01:56:00,787 --> 01:56:03,163 and shipped equipment, l think, 1985 01:56:03,331 --> 01:56:05,499 from London to Zimbabwe. 1986 01:56:05,667 --> 01:56:07,334 ♪ Zimbabwe ♪ 1987 01:56:07,502 --> 01:56:08,835 ♪ They trash it in ♪ 1988 01:56:09,003 --> 01:56:10,295 ♪ Zimbabwe ♪ 1989 01:56:10,463 --> 01:56:14,383 ♪ Africans a-liberate Zimbabwe... ♪ 1990 01:56:14,550 --> 01:56:18,011 Mowatt: You had dignitaries from all over the world. 1991 01:56:18,179 --> 01:56:21,515 ♪ You're right, you're right, you're right, you're... ♪ 1992 01:56:22,684 --> 01:56:25,686 ( Crowd cheering ) 1993 01:56:29,148 --> 01:56:32,150 l, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, 1994 01:56:32,318 --> 01:56:37,322 do swear that I will well and truly serve Zimbabwe 1995 01:56:37,490 --> 01:56:40,909 in the office of minister of the government, 1996 01:56:41,077 --> 01:56:42,995 so help me God. 1997 01:56:43,162 --> 01:56:45,163 ( Cheering ) 1998 01:56:47,917 --> 01:56:50,711 Reporter: Midnight... the exact moment of independence. 1999 01:56:50,878 --> 01:56:52,754 As Prince Charles, Governor Soames, 2000 01:56:52,922 --> 01:56:54,673 and hundreds of visiting heads of government 2001 01:56:54,841 --> 01:56:57,217 and VIPs from around the world watched, 2002 01:56:57,385 --> 01:57:01,513 the new flag was raised, Robert Mugabe's government assumed power, 2003 01:57:01,681 --> 01:57:04,141 and Zimbabwe was born. 2004 01:57:09,397 --> 01:57:12,065 ♪ Exodus ♪ 2005 01:57:12,233 --> 01:57:16,361 ♪ O Lord, movement of Jah people... ♪ 2006 01:57:20,742 --> 01:57:23,493 Thompson: lt was the first time anybody in Zimbabwe 2007 01:57:23,661 --> 01:57:25,412 had heard anything like this. 2008 01:57:25,580 --> 01:57:28,123 But when the first song started, 2009 01:57:28,291 --> 01:57:31,710 the 90,000 people outside who couldn't get in 2010 01:57:31,878 --> 01:57:33,462 decided to come in. 2011 01:57:33,629 --> 01:57:35,881 ♪ Men and people will fight you down ♪ 2012 01:57:36,049 --> 01:57:38,925 ♪ When you see Jah light ♪ 2013 01:57:39,093 --> 01:57:40,802 ♪ Let me tell you if you're not wrong... ♪ 2014 01:57:40,970 --> 01:57:42,846 Griffiths: It was the freedom fighters 2015 01:57:43,014 --> 01:57:45,265 heard Bob Marley inside the stadium, 2016 01:57:45,433 --> 01:57:48,560 and they are locked out, not being able to go in, 2017 01:57:48,728 --> 01:57:51,271 and they just flattened the fence. 2018 01:57:51,439 --> 01:57:54,274 So, being there onstage, 2019 01:57:54,442 --> 01:57:58,361 l remember l was the first person to smell something unusual. 2020 01:57:58,529 --> 01:58:01,031 It was tear gas. 2021 01:58:01,199 --> 01:58:03,617 Mowatt: There was this strange sensation 2022 01:58:03,785 --> 01:58:05,827 that was burning our throats, 2023 01:58:05,995 --> 01:58:08,455 and it felt as if we were gonna die. 2024 01:58:08,623 --> 01:58:12,042 We didn't know what it was, and we felt that we're gonna leave Jamaica 2025 01:58:12,210 --> 01:58:16,296 and come all the way to Zimbabwe to leave our kids and just die here. 2026 01:58:16,464 --> 01:58:18,965 So, Rita, Marcia and l, 2027 01:58:19,133 --> 01:58:20,675 we ran off the stage, 2028 01:58:20,843 --> 01:58:23,512 and the musicians were coming off one by one. 2029 01:58:23,679 --> 01:58:26,139 But Bob was still in his element, and he... 2030 01:58:26,307 --> 01:58:28,642 l guess he didn't even realize what was happening. 2031 01:58:34,190 --> 01:58:36,525 That just open my eyes to know that this man 2032 01:58:36,692 --> 01:58:39,236 was ready to go down with his people. 2033 01:58:39,403 --> 01:58:41,071 Whatever the reason was, 2034 01:58:41,239 --> 01:58:43,615 - Bob didn't run nowhere. - ( Screaming ) 2035 01:58:45,326 --> 01:58:47,828 So when we got back onstage with Bob, 2036 01:58:47,995 --> 01:58:49,704 this is what Bob said to us: 2037 01:58:49,872 --> 01:58:54,167 "Now I know who are the true revolutionaries." 