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A&M Records 196

ABC Records 125, 126

Adams, Glen 164, 172, 173, 174, 178, 179, 191–2

‘Africa Unite’ 355

Aitken, Bobby 177

Alcapone, Dennis 158

Alessandrini, Paul 376, 379

Alphonso, Roland 76, 80

‘Ambush in the Night’ 353, 355

‘Amen’ 87, 94

America Jamaica United 17

Anderson, Al 261, 271, 315, 335, 344, 358, 385

Anderson, Esther 221, 222, 223, 250, 263

Anderson, Gladstone 156, 256

Anderson, Leroy 181

Anka, Paul 102, 125, 126

‘Another Dance’ 92

Ariola Records 363

‘Babylon System’ 355

‘Back Out’ 157

‘Bad Card’ 190, 376–7

Barrett, Aston ‘Family Man’ 163–4, 165–7, 175, 176, 180, 188, 192, 195, 196, 212, 218, 231, 235, 243, 246, 249–51, 252, 256–7, 259, 267, 292, 300, 301, 302, 304, 315, 318, 353, 358, 362, 368, 371, 378, 379, 385, 386, 395, 409

Barrett, Carlton 163–4, 192, 195, 196, 199, 218, 235, 237, 256, 292, 298, 305, 311, 319, 358, 381, 389, 407, 409

Barrow, Steve 169

Beast, Leggo 341

Beatles, the 137, 156, 192, 194, 197

Beckford, Theophilus 80

Belnavis, Anita 314

‘Bend Down Low’ 122, 199, 270

Bennett, Val 45, 53

Bernard, Michael 4, 5, 6, 7

Best of the Wailers, The 156–7, 159

Beverley’s 67–71, 80, 204

Beverley’s All Stars 156

Big Junior 94

Bim and Bam 58

Black Ark 283, 347

‘Black Man Redemption’ 347, 398

Black Power 122, 139, 140, 141, 188, 197, 198, 228

‘Black Progress’ 162, 163, 167, 171

Blackwell, Chris 17, 18–19, 43, 128, 156, 201, 207, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216–17, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 226, 228, 230, 231, 232, 234, 236, 244, 248, 250, 251, 255, 256, 260, 261, 263, 275, 281, 288, 301, 302, 305, 317, 318, 326, 328, 335, 342, 345, 346, 354, 363, 377, 379, 380, 383, 387, 397–8, 399, 401, 402, 407

Blues Blaster 54

Bob, Rita, and Peter 142

Bob Marley and the Wailers: Live! 275

Bongo, Pascaline 360, 384

Bongo, President Omar 360

Booker, Edward 106, 111

Booker, Cedella (mother) 16, 18, 22–32, 33, 34, 35–7, 38, 39, 40–1, 42, 43, 50–1, 61–2, 68, 69, 72–3, 80, 106–7, 109, 110–11, 113–14, 131, 151, 152, 153, 209, 262, 263, 272, 288–9, 301, 302, 327, 328, 342, 359, 362, 392, 395, 397, 400, 402

Boot, Adrian 375, 409

Boothe, Ken 119, 121, 190, 393

Bowen, Janet 210, 241, 312–13

‘Brain Washing’ 177, 178

Braithwaite, Junior 62, 74, 79, 84, 87, 90, 91, 407

‘Brand New Second Hand’ 183

Breakspeare, Cindy 6, 129, 222, 263, 268, 305, 306–7, 312, 313, 314, 323, 326, 342–3, 384, 403

Brevitt, Lloyd 79, 80, 176

Brother Gifford 63

Brown, Dennis 279–80, 327

Brown, Doc 405, 407

Brown, Hopeton 394

Brown, Hux 156

Brown, Jim 296, 302

Brown, Joe 74

Bryan, Rad 156

Bucknor, Sid ‘Siddie’ 78

‘Buffalo Solider’ 398

Bundrick, Rabbit 181–2, 193, 196, 197, 209, 213–14, 215–16

Burnin’ 231–4, 243, 249, 256; tour 234–8, 243–5, 248

‘Burning and Looting’ 209, 233–4, 236

Burning Spear 149–50, 354

‘Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)’ 141–2

Bustamante, Alexander 13, 47, 48, 49

‘Can’t Take Your Slogans No More’ 396

‘Can’t You See?’ 121

Castellano, Paul 382, 383

Cater, Mick 219–20, 223, 224, 225, 244, 245, 273, 290, 291, 293, 294, 324, 325, 370, 374, 382

