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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