2038 01:58:54,335 --> 01:58:58,338 ♪ Well, well, well, well, Jah come to break oppression ♪ 2039 01:58:58,506 --> 01:59:01,675 ♪ Rule equality, yeah ♪ 2040 01:59:01,843 --> 01:59:04,302 ♪ Wipe away transgression ♪ 2041 01:59:04,470 --> 01:59:07,305 ♪ Set the captives free ♪ 2042 01:59:07,473 --> 01:59:10,308 ♪ Set the captives free now ♪ 2043 01:59:10,476 --> 01:59:12,394 ♪ Set ♪ 2044 01:59:13,521 --> 01:59:16,523 ♪ Set the captives free, yeah ♪ 2045 01:59:16,691 --> 01:59:19,359 ♪ Set the captives, set, set... ♪ 2046 01:59:19,527 --> 01:59:21,695 Thompson: And l think that was one of his highlights 2047 01:59:21,863 --> 01:59:24,197 of a dream for him. 2048 01:59:24,365 --> 01:59:26,324 He was at home. 2049 01:59:30,371 --> 01:59:33,790 - ( Song ends ) - Thank you very much. Zimbabwe! 2050 01:59:33,958 --> 01:59:36,334 Freedom! 2051 01:59:41,507 --> 01:59:43,758 Interviewer: Did Bob want to reach a black audience in America? 2052 01:59:43,926 --> 01:59:45,552 Of course he did. 2053 01:59:45,720 --> 01:59:47,470 Bob... until he died, he did. 2054 01:59:47,638 --> 01:59:51,349 The last concert in New York was to try to get. 2055 01:59:51,517 --> 01:59:55,061 African American, R&B airplay in America. 2056 01:59:56,522 --> 02:00:00,400 Bob had a cult following in America. 2057 02:00:00,568 --> 02:00:03,486 And when you go to a Bob Marley concert, it was sold out, 2058 02:00:03,654 --> 02:00:05,739 but it was white. 2059 02:00:10,745 --> 02:00:13,079 Cole: Yeah, the black people in America were not responding. 2060 02:00:13,247 --> 02:00:16,750 It was always a big thing. We always talked about it. We always wondered why. 2061 02:00:18,878 --> 02:00:22,088 Danny: So Frankie Crocker, the number-one jock in the country, 2062 02:00:22,256 --> 02:00:25,425 said that l got a concert with The Commodores. 2063 02:00:25,593 --> 02:00:28,428 "We'll guarantee you three months of airplay 2064 02:00:28,596 --> 02:00:31,056 if Bob would open for the Commodores." 2065 02:00:31,224 --> 02:00:32,599 We said, "You gotta be crazy." 2066 02:00:32,767 --> 02:00:34,226 The Commodores should be opening the show 2067 02:00:34,393 --> 02:00:36,561 "for Bob Marley, not in reverse." 2068 02:00:36,729 --> 02:00:40,106 I went back to Bob, and Bob said, "No problem." 2069 02:00:40,274 --> 02:00:43,026 - ( reggae music playing ) - ( Audience cheering ) 2070 02:01:00,378 --> 02:01:03,672 ♪ Could you be loved ♪ 2071 02:01:05,466 --> 02:01:07,968 ♪ And be loved? ♪ 2072 02:01:10,304 --> 02:01:12,973 ♪ Could you be loved ♪ 2073 02:01:15,518 --> 02:01:17,644 ♪ And be loved? ♪ 2074 02:01:20,314 --> 02:01:23,108 ♪ Don't let them fool ya... ♪ 2075 02:01:23,276 --> 02:01:28,154 - ( Women vocalizing ) - ♪ Oh, no ♪ 2076 02:01:29,198 --> 02:01:32,409 ♪ Or even try to school ya... ♪ 2077 02:01:32,576 --> 02:01:37,247 - ( Vocalizing ) - ♪ Oh, no... ♪ 2078 02:01:37,415 --> 02:01:41,126 Griffiths: When we did the Madison Square Garden show, 2079 02:01:41,294 --> 02:01:43,670 that night was history. 2080 02:01:43,838 --> 02:01:45,839 ♪ If what you're thinking is not right ♪ 2081 02:01:48,259 --> 02:01:51,261 ♪ Love will never leave us alone... ♪ 2082 02:01:51,429 --> 02:01:53,763 Every single one that was in the audience 2083 02:01:53,931 --> 02:01:57,684 stood on their feet to acknowledge this man. 2084 02:01:57,852 --> 02:02:00,020 ♪ Whoa, now ♪ 2085 02:02:00,187 --> 02:02:02,230 ♪ Could you be loved ♪ 2086 02:02:05,109 --> 02:02:07,027 ♪ And be loved? ♪ 2087 02:02:09,447 --> 02:02:12,282 ♪ Could you be loved ♪ 2088 02:02:14,785 --> 02:02:17,162 ♪ And be loved? ♪ 2089 02:02:17,330 --> 02:02:18,913 - ♪ Oh ♪ - ♪ Could you be, could you be ♪ 2090 02:02:19,081 --> 02:02:21,166 ♪ Could you be loved? Could you be, could you be loved? ♪ 2091 02:02:21,334 --> 02:02:25,920 Griffiths: l think the doors of America was opened to Bob right there. 2092 02:02:28,090 --> 02:02:31,593 - ( Song ends ) - ( Audience cheering ) 2093 02:02:38,893 --> 02:02:42,103 ( crowd chanting ) Marley! Marley! Marley! 