Catch a Fire 175, 179, 211–19, 256, 287; tour 219–20, 223–31, 238

‘Caution’ 157

Cayman Music 128, 198, 382

CBS Records 192, 193, 194, 198, 200, 201, 209, 236, 291, 292, 335

‘Chances Are’ 136, 148

Channel One 393

‘Chant Down Babylon’ 398

Charles, Prince 36, 370, 371

Charmers, Lloyd 164

‘Cheer Up’ 157

Chin, Vincent ‘Randy’ 170, 175

Chung, Mickey 335

CIA 17, 126, 297, 305, 325, 341

Cimarons, the 196

Clapton, Eric 233, 253, 268

Clark, Tim 217

Clarke, Brent 201

Clash, The 311

Cliff, Jimmy 65, 68–9, 70, 204–6, 214, 233

Colby, Jr, Carl 305

Cole, Allan ‘Skill’ 6, 144, 171, 188, 191, 210, 211, 238–9, 254, 266, 281, 285, 298, 305–6, 322, 346, 352, 362, 383, 384–5, 386, 388

Columbus, Christopher 1, 9, 11

‘Comma Comma’ 134, 174, 181, 193

Complete Wailers, The 149

‘Concrete Jungle’ 198, 215, 228, 233, 238

Confrontation 7, 376, 398, 399, 401

Cooper, Phil 224, 225, 294, 295, 374

Coore, Cat 304

‘Cornerstone’ 176, 181

‘Could You Be Loved?’ 376, 389

Count Joe 54

Count Machuki 54, 55, 88

Count Smith 54

Cowan, Tommy 295

‘Crazy Baldhead’ 358, 398

Crichton, Yvonne 392

‘Crucial’ 190

‘Curfew’ 305

Da Costa, Glen 300

Dacre, Desmond (Dekker) 51, 61, 68–9, 156, 214

dancehall 393

‘Dance With Me’ 92

‘Dancing Shoes’ 121

Davis, Angela 344

Davis, Santa 405

Davis, Stephen 395, 396

Dawkins, Carl 195

Dean, Eric 45, 53, 80

‘Dewdrops’ 181

‘Diamond Baby’ 95

Dillon, Leonard 81, 89–90

‘Disco Night’ 269

Dixon, Jeff ‘Free-I’ 405, 406

‘Do It Twice’ 157

Dodd, Clement ‘Coxsone’ 55, 56, 58, 70, 72, 75–7, 78, 79, 80, 82, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 108, 117, 120, 135, 137, 142, 146, 150, 161, 164, 166, 186, 187, 192, 206, 208, 217–18, 257, 291–2

‘Don’t Look Back’ 121

‘Don’t Rock My Boat’ 177, 178

‘Donna’ 91

‘Down in the Valley’ 266–7

Downie, Tyrone 179, 195, 212, 252, 271, 273, 300, 315, 317, 318, 344, 357, 378

‘Downpressor’ 183, 336

‘Dreamland’ 121

Drummond, Don 45, 53, 80, 139

dub reggae 158–9

Duke Vin 54

Duke Reid the Trojan 54–5, 85, 117, 132, 137, 157, 164, 185, 187, 206, 284

Dunbar, Sly 335

Dunn, Janet 209–10

‘Duppy Conqueror’ 171–2, 173, 174, 175, 177, 185, 190, 199, 233, 238

Dynamic Sound 148, 156, 407

Eccles, Clancy 188–9, 190

Ellis, Alton 44–5, 71, 82, 85, 91–2, 117, 119, 393

Ellis, Hortense 82, 85, 88, 91

Epic 192

Escape From Babylon (Velez) 268–72, 280

Ethiopia 82, 115, 118, 325, 346–7, 355, 357

Exodus 196, 315–19, 328, 402

tour 319, 328

‘Exodus’ 315, 345, 354, 358

‘Fancy Curls’ 71

Federal Studio 76–7, 127, 142–3

Foot, Benjamin 230–1, 235, 243, 249, 261

‘Forever Loving Jah’ 376

‘400 Years’ 176, 198, 212

Franklyn, Rudolf 47

Fraser, Norma 101–2, 108, 122

Gabby Dread 143, 239

Gabon, West Africa 360–1, 369, 376

Garrick, Neville 298, 305, 311, 318, 328, 344, 346, 352, 355, 371, 374, 376, 378, 379, 409

