On May 11th 2011, after exactly 30 years from Bob Marley's death, the Grammy Museum opened a new exhibit called "Messenger" dedicated to the King of Reggae, Bob Marley, in downtown Los Angeles. The exhibit analyses the character from all his perspectives: as a spiritual man, as a composer, as a performer and as an intellectual. In a certain way, Marley represented each of those things.
The exhibit shows more than 40 objects from the Marley family and photographs that try to explain the geniality behind the man that died at 36 years old and became a legend.
The author of songs such as One Love and No Woman No Cry was one of a kind. His soft voice represented the demands of milions of people that were asking for changes in the Third World.
With his soul, his great mind and his fight for peace, the rise of Africa and human rights Bob Marley went beyond generations and now he has more followers than ever.
Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6th 1945, in Nine Mile, a little town in northern Jamaica. Because of his poor origins, he couldn't imagine he was meant to be one of the music legends of the century.
His music was deeply influenced by the Rastafarí religion, which reunites Bible profecies, naturalism and the defense of black people agains racism.
Marley, like John Lennon, was also known as a pacifist and he was concerned about the social issues of his time. He once said: "We should really love each other in peace and harmony, instead we're fussin' n fighting like we ain't supposed to be".
I think the world could be so much better with thousands of Bob Marley, Don't you think the same?
MY FAVORITE BOB MARLEY'S SONG: NO WOMAN NO CRY
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