2094 02:02:42,271 --> 02:02:46,274 Marley! Marley! Marley! Marley! Marley! 2095 02:02:46,442 --> 02:02:52,280 Marley! Marley! Marley! Marley! Marley! Marley! 2096 02:02:52,448 --> 02:02:55,450 ( Chanting continues, fades ) 2097 02:02:57,286 --> 02:03:00,246 Eddie: The next day, we were out in Central Park jogging. 2098 02:03:00,414 --> 02:03:03,124 And we was going up this hill, 2099 02:03:03,292 --> 02:03:06,920 and all of a sudden he... he stumbled. 2100 02:03:07,088 --> 02:03:10,632 And we went and we laid him down on the side of the trail, 2101 02:03:10,800 --> 02:03:12,467 and he... he started shaking, 2102 02:03:12,635 --> 02:03:14,928 and he had foaming at the mouth. 2103 02:03:15,096 --> 02:03:18,473 And l said... when l looked at him, he looked real strange. 2104 02:03:18,641 --> 02:03:22,685 And the guys gathered around him, they said something in patois. 2105 02:03:22,853 --> 02:03:25,980 And he hollered "Rastafari" and jumped up off the ground. 2106 02:03:26,148 --> 02:03:29,109 Scared me to death. I mean, he was there, shaking and foaming. 2107 02:03:29,276 --> 02:03:31,486 Next thing l know, he done... he just jumped up. 2108 02:03:34,532 --> 02:03:37,659 Danny: We took him to the hospital next door to my house. 2109 02:03:39,036 --> 02:03:41,871 The doctor told Allan and me 2110 02:03:42,039 --> 02:03:46,126 that Bob Marley had cancer and that it had spread. 2111 02:03:46,293 --> 02:03:49,671 He had cancer all over his body... 2112 02:03:49,839 --> 02:03:53,174 lungs, brain, all over the place. 2113 02:03:53,342 --> 02:03:56,845 It was incredible that he was able to keep working. 2114 02:03:58,472 --> 02:04:02,559 Danny: But the doctor told us that we shouldn't do anything, 2115 02:04:02,726 --> 02:04:06,187 that we should just let him stay on the concert tour, 2116 02:04:06,355 --> 02:04:08,523 that he was so strong and powerful, 2117 02:04:08,691 --> 02:04:12,694 that one day he was gonna walk out onstage and he was gonna fall dead. 2118 02:04:13,821 --> 02:04:16,364 But that he could not be treated 2119 02:04:16,532 --> 02:04:18,658 and he could not be helped. 2120 02:04:20,077 --> 02:04:21,828 Interviewer: How did he take the news? 2121 02:04:21,996 --> 02:04:25,206 Bad. He took the news bad. 2122 02:04:28,335 --> 02:04:30,795 Blackwell: l knew he'd had a problem with his toe before that, 2123 02:04:30,963 --> 02:04:35,592 but l had forgotten about it. 2124 02:04:35,759 --> 02:04:38,011 I think everybody seemed to have forgotten about it 2125 02:04:38,179 --> 02:04:42,056 because if he'd been going to regular checkups, 2126 02:04:42,224 --> 02:04:46,769 you know, he might have been... he might be around today. But... 2127 02:04:46,937 --> 02:04:48,354 lnterviewer: He just didn't go to his checkups? 2128 02:04:48,522 --> 02:04:50,231 No. 2129 02:04:58,616 --> 02:05:01,868 Mowatt: The next stop was Pittsburgh, 2130 02:05:02,036 --> 02:05:05,955 and we were waiting for Bob to come on the bus 2131 02:05:06,123 --> 02:05:08,625 for all of us to drive to Pittsburgh. 2132 02:05:08,792 --> 02:05:10,585 And we never saw Bob. 2133 02:05:13,714 --> 02:05:15,924 Finally, he arrived, 2134 02:05:16,091 --> 02:05:19,093 and he was looking very, very stressed, l remember, 2135 02:05:19,261 --> 02:05:22,597 and we went to do a sound check. 2136 02:05:22,765 --> 02:05:26,643 And I remember we did the sound check 2137 02:05:26,810 --> 02:05:28,728 with one song 2138 02:05:28,896 --> 02:05:32,273 and we did that song for maybe two or three hours. 2139 02:05:32,441 --> 02:05:34,359 "I'm Hurting lnside." 2140 02:05:36,320 --> 02:05:38,947 Mowatt: lt's the longest sound check we have ever had. 2141 02:05:39,114 --> 02:05:44,077 It just felt like, "Why?" We didn't understand. 2142 02:05:49,458 --> 02:05:52,043 We had a meeting before the show, half an hour before the show, 2143 02:05:52,211 --> 02:05:56,130 and we were told by Allan Cole that this was gonna be our last concert. 