Garvey, Marcus 10, 11, 48, 64, 99, 149, 354, 357, 358, 379, 395, 410

Gaye, Marvin 252–3, 255, 398

‘Get Up, Stand Up’ 270, 345, 354, 358

Gibbs, Joe 165, 167, 172, 280

Gichie, Locksley ‘Gishi’ 196

Gifford, Marlene ‘Precious’ 99, 100, 112

Gilbert, Antonio 143

Gilly 309–10, 319, 361, 362, 371

‘Give Thanks and Praises’ 398

‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’ 157

Goldman, Vivien 293, 311, 323, 341

Graham, Bill 261–2

Grateful Dead 261

Gregory, Tony 90

Grennan, Winston 156

Griffiths, Marcia 212, 265, 267, 299, 368, 379

‘Grooving in Kingston 12’ 175

‘Guava Jelly’ 179, 181, 193, 394

Haines, Jerry 79

Hall, Hubert 22–4

Harder They Come, The 203–5, 233

Harry J’s 212, 231, 256, 257, 258, 260, 268, 280, 283, 297, 298

Hawkins, Erskine 76

Heartbeat Records 96

‘The Heathen’ 319

Hendrix, Jimi 147, 179, 208, 217, 317

Henry, Claudius 46–7

Henry, Ronald 47

Henzell, Perry 190, 203–4, 205, 305

Hibbert, Toots 88, 89

Higgs, Joe 58, 59, 62, 63, 71, 74, 75, 81, 85, 86, 88, 95, 149, 235, 336

High Times 289–90

Hippy Boys, the 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 177

Holness, Winston ‘Niney’ 280

Holt, John 92, 191, 393, 394

Hope Road, Jamaica 1–2, 6, 220, 222, 223, 235, 250, 252, 255, 256, 262, 263, 296, 298, 299, 301, 306, 312, 341, 351, 352, 369, 376, 377, 395, 401, 403, 409

Howell, Leonard 49, 232

Hudson, Keith 157

Icewater (Dudley) 151

Impressions, The 72, 78, 81, 94, 177

Intel-Diplo 247, 248, 348

Isaac, Professor Efiam 119

Isaacs, Gregory 405

Island Records 7, 17, 19, 128, 156, 169, 200, 201, 206, 207–9, 211, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 228, 233, 244, 246, 250, 251, 253, 261, 286, 294, 301, 311, 316, 328–9, 337, 349, 374, 375, 378, 383, 398, 401, 407

Issels, Dr Josef 18, 391, 392

Ital 262, 263, 313, 342

I-Threes 19, 259–60, 267, 269, 270, 283, 302, 312, 319, 337, 369, 373, 383, 395, 398, 400

Jackson, Jackie 156

JAD Records 126, 142, 149

Jaffe, Lee 221, 222, 223, 237, 238, 239, 248, 250, 252, 253–4, 261, 271, 284, 335

Jagger, Mick 340–1, 348, 404

Jamaica; beauty of 12–13

history of 1, 9–15, 400

independence, 1962 13, 14, 49–50, 52–3, 67

Island of Springs 10, 46, 353, 382

music business, birth of 14

politics in 3, 13–15, 18, 139–41, 154–5, 187–91, 192

recording industry, birth of 55

slavery and 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 25

sound systems 14, 53–5, 72, 76, 79, 92, 96, 157, 187

United States, relationship with 14, 15

Walter Rodney riots, 1968 139–41, 145, 188

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) 13, 83, 140, 187, 188, 297, 302, 303, 330, 339, 393

Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) 7, 45, 76, 142, 210, 254, 285, 405

