It is also a moving and inspiring story of a marriage that survived both poverty and then the strains of global celebrity. Full of new insights, No Woman No Cry is a unique biography of Marley by someone who understands what it meant to grow up in poverty in Jamaica, to battle. As an accomplished singer, an inspiring author, an adventurous. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (19631976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. Full of new insights, No Woman No Cry is a unique biography of Marley by someone who understands what it meant to grow up in poverty in Jamaica, to battle racism and prejudice. As the first born of Bob and Rita Marley, Cedella Marley is a descendant of reggae royalty. Winston Hubert McIntosh, OM (19 Octo11 September 1987), professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae musician. Music ran in Rita's family, and even as a child her talent for singing was pronounced. Abandoned by her mother at a very young age, she was raised by her aunt. Rita Marley grew up in the slums of Trench Town, Jamaica. The lives of Rita Marley and her husband Bob Marley are intimately shared in this look at their youths, their marriage, and the music that has made. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. Today she sees herself as the guardian of his legacy. A memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley best-his wife, Rita. Ediciones B, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 205 pages. Their marriage was not always easy, but Rita was the woman Bob returned to no matter where music and other women might take him, the woman who held him when he died at the age of 35. She shared the hard times and the dangers - when Bob was wounded in a gunfight before the Peace Concert, Rita was shot in the head and left for dead. They met in Trenchtown when he was 19 and she was 18, and she was very much part of his musical career, selling his early recordings from their house in the days before Island Records signed up the Wailers. Rita Marley was not just his wife and the mother of four of his children but his backing singer and friend, life-long companion and soul mate. Bob Marley is the unchallenged king of reggae and one of music's great iconic figures. A memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley best-his wife, Rita.
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