2144 02:05:57,466 --> 02:06:01,010 And, of course, we were all, like, in shock. 2145 02:06:01,178 --> 02:06:03,054 Cole: Before we went onstage, he said to me, 2146 02:06:03,222 --> 02:06:06,474 "l want you to stay pretty close in case anything should happen." 2147 02:06:06,642 --> 02:06:09,519 I'm saying, "Nothing's gonna happen to you. Everything's gonna be all right." 2148 02:06:09,687 --> 02:06:11,938 But he just said, "Stay close in case." 2149 02:06:12,106 --> 02:06:14,357 Just in case he got a seizure. 2150 02:06:14,525 --> 02:06:18,987 ♪ I wanna love you, l wanna love and treat ♪ 2151 02:06:19,154 --> 02:06:21,155 ♪ Love and treat you right... ♪ 2152 02:06:21,323 --> 02:06:24,242 Eddie: He put on the show, but it wasn't the same. 2153 02:06:24,410 --> 02:06:26,578 He didn't have the same energy. 2154 02:06:26,745 --> 02:06:29,747 But the people kept him pumped up 'cause this... 2155 02:06:29,915 --> 02:06:31,374 so many people in the audience, 2156 02:06:31,542 --> 02:06:33,501 and they were, "Bob! Bob!" 2157 02:06:33,669 --> 02:06:36,170 ♪ We'II share the shelter... ♪ 2158 02:06:36,338 --> 02:06:38,214 Mowatt: They called for an encore, and we were saying, 2159 02:06:38,382 --> 02:06:40,174 "Lord, l wonder if he can do it." 2160 02:06:40,342 --> 02:06:43,511 And he went out, and he did the encore. He did about four songs. 2161 02:06:45,472 --> 02:06:47,765 ♪ Jah provide the bread... ♪ 2162 02:06:47,933 --> 02:06:50,143 Mowatt: And they called for another encore, 2163 02:06:50,311 --> 02:06:54,772 and I'm saying, "Jesus, l wonder if he's gonna fall out on this one." 2164 02:06:54,940 --> 02:06:58,443 But he did it. He did it. 2165 02:06:58,611 --> 02:07:00,987 And that was the last time 2166 02:07:01,155 --> 02:07:03,197 we performed onstage together. 2167 02:07:09,204 --> 02:07:11,039 - ( Song ends ) - ( Crowd roaring ) 2168 02:07:11,206 --> 02:07:13,916 Bob: Thank you very much. Pittsburgh! Yeah! 2169 02:07:14,084 --> 02:07:17,670 ( Crowd cheering ) 2170 02:07:17,838 --> 02:07:19,297 Bob: If you keep it up like this, 2171 02:07:19,465 --> 02:07:21,299 we'll have to come here every year! 2172 02:07:21,467 --> 02:07:25,094 - ( Crowd roaring ) - Every week, every month! 2173 02:07:25,262 --> 02:07:27,138 Thank you! 2174 02:07:31,769 --> 02:07:33,895 Jaffe: I was with him the whole time in New York 2175 02:07:34,063 --> 02:07:35,772 when he was being treated at Sloan-Kettering. 2176 02:07:35,939 --> 02:07:37,649 I was with him every day. 2177 02:07:37,816 --> 02:07:42,570 I was with him when he was getting chemo and his locks fell out. 2178 02:07:45,908 --> 02:07:48,159 Breakspeare: The weight of the locks was just too heavy. 2179 02:07:48,327 --> 02:07:50,244 The few hairs that were still holding 2180 02:07:50,412 --> 02:07:51,746 was beginning to be really uncomfortable, 2181 02:07:51,914 --> 02:07:53,748 and he decided to cut it. 2182 02:07:53,916 --> 02:07:55,792 That was quite a night. 2183 02:07:58,420 --> 02:08:02,090 It was myself, Rita... a group of us women. 2184 02:08:02,257 --> 02:08:05,593 We lit candles, and we were reading from the Bible. 2185 02:08:05,761 --> 02:08:08,096 We were reading the "Book of Job," 2186 02:08:08,263 --> 02:08:11,641 and we cut. 2187 02:08:11,809 --> 02:08:14,268 I said to him... 2188 02:08:16,313 --> 02:08:18,690 "You going for the Rude Boy look?" 2189 02:08:18,857 --> 02:08:20,858 And he laughed. It was funny. 2190 02:08:21,026 --> 02:08:22,944 But it was really, really sad... 2191 02:08:23,112 --> 02:08:25,822 the saddest thing l can ever remember. 2192 02:08:28,158 --> 02:08:30,159 That was the first time l saw him... 2193 02:08:32,454 --> 02:08:34,539 like, without his hair. 2194 02:08:34,707 --> 02:08:37,333 You know, he looked, like, so tiny. 2195 02:08:57,646 --> 02:09:00,982 Fraser: Him say, "Listen, we're gonna fight it, all right?" 