Jarrett, Hugh 57

Jenkins, Arthur 126, 148

Jerry, Jah 80, 81

Jobson, Diane 2, 221, 294

Jobson, Dickie 2, 128, 208, 218, 221, 223

Johns, Vere 71

Johnson, Cluett ‘Clue-J’ 75–6, 80

Johnson, Linton Kwesi 329, 330

Jordan, Louis 76

Jordanaires 57

‘Jump Them Outta Babylon’ 396

Katz, David 270

Kaya 281, 319, 343, 347, 356, 398; tour 337, 342, 343–6, 349–50

‘Kaya’ 167, 177

‘Keep On Movin’’ 190, 199, 389

Kelso, Beverley 74, 82–5, 87, 88, 89, 93, 94–6, 263–4

Khouri, Ken 142

King Stitt 55

King Tubby’s Home Town Hi Fi sound system 158

King, Martin Luther 139, 141, 273

‘Kinky Reggae’ 215, 236, 251, 394

Kinsey, Donald 280, 304, 315, 335

Knibbs, Lloyd 79

Kong, Leslie 67–9, 70, 80, 155–6, 157, 159, 161, 170, 206

KSAN 243–4

Kurfirst, Gary 335

Lawes, Henry ‘Junjo’ 393, 394, 407

Lee, Bunny ‘Striker’ 164, 165, 166, 185–6, 200, 347–8, 393

Legend 330, 401–2

Leon, Craig 268, 269, 270

‘Let Him Go’ 121

Letts, Don 1, 3–4, 310–11, 330

Levy, Barrington 394

Levy, Carl 196

Lewis, Alva ‘Reggie’ 164, 177–8, 196

Lewis, Hopton 188

Lewis, Ian 189

Lewis, Roger 189

Lindo, Earl ‘Wire’ 220, 227, 230, 235, 256, 271, 292, 344

‘Lively Up Yourself’ 243–4, 260, 261, 323, 353

Livingston, Neville ‘Bunny’ 34, 41, 51, 56, 59, 62, 63, 72, 74, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 93, 97, 98, 103, 104, 105, 109, 117, 120, 121, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 137–9, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 151, 154, 157, 158, 162, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 178, 179, 182, 183, 184–5 190, 192, 195, 196, 197–8, 199, 216, 217, 220–1, 223, 228, 229, 231, 232–3, 234–5, 238, 241, 244, 245, 246, 247–8, 252, 256, 260, 275, 283–4, 286–7, 336, 354, 405, 407–8

Livingston, Pearl 72–3

Livingston, Shirley 132

Livingston, Thaddius ‘Toddy’ 34, 38, 41, 42, 43, 72, 105

Lloyd, Jah 200

Lobban, Dennis ‘Leppo’ 405–7

‘Lonesome Feelings’ 87, 91

Lord Creator 67, 101

‘Love and Affection’ 199

MacKenzie, Candy 264

MacLean, Unity 192

‘Maga Dog’ 87–8, 248

Malcolm X 336, 343

Malcolm, Katherine (‘Yaya’) (grandmother) 24, 25, 26, 28, 32

Malcolm, Omeriah (grandfather) 23, 24, 25, 26–7, 28, 29, 34–5, 37, 39, 131, 133

‘Man to Man’ 280

Manley, Michael 3, 14, 187, 188, 189, 190, 241, 289, 296, 297, 325, 333, 337, 339, 340, 351, 393, 410

Manley, Norman 13, 47, 187

Marley and Co. 30, 136–7

Marley, Bob (Nesta Robert Marley): albums see under individual album name

apprentice welder 61–2

author meets 2–7

Bible, use of 40, 90, 102, 108, 109, 244, 292, 343, 356

birth 21, 27–31

cancer 6, 7, 16–19, 123, 325–8, 367, 376, 378, 385–9, 391–2, 396–7

childhood 28–43, 50–2, 56–7

country boy 21–32, 40, 56

cricket 45, 65

death 7, 16–19, 392, 400

discipline/work ethic 89–90, 102, 104, 259, 260, 267, 281–2, 318, 322

dreadlocks 120, 147, 151–2, 228–9

estate 397–8

family see under individual family member name

finances 69, 77–8, 80, 90, 95, 101–2, 108, 128–9, 130, 183, 184–5, 208, 209, 211, 226, 294, 341, 360, 361–2

first child 73

first recording sessions 67–71

first songs 65, 69–71

football, love of 17, 18, 36, 37, 40, 56, 65, 93, 120, 143–4, 153, 249, 269, 319, 321, 346, 352, 363–4, 376, 379, 381–2

Goldeneye 341–2

guitar playing 33, 35, 36, 41, 61, 64, 65 see also under individual song and album name

health 6, 7, 16–19, 32–4, 37, 123, 134, 144, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325–8, 357, 367, 376, 378, 385–9, 391–2, 396–7

herb/spliff/marijuana 2, 3, 6, 59, 88, 104, 129, 137, 146, 150, 152, 153, 167, 177, 190, 200, 208, 215, 221, 223, 230, 237, 238, 250, 261, 264, 285, 289, 292, 310, 349–50, 365, 366, 410

hero figure 15, 16

Kingston, first moves to 39–66

London, first visit to 192–201, 309–11

love life see under individual lover name

lyrics 70, 89, 102, 117, 131, 167, 173, 177, 178–9, 196, 217, 224, 232, 240, 250, 255, 259, 268, 271, 281, 287, 297, 319, 339, 344, 349, 355, 376, 395, 396 see also under individual song and album name

male role models/father figures 51, 59, 91

marries 109, 110–11 see also Marley, Rita

move to country 131–9

musical tastes 57–8, 59, 63, 71, 72, 117, 163, 310, 311

nervous breakdown 123, 131

Nine Miles see Nine Miles

as a personification of Jamaica 15

politics 141, 155, 190, 339, 396

predicts age of death 153–4

psychic powers 15, 16, 21, 27–31, 105, 106, 110, 146–7

punk and 310, 311

Rastafarianism 15–16, 50, 75, 90, 97, 102, 108, 111, 112, 113–15, 117–20, 131, 135, 150, 162, 166, 230, 231, 272–4, 292, 298, 300, 310, 311, 326, 329, 339, 352, 356, 357, 361, 363, 368, 378, 382, 399, 400, 401, 410