2196 02:09:01,150 --> 02:09:04,485 Regardless of what the doctors might say or what they might do, 2197 02:09:04,653 --> 02:09:06,779 we're gonna fight it, 2198 02:09:06,947 --> 02:09:08,823 "'cause a Rasta never give up." 2199 02:09:08,991 --> 02:09:11,576 Left to me, l would have said, 2200 02:09:11,744 --> 02:09:14,996 "Bob, come home to St. Ann and come eat roast fish and callaloo every day." 2201 02:09:15,164 --> 02:09:16,873 Smoke the biggest spliff if you like, 2202 02:09:17,040 --> 02:09:21,085 drink fish tea, just do what you want. 2203 02:09:21,253 --> 02:09:24,005 And if you end up in the same place at the end of it all, 2204 02:09:24,173 --> 02:09:28,050 at least you will have had some comfort 2205 02:09:28,218 --> 02:09:29,844 in your last months on this earth 2206 02:09:30,012 --> 02:09:33,181 "and being in a place that you really, really wanted to be in." 2207 02:09:33,348 --> 02:09:36,142 But we girls didn't have much talk in those days, you know. 2208 02:09:36,310 --> 02:09:38,686 The men made the decisions. 2209 02:09:38,854 --> 02:09:41,522 ( Acoustic guitar playing ) 2210 02:09:47,237 --> 02:09:51,532 ♪ Old pirates, yes, they rob l ♪ 2211 02:09:51,700 --> 02:09:56,496 ♪ Sold l to the merchant ships ♪ 2212 02:09:56,663 --> 02:10:00,625 ♪ Minutes after they took I ♪ 2213 02:10:00,793 --> 02:10:03,920 ♪ From the bottomless pit ♪ 2214 02:10:04,087 --> 02:10:09,175 ♪ But my hand was made strong ♪ 2215 02:10:09,343 --> 02:10:12,345 ♪ By the hand of the Almighty ♪ 2216 02:10:12,513 --> 02:10:18,059 ♪ We forward in this generation ♪ 2217 02:10:18,227 --> 02:10:21,562 ♪ Triumphantly ♪ 2218 02:10:21,730 --> 02:10:24,607 ♪ Won't you help to sing ♪ 2219 02:10:26,652 --> 02:10:29,612 ♪ These songs of freedom? ♪ 2220 02:10:29,780 --> 02:10:32,240 ♪ 'Cause all l ever have ♪ 2221 02:10:34,827 --> 02:10:37,995 ♪ Redemption songs ♪ 2222 02:10:39,164 --> 02:10:43,042 ♪ Redemption songs... ♪ 2223 02:10:43,210 --> 02:10:45,253 Breakspeare: He was living in a house just down the road. 2224 02:10:45,420 --> 02:10:48,130 It was actually in walking distance from the clinic. 2225 02:10:48,298 --> 02:10:49,966 But l mean, you had to put boots on 2226 02:10:50,133 --> 02:10:52,260 halfway up your thigh to get through the snow. 2227 02:10:54,137 --> 02:10:56,305 Garrick: I'm telling you, I had to wear dark glasses 2228 02:10:56,473 --> 02:10:58,307 because it was so white. 2229 02:10:58,475 --> 02:11:00,810 The lake was frozen three feet deep. 2230 02:11:00,978 --> 02:11:03,437 You could drive a car over it. 2231 02:11:03,605 --> 02:11:07,817 I said, "This is a fridge where they keep people alive." 2232 02:11:07,985 --> 02:11:10,778 No, Rottach-Egern... l'll never forget that. 2233 02:11:12,281 --> 02:11:15,533 Fraser: Dr. Josef lssels was the ultimate 2234 02:11:15,701 --> 02:11:18,202 in holistic therapy at that time. 2235 02:11:18,370 --> 02:11:20,538 But what made him more interesting... he was the only doctor 2236 02:11:20,706 --> 02:11:24,917 who had actually cured a melanoma on the planet Earth. 2237 02:11:26,128 --> 02:11:29,005 ( Speaking German ) 2238 02:12:07,002 --> 02:12:11,505 I went to Germany for his 36th birthday. 2239 02:12:12,674 --> 02:12:15,509 Rita was there. Cindy was there. 2240 02:12:15,677 --> 02:12:17,678 His mom was there. 2241 02:12:19,097 --> 02:12:21,349 It was kind of frustrating in a sense 2242 02:12:21,516 --> 02:12:25,686 because I know the type of person Bob is. 2243 02:12:25,854 --> 02:12:29,190 Him didn't want us to see him in that state. 2244 02:12:30,734 --> 02:12:34,236 Bob had a stroke, l think, on the left side. 2245 02:12:34,404 --> 02:12:39,033 So he was frustrated that he couldn't finger a guitar. 2246 02:12:39,201 --> 02:12:40,284 Interviewer: So when you left him, 2247 02:12:40,452 --> 02:12:42,161 you thought he might get better? 2248 02:12:42,329 --> 02:12:45,539 Yeah. I was definitely hoping... well, he was trying to tell me that... 2249 02:12:45,707 --> 02:12:49,168 that he's gonna beat this thing, you know? 2250 02:12:49,336 --> 02:12:51,671 "I'll beat this thing." 2251 02:12:52,839 --> 02:12:55,049 ( Bob speaking ) 2252 02:13:16,571 --> 02:13:19,573 ( speaking German ) 2253 02:13:34,256 --> 02:13:37,925 Danny: l think people then started going after his wealth. 2254 02:13:38,093 --> 02:13:40,553 I think that it was... it had become 2255 02:13:40,721 --> 02:13:43,764 a bloodthirsty-type situation 2256 02:13:43,932 --> 02:13:47,601 where people knew he was gonna die, 2257 02:13:47,769 --> 02:13:50,563 and they was just... 2258 02:13:50,731 --> 02:13:53,024 they just surrounded him. 2259 02:13:55,360 --> 02:13:58,654 That's why Bob never write a will, l feel. 2260 02:13:58,822 --> 02:14:01,115 Bob never want to give up. 2261 02:14:01,283 --> 02:14:03,534 It seems like when you write a will, it's like you say, 2262 02:14:03,702 --> 02:14:06,871 "Well, you know, I'm checking in." 2263 02:14:08,832 --> 02:14:10,624 So I think that was one of the reasons. 2264 02:14:10,792 --> 02:14:13,878 I think one of the reasons, too, is he's not the type of person who would say, 2265 02:14:14,046 --> 02:14:17,715 "Now, okay, l leave this for Ziggy, Cedella." 2266 02:14:17,883 --> 02:14:21,469 You know, like, divide up. And "Okay, what should I leave for Seeco" 2267 02:14:21,636 --> 02:14:24,638 and Neville and Carly and..." 2268 02:14:24,806 --> 02:14:26,557 That's not Bob. 2269 02:14:26,725 --> 02:14:30,102 Where the Bob I know, by leaving it open like that, 2270 02:14:30,270 --> 02:14:34,023 everybody reveal who they really were. 2271 02:14:34,191 --> 02:14:36,525 - You get me? - Interviewer: Hmm. 2272 02:14:36,693 --> 02:14:39,945 Who really did love him, who fighting over the money. 2273 02:14:40,113 --> 02:14:42,490 Yeah, man. Him does say, but that's how he is. 2274 02:14:42,657 --> 02:14:44,825 Bob left it open. 2275 02:14:48,038 --> 02:14:50,122 Jobson: The doctor said that 2276 02:14:50,290 --> 02:14:52,917 he couldn't do anything more for Bob, 2277 02:14:53,085 --> 02:14:54,627 and if we were going to leave, 2278 02:14:54,795 --> 02:14:58,964 we'd have to do it within 48 hours. 2279 02:14:59,132 --> 02:15:00,966 So I said, "I'm on my way back." 2280 02:15:01,134 --> 02:15:03,177 I'm coming back to Germany this week." 2281 02:15:03,345 --> 02:15:05,513 And he said, "No, don't come." 2282 02:15:05,680 --> 02:15:07,723 He's coming to Miami. 2283 02:15:07,891 --> 02:15:11,018 We decided, you know, that... 2284 02:15:11,186 --> 02:15:14,480 we'd just rent a plane, you know. 2285 02:15:14,648 --> 02:15:16,899 Bob wanted to know if it's a Concorde. 2286 02:15:17,067 --> 02:15:19,527 I said, "No. ( Laughing )" 2287 02:15:19,694 --> 02:15:22,196 No Concorde." 2288 02:15:33,959 --> 02:15:37,336 Rita: So l brought up all the kids from... who was in Jamaica. 2289 02:15:37,504 --> 02:15:41,215 Some of them my kids, some from other mothers. 2290 02:15:41,383 --> 02:15:44,718 So I gathered everyone and said, "Come. Daddy want to see you all." 2291 02:15:44,886 --> 02:15:47,096 l remember me and Ziggy were sitting outside, 2292 02:15:47,264 --> 02:15:50,891 and some preacher guy came from Jamaica, 2293 02:15:51,059 --> 02:15:54,478 another one came from the Ethiopian Church, 2294 02:15:54,646 --> 02:15:57,898 and I'm telling Ziggy, "Ziggy, he's gonna be all right, you know?" 2295 02:15:58,066 --> 02:16:00,067 'Cause, l mean, look... look how many people are praying." 2296 02:16:00,235 --> 02:16:04,488 My memory was going to the intensive care unit, 2297 02:16:04,656 --> 02:16:06,740 doing peep, going like this, 2298 02:16:06,908 --> 02:16:09,994 looking through the window, you know, like, going... 