record deal, first 69

sadness/loneliness 40, 52, 108–9, 314

shooting 297–306, 311–12, 324, 341, 348, 382

shyness/quietness 35–6, 51, 52, 86, 100, 224, 269

skin colour 36, 52, 56, 57, 73, 109, 409

songs see under individual song name

sound 91–2

Stockholm, movie soundtrack work in 180–3, 200

tours see under individual album name

Trench Town see Trench Town

UN Peace Medal of the Third World 367

US tour, first 191–2

US, visits mother in 106–8, 109, 110–11, 112, 117, 118, 151–4, 162, 165, 209

Wailers and see Wailers, the

Marley, Cedella (daughter) 136, 141, 146, 151, 152, 319, 399, 403

Marley, Cedella (mother) see Booker, Cedella

Marley, Damien (son) 314, 342, 400, 403

Marley, David ‘Ziggy’ (son) 145–6, 151, 152, 245, 301, 359, 363, 371, 373, 399, 400, 402–3

Marley, Julian (son) 313

Marley, Karen (daughter) 210, 241, 312, 313

Marley, Ky-Mani (daughter) 313–14

Marley, Makeda Jahnesta (daughter) 392

Marley, Captain Norval (father) 26–7, 28, 29–30, 109, 113, 114, 136

Marley, Rita (wife) 38, 46, 84, 97–100, 102, 103–4, 105, 106, 108–9, 110–11, 112–13, 114, 117, 118–19, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 141, 142–3, 144–6, 148, 151, 152, 162, 168, 172–3, 178, 179, 181, 186, 191, 192, 209, 210, 211, 241, 245, 262, 265, 266, 267, 299, 300, 302–3, 304, 305, 312–15, 336, 342, 349, 383, 386, 387, 388, 389, 397, 400

Marley, Robert ‘Robbie’ (son) 209

Marley, Rohan (son) 209

Marley, Sharon (daughter) 98, 122, 146–7, 151, 282, 301, 399

Marley, Stephanie (daughter) 262, 263, 313, 342

Marley, Stephen (son) 152, 209, 301, 371, 373

Marre, Jeremy 318

Marshall, Bucky 330, 341

Marvin, Junior 294, 315, 317, 318, 323, 325, 343, 344, 346, 352, 353, 358, 363, 364, 375, 384, 386, 389

Masakela, Hugh 148

Massop, Claudie 184, 296, 302, 330, 334, 341, 393

Matthews, ‘Pipe’ 85

Maytals, the 62, 88, 89, 155–6, 335

McCook, Tommy 80, 96, 135

Melody Makers, the 6, 395, 399–400

‘Mellow Mood’ 122

Mernit, Billy 237–8

Merry, Paul 193–4

‘Midnight Ravers’ 198, 210, 215

Miller, Jacob 354, 363, 364

Mills, Denise 326, 374, 375

‘Misty Morning’ 133, 328

Mittoo, Jackie 80, 82

‘Mix Up, Mix Up’ 398

Moore, Johnny ‘Dizzie’ 80, 81, 89, 90, 92, 135

Morgan, Derrick 67, 68, 70, 95, 117, 164

Morgan, Captain Henry 9, 10, 339

Morris, Dennis 225–6, 227–8, 275–6

Morris, Sylvan 257, 259, 270, 281–2

Morrison, Pauline 64–5, 185

Mowatt, Judy 19, 188, 190, 265–7, 282, 297–9, 302, 322, 362, 368, 369, 379, 387, 389

‘Mr Brown’ 172–3

‘Mr Chatterbox’ 185–6

‘Mr Dodd’ 91

‘Mr Talkative’ 91

‘My Cup’ 167, 171, 174, 176

Nash, Johnny 125–6, 127, 129, 142–3, 147, 148, 180, 181, 183, 192, 193–4, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 227, 228, 263, 268, 392

Natty Dread 256–61, 269, 271, 273, 275, 304–5, 344, 401

tour 271–2, 274–5, 328

‘Natural Mystic’ 283, 319

Nibbs, Lloyd 80, 164

‘Nice Time’ 131, 141, 148, 153, 199

‘Night Shift’ 152, 280

Nine Miles, Jamaica 21–2, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 131–4, 135–7, 138, 144, 149, 155, 180, 321, 399

Nkomo, Joshua 366, 371

‘No Sympathy’ 176

‘No Water’ 176

‘No Woman, No Cry’ 249–50, 251, 260–1, 275, 374

Norman, Jimmy 147–8, 149

Nyabinghi 5, 114, 127, 220, 227, 232, 302

obeah 22–4, 29, 37, 55, 81, 152, 165, 313, 393

‘Oh Lord I’m Gonna Get You’ 196

Old Grey Whistle Test, The 228–9

‘One Cup of Coffee’ 69–71

‘One Drop’ 355

‘One Love’ 97, 147, 199, 319, 330

One Love Peace Concert, Kingston, 1978 14, 334, 337–41, 351, 352, 353, 359, 367, 393

Opel, Jackie 70, 80, 81

Paragons, the 92

Partridge, Rob 7, 375, 382

‘Pass It On’ 232–3

Patterson, Alvin ‘Franseeco’ 62–3, 75, 77, 179, 220, 225, 250, 269, 270–1, 298, 304, 342, 358

Pearson, Ian 76

Pee Wee 303, 304, 391

People’s National Party (PNP) 13, 14, 187, 188–91, 192, 203, 222, 296, 297, 330, 341, 393

Perkins, Lascelles 85

Perkins, Wayne 214–15, 216

Perry, Lee ‘Scratch’ 72, 82, 84, 95, 101, 117, 159, 164–5, 166, 167–70, 171, 172–4, 176, 177, 178, 179–80, 181, 184–5, 188, 210, 211, 213, 244, 265, 269, 270, 280, 283, 301, 311, 347

Phonogram 378

‘Pimper’s Paradise’ 377

Pinnacle 49, 232

Pioneers, the 165

Pitts, Ibis 153

Planner, Mortimer 19, 46, 114–16, 123, 127, 128, 130–2, 137, 141, 142, 145, 146, 154, 162, 377–8, 409

‘Playboy’ 95

PNP Victory Bandwagon of Stars 188–91, 192, 203, 222

Polydor Records 383

Porter, Riccardo 74

‘Pound Get A Blow’ 135

Pounder, Lucy 313

‘Pray for Me’ 395, 396

Presley, Elvis 57, 142, 266

Prince Buster 54, 55, 154–5, 229

‘Punky Reggae Party’ 311, 347

Purdie, Bernard 148

‘Put It On’ 97, 101, 148, 199, 229, 236

Pyfrom, Al 148, 149

Rackham, ‘Calico Jack’ 11

Radio WALC 57

‘Rainbow Country’ 283

Randy’s 170, 172, 175, 186

Ranglin, Ernest 45, 53, 65, 75–6, 78, 79, 80

‘Rasta Man Chant’ 227, 232

‘Rasta Shook Them Up’ 121–2

Rastafarianism 1, 3, 5, 6, 15–16, 19, 45–50, 58, 59, 63, 64, 75, 90, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 108, 111, 112–16, 118–20, 121, 122, 127, 130, 131, 135, 140, 144, 145, 146, 150, 152, 157, 159, 162, 166, 169, 189, 196, 206, 207, 215, 216–17, 231, 232, 238, 239, 241, 246, 254–5, 257, 261, 262, 266, 270, 272–4, 275, 281, 282, 298, 300, 310, 311, 326, 329, 339, 352, 356, 357, 361, 367, 368, 373, 374, 378, 382, 393, 399, 400, 401, 410