2299 02:16:10,162 --> 02:16:12,997 And him lay down there, and him kind of see me, and him go... 2300 02:16:13,165 --> 02:16:14,915 him go, "Come." 2301 02:16:15,083 --> 02:16:18,919 So l went in, l went beside him, and him say, you know, 2302 02:16:19,087 --> 02:16:22,298 "What up, young Bob?" You know, "What's up, young Bob?" 2303 02:16:22,465 --> 02:16:25,718 And, "Me have a song for you." 2304 02:16:25,886 --> 02:16:28,512 You know, him say, "l have a song for you." 2305 02:16:28,680 --> 02:16:30,890 And him sing a couple of lines of the song, 2306 02:16:31,057 --> 02:16:32,308 "On your way up, take me up. 2307 02:16:32,475 --> 02:16:34,101 On your way down, don't let me down." 2308 02:16:36,813 --> 02:16:39,857 You know, like the one time you're kinda hoping 2309 02:16:40,025 --> 02:16:43,694 you can have him for yourself... 2310 02:16:45,780 --> 02:16:47,948 ( scoffs ) 2311 02:16:48,116 --> 02:16:51,160 And it wasn't supposed to happen again, you know? 2312 02:17:06,343 --> 02:17:09,929 ♪ Haile Selassie ♪ 2313 02:17:10,096 --> 02:17:18,145 ♪ Is the chapel... ♪ 2314 02:17:18,313 --> 02:17:23,484 ( Women vocalizing ) 2315 02:17:28,198 --> 02:17:36,163 ♪ Power of the Trinity ♪ 2316 02:17:37,332 --> 02:17:40,209 ♪ Trinity ♪ 2317 02:17:40,377 --> 02:17:46,048 ♪ Trinity is he ♪ 2318 02:17:47,592 --> 02:17:50,803 ♪ Build your mind ♪ 2319 02:17:50,971 --> 02:17:56,308 ♪ On this direction... ♪ 2320 02:17:56,476 --> 02:18:01,313 ( Women vocalizing ) 2321 02:18:05,193 --> 02:18:09,530 ♪ Serve the living God ♪ 2322 02:18:09,698 --> 02:18:12,157 ♪ And live ♪ 2323 02:18:13,493 --> 02:18:17,538 ♪ Livin' God, livin' God ♪ 2324 02:18:17,706 --> 02:18:22,042 ♪ And live ♪ 2325 02:18:23,253 --> 02:18:27,047 ♪ Take your troubles ♪ 2326 02:18:27,215 --> 02:18:32,219 ♪ To Selassie... ♪ 2327 02:18:32,387 --> 02:18:36,640 ( Women vocalizing ) 2328 02:18:40,895 --> 02:18:43,772 ♪ He is the only ♪ 2329 02:18:43,940 --> 02:18:47,526 ♪ King of Kings ♪ 2330 02:18:47,694 --> 02:18:51,739 ♪ He's the King of Kings ♪ 2331 02:18:51,906 --> 02:18:57,536 ♪ King of Kings is he ♪ 2332 02:18:58,913 --> 02:19:02,708 ♪ Conquering Lion ♪ 2333 02:19:02,876 --> 02:19:07,504 ♪ Of Judah... ♪ 2334 02:19:07,672 --> 02:19:12,551 ( Women vocalizing ) 2335 02:19:16,014 --> 02:19:18,599 ♪ Triumphantly ♪ 2336 02:19:18,767 --> 02:19:22,936 ♪ We all must sing ♪ 2337 02:19:24,272 --> 02:19:32,029 ♪ All must sing ♪ 2338 02:19:32,197 --> 02:19:36,784 ♪ I search and l search ♪ 2339 02:19:39,287 --> 02:19:42,289 ♪ Splendid book of man ♪ 2340 02:19:45,752 --> 02:19:49,546 ♪ In the Revelations ♪ 2341 02:19:51,257 --> 02:19:54,218 ♪ Look what l find ♪ 2342 02:19:57,389 --> 02:20:00,391 ♪ Haile Selassie ♪ 2343 02:20:00,558 --> 02:20:06,021 ♪ Is the chapel... ♪ 2344 02:20:06,189 --> 02:20:09,149 ( Women vocalizing ) 2345 02:20:10,276 --> 02:20:13,028 ( Bob speaking ) 2346 02:20:27,752 --> 02:20:30,170 ( crowd cheering, applauding ) 2347 02:20:30,338 --> 02:20:33,674 ( band playing ) 2348 02:20:42,267 --> 02:20:44,143 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 2349 02:20:45,186 --> 02:20:47,896 ♪ Stand up for your right ♪ 2350 02:20:48,064 --> 02:20:50,816 ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 2351 02:20:50,984 --> 02:20:54,027 ♪ Don't give up the fight ♪ 2352 02:20:54,195 --> 02:20:57,156 - ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ - ♪ Get up, stand up now ♪ 2353 02:20:57,323 --> 02:20:59,992 - ♪ Stand up for your right ♪ - ♪ Ooh-ooh ♪ 2354 02:21:00,160 --> 02:21:02,995 - ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ - ♪ Get up, stand up now ♪ 2355 02:21:03,163 --> 02:21:04,705 ♪ Don't give up the fight ♪ 2356 02:21:06,875 --> 02:21:09,626 ♪ Get up, stand up, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 2357 02:21:09,794 --> 02:21:13,005 ♪ Stand up for your right, one more time ♪ 2358 02:21:13,173 --> 02:21:15,340 Bob: ♪ Get up, stand up ♪ 2359 02:21:15,508 --> 02:21:18,343 ♪ Don't give up the fight ♪ 2360 02:21:18,511 --> 02:21:20,721 ♪ Don't give up the fight ♪ 2361 02:21:21,890 --> 02:21:24,224 ♪ Don't give up the fight ♪ 2362 02:21:24,392 --> 02:21:27,102 ♪ Don't give up the fight, why? ♪ 2363 02:21:27,270 --> 02:21:29,897 ♪ 'Cause I never give up the fight ♪ 2364 02:21:30,064 --> 02:21:32,900 ♪ 'Cause l never give up the fight ♪ 2365 