‘Rastaman Live Up’ 347, 398

Rastaman Vibration 280–3, 287–8, 328, 357–8, 398; tour 288, 290–5, 297

‘Rat Race’ 280, 410

‘Reaction’ 176

Read, Mary 11

‘Real Situation’ 376

‘Rebel Music (3 O’Clock Roadblock)’ 250, 252, 253, 261, 339, 410

‘Rebel’s Hop’ 176

‘Record a New Song’ 396

‘Redder Than Red’ 176

‘Redemption Song’ 354, 377, 379–80, 389

‘Reggae Broadway’ 193, 196, 197, 199, 201

Reggae Sunsplash 353

‘Reincarnated Souls’ 233

‘Revolution’ 261

Rhodesia 154, 155, 162, 355, 368

Richards, Keith 404–5

Richards, Ken 76

‘Riding High’ 177, 178

‘Right On’ 396

Riley, Jimmy 164, 176

RJR Radio 210, 254

Robinson, Dave 401–2

Robinson, George Headley 74–5, 249

Robinson, Michael 405, 406

Robinson, Smokey 121

‘Rock It Baby’ 215

rock steady 14, 117, 156, 165

‘Rock Sweet Rock’ 121

Rodigan, David 229, 230

Rodney, Dr Walter 139–40, 141, 145, 188

Rodney, Winston 149–50

Rodriguez, Rico 76

Rolling Stones, the 121, 137, 147, 192, 214, 232, 290, 312, 340–1

Romeo, Max 164, 190

Rondor 196

Roots Radics 393–4

Roots Rock Reggae 318

‘Roots Rock Reggae’ 283

Ruby, Jack 283

Ruddock, ‘King Tubby’ 117

‘Rude Boy’ 92, 199

‘Rule Dem Rudie’ 92

‘Satisfy My Soul’ 337

Sayles, Barrington 74, 86

‘Scheme of Things’ 175, 176

Schneider, Maria 221, 222

Scott, Ricardo 87

Scott, Tony 164

‘Screwface’ 176, 191

Seaga, Edward 14, 58, 83, 187, 302, 327–8, 339, 340, 393, 410

Seka, Johnny 367, 369

Selassie I, Emperor Haile 22, 46, 48, 49, 50, 112, 115–16, 117, 121, 142, 220, 266, 281, 282, 325, 340, 345, 357, 368, 369, 395, 399, 400, 404, 410

Shakespeare, Robbie 195, 212, 335

Shearer, Hugh 188

Silkwood, Karen 17

Simels, Steve 237

‘Simmer Down’ 65, 77, 78, 79–80, 81, 84–5, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 167

Simon, Kate 324

Sims, Danny 126, 127–8, 129, 130, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 155, 161, 162, 178, 180, 181, 182, 192, 194, 195, 198, 200, 201, 207, 209, 216–17, 222, 248, 263, 285, 362–3, 382, 384, 389

‘Sinner Man’ 183

Ska 14, 76, 80, 89, 117

Skatalites, the 80, 81, 82, 93, 164, 176, 199

‘Slave Driver’ 198, 236, 310

Sledger (BM’s cousin) 38, 223, 250

‘Small Axe’ 172, 190, 199, 233

‘Smile Jamaica’ 283

‘Smile Jamaica’ concert 295–6, 301, 303–5, 325, 326, 337

Smith, Cherry 75, 84, 85–8

Smith, Earl ‘Chinna’ 269–70, 280

Smith, Malachi 190

Smith, Mike 192, 194

Smith, Slim 164

‘So Jah She’ 261, 304–5

‘So Much Things to Say’ 319

‘So Much Trouble in the World’ 355

Solomonic 247, 248, 407

Sombrero Club, Kingston 87, 88, 96, 183–4, 188

Sons of the Jungle 196, 197, 198

‘Soon Come’ 149, 157

‘Soul Almighty’ 176

‘Soul Captives’ 157

‘Soul Rebel’ 148, 172, 176, 192

Soul Rebels 167, 176–7, 179, 183, 280

Soul Revolution 167, 177–80, 183

‘Soul Shakedown Party’ 157

‘Sound the Trumpet’ 92

Soulettes, the 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 114, 122, 162, 164, 171, 188, 191, 318

Sparrow, Jack 82

Spaulding, Tony 252, 296, 302

St Ann, Jamaica 11, 21–3, 48, 62–3, 73, 131, 132, 149, 150, 223

‘Stand Alone’ 177, 178–9, 270

Steffens, Roger 395

‘Stepping Razor’ 148–9

Sterling, Leslie 80

Stewart, Pat 68

‘Stiff Necked Fools’ 398

‘Stir It Up’ 131, 175, 181, 193, 198, 199, 228, 236, 268

Stone, Sly 179

‘Stop the Train’ 157, 212, 236

Studio One 75, 77, 78–80, 81, 82, 88, 90, 92, 95, 98, 101, 105, 108, 109, 114, 120–2, 137, 142, 150, 157, 161, 164, 167, 179, 181, 183, 199, 208, 213, 235, 257, 265, 279, 318, 319, 393

‘Sugar, Sugar’ 174–5

‘Sun is Shining’ 133, 168

‘Sunday Morning’ 121

Sunshine House Cancer Clinic, West Germany 18–19, 391–2

Survival 344, 353, 355, 357, 368, 398; tour 354–9

Taitt, Lynn 94

Tartar 61, 62, 72, 73–4, 75, 105, 111, 137, 138, 249

Taylor, Don 255, 260, 268, 271, 273, 284, 286, 290, 294, 295, 296, 297, 300, 302, 306–7, 312, 313, 317, 324, 325–6, 327, 334, 341, 360, 361, 362–3

Taylor, Stephen 82

Teenagers, the 62, 71

Tek Life 222, 254, 285, 341

Tekere, Edgar 374, 375

Temptations, the 121, 176, 196

‘Ten Commandments of Love’ 92

‘Terror’ 69

‘Thank You Lord’ 141

‘Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)’ 261, 410

‘There She Goes’ 87

‘This Train’ 131, 181

Thompson, Errol ‘ET’ 172

Thompson, Uziah ‘Sticky’ 177

‘Three Little Birds’ 319

‘Time Will Tell’ 15

Tom the Great Sebastian 53–4

Tompkins, Dera 372, 373–4

Tosh, Peter 59, 60–1, 62, 63, 64, 72, 74, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 98, 99, 100, 103–4, 109, 120, 121–2, 128, 131, 132, 135, 137, 140, 141, 143, 145, 147, 148–9, 154, 155, 159, 162, 168, 169, 174, 175, 178, 179, 182, 183, 185, 196, 197–8, 210, 211, 212, 215, 216, 223, 225, 226, 228, 229, 231, 232, 235, 237, 239–41, 245, 247, 248, 252, 256, 260, 269, 275, 283–6, 315, 334, 335–6, 337, 338–9, 340–1, 347–8, 383, 404–7, 408

‘The Toughest’ 121

Treasure Isle 137, 231

‘Treat You Right’ 149

Tremeloes, the 194

‘Trench Town’ 398

Trench Town, Jamaica 21, 41, 42, 43, 44–7, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 71, 81, 83, 97, 98, 99, 108, 111, 114, 115, 120, 123, 129, 137, 138, 140, 152, 161, 162, 166, 175, 200, 201, 222, 246

‘Trench Town Rock’ 175, 178, 179, 190

Trojan records 183

‘Trouble on the Road Again’ 134, 174

Tucker, Jimmy 56, 85

Tuff Gong 2, 171, 174, 176, 201, 208, 249, 254, 257, 283, 290, 298, 319, 329, 342, 353, 357, 376, 385, 395, 398, 399, 400, 401

‘Try Me’ 176

‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’ 319

Uniques, the 163, 164, 176

United Negro Improvement Association 48

Uprising 362, 376–7, 398; tour 16, 377–81, 383–9

Upsetter Records 165

Upsetters, the 166, 188, 191–2, 256

U-Roy 157–8, 159, 176

Velez, Martha 267–9, 270, 272, 280

‘Vexation’ 396

Vietnam War 139, 154

Vikings (gang) 131

Vill så Gärna Tro 180–1

Virgin Records 335

‘The Vow’ 121

Wail’n’Soul’m label 118, 122, 130, 134–5, 141, 144–5, 170, 171

Wail’n’Soul’m store (Soul Shack) 122, 130, 144–5, 151, 156, 162, 174

Wailers, the/Wailing Wailers, the: albums see under individual album name

backing singers 82–8 see also under individual singer name

first recording session 78–82

first records 88–9, 91

label and store 122, 130, 144–5 see also

Wail’n Soul’m and Tuff Gong; live performances 14, 70–1, 88, 92–6, 109, 188–92, 195–9, 219–20, 223–31, 238, 234–8, 243–5, 248, 295–6, 301, 303–5, 325, 326, 327, 334, 337–41, 351, 352, 353, 359, 365–75, 393 see also under album title toured; managers see under individual manager name

name 71–2

original members leave 245–6, 247–9

record contract, first 77–8

record contracts see under individual record company name

songs see under individual song name

see also under individual band member name

Wailing Souls, the 85, 175, 393

‘The Wailing Wailers’ 92, 103

‘Waiting In Vain’ 306, 319

‘Wake Up and Live’ 355

Walker, Constantine ‘Dream’/’Vision’ 99, 100, 104, 109, 112, 113, 120–1, 131, 133, 142

‘War’ 281, 345, 354, 410

Washington, Delroy 264

Watt, Jean 238

‘We and Dem’ 396

Welch, Tony 296, 330, 334

West Indies Record Label (WIRL) 58, 187

‘What Goes Around Comes Around’ 148

‘White Christmas’ 92

White, Garth 100

White, Timothy 17

‘Who the Cap Fit’ 280, 398

‘Who Colt the Game’ 347

Williams, Joe 5, 140, 141, 155

Williams, Pat 209, 210, 263

Williams, Wally 175

Wilson, Delroy 88, 91, 102

Wilson, Dion 153–4

Wilson, Roy 58, 71, 74, 85, 88

Wincox records 58

‘Wings of a Dove’ 91

Wintour, Anna 354–5

Wonder, Stevie 283–4, 385

Woodstock Music Festival 153, 154

‘Work’ 389

‘The World is Changing’ 149

Wossen, Asfa 325

Wright, Tony 261

Wright, Winston 156, 256

Wyatt, Trevor 401

Yashi, Princess 312, 326

Yellowman 394

‘You Poured Sugar on Me’ 193

Youth Professionals 195, 212

Zap Pow horn section 269

Zimbabwe 230, 365–7, 36–75

‘Zimbabwe’ 316, 355, 373