02:21:33,067 --> 02:21:35,777 ♪ 'Cause I never give up the fight ♪ 2366 02:21:35,945 --> 02:21:38,322 ♪ 'Cause l never give up the fight ♪ 2367 02:21:38,490 --> 02:21:41,200 ( Over radio ) ♪ Children, don't give up the fight ♪ 2368 02:21:41,367 --> 02:21:44,077 ♪ Children, don't give up the fight ♪ 2369 02:21:44,245 --> 02:21:46,580 ♪ Children, don't give up the fight ♪ 2370 02:21:46,748 --> 02:21:47,873 ♪ Jah, Jah children ♪ 2371 02:21:48,041 --> 02:21:50,876 ♪ Don't give up the fight. ♪ 2372 02:21:51,044 --> 02:21:53,879 ♪ One love ♪ 2373 02:21:54,047 --> 02:21:56,507 ♪ One heart ♪ 2374 02:21:56,674 --> 02:22:02,513 ♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪ 2375 02:22:02,680 --> 02:22:04,431 ♪ Hear the children crying ♪ 2376 02:22:04,599 --> 02:22:07,392 ♪ One love ♪ 2377 02:22:07,560 --> 02:22:09,394 ♪ One heart ♪ 2378 02:22:09,562 --> 02:22:11,939 ♪ Give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪ 2379 02:22:12,106 --> 02:22:14,942 ♪ And l will feel all right ♪ 2380 02:22:15,109 --> 02:22:18,320 ♪ Sing it, let's get together ♪ 2381 02:22:18,488 --> 02:22:21,198 ♪ And feel all right ♪ 2382 02:22:21,366 --> 02:22:23,033 ♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ 2383 02:22:23,201 --> 02:22:27,829 Bob: ♪ Let them all pass all their dirty remarks ♪ 2384 02:22:27,997 --> 02:22:29,456 ♪ One love ♪ 2385 02:22:29,624 --> 02:22:33,961 ♪ There is one question I'd really love to ask ♪ 2386 02:22:34,128 --> 02:22:35,754 ♪ One heart ♪ 2387 02:22:35,922 --> 02:22:37,422 ♪ Is there a place ♪ 2388 02:22:37,590 --> 02:22:40,509 ♪ For the hopeless sinner ♪ 2389 02:22:40,677 --> 02:22:43,762 ♪ Who has hurt all mankind ♪ 2390 02:22:43,930 --> 02:22:46,473 ♪ Just to save his own? ♪ 2391 02:22:46,641 --> 02:22:47,933 ♪ Believe me ♪ 2392 02:22:48,101 --> 02:22:51,144 ♪ One love, what about one heart? ♪ 2393 02:22:51,312 --> 02:22:53,814 ♪ One heart, what about ♪ 2394 02:22:53,982 --> 02:22:58,860 ♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪ 2395 02:22:59,028 --> 02:23:02,030 - ♪ As it was in the beginning ♪ - ♪ One love ♪ 2396 02:23:02,198 --> 02:23:05,075 - ♪ So shall it be in the end ♪ - ♪ One heart ♪ 2397 02:23:05,243 --> 02:23:06,451 ♪ All right ♪ 2398 02:23:06,619 --> 02:23:08,287 ♪ Let's send praise to the Lord ♪ 2399 02:23:08,454 --> 02:23:12,332 ♪ And l will feel all right, yeah ♪ 2400 02:23:12,500 --> 02:23:17,629 ♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪ 2401 02:23:17,797 --> 02:23:19,840 ♪ I'm sayin' ♪ 2402 02:23:20,008 --> 02:23:22,676 ♪ One love, what about the one heart? ♪ 2403 02:23:22,844 --> 02:23:25,095 - ♪ One heart ♪ - ♪ What about the ♪ 2404 02:23:25,263 --> 02:23:30,309 ♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪ 2405 02:23:30,476 --> 02:23:33,478 - ♪ I'm pleading to mankind ♪ - ♪ One love ♪ 2406 02:23:33,646 --> 02:23:37,107 - ♪ One heart, oh ♪ - ♪ One heart ♪ 2407 02:23:37,275 --> 02:23:39,401 ♪ Give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪ 2408 02:23:39,569 --> 02:23:43,697 ♪ And l will feel all right ♪ 2409 02:23:43,865 --> 02:23:49,453 ♪ Let's get together and feel all right ♪ 2410 02:23:49,621 --> 02:23:52,289 ♪ Give thanks and praise to the Lord ♪ 2411 02:23:52,457 --> 02:23:55,208 ♪ And l will feel all right. ♪ 2412 02:23:55,376 --> 02:23:58,378 ( Reggae music playing ) 2413 02:24:09,140 --> 02:24:13,560 ♪ Don't worry about a thing ♪ 2414 02:24:15,647 --> 02:24:20,067 ♪ 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right ♪ 2415 02:24:21,861 --> 02:24:26,573 ♪ Singin' don't worry about a thing ♪ 2416 02:24:28,743 --> 02:24:33,163 ♪ 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right ♪ 2417 02:24:34,874 --> 02:24:39,670 ♪ Singin' don't worry about a thing ♪ 2418 02:24:41,756 --> 02:24:46,259 ♪ 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right ♪ 2419 02:24:46,427 --> 02:24:47,844 ♪ L won't worry ♪ 2420 02:24:48,012 --> 02:24:52,307 ♪ Singin' don't worry about a thing. ♪