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Bob Marley and Marley Family stories
07/17/2007
| Sons of the legend sound off
After the June 19 screening of Bob's "Live at the Rainbow" DVD in London, Stephen, Damian and Julian Marley discussed their childhoods with Bob. To watch the full panel discussion, get your BobMarley.com Passport Fan Club membership today.07/16/2007
| Artist Influence Series: Ben Harper
The first concert Ben Harper saw was a Bob Marley performance in the summer of 1978 with his father, a huge Marley fan and a musician himself. Since then, Marley's music, which Harper calls "the highest level in art," has continued to influence his own music.07/12/2007
| Concert Series: 'Trenchtown Rock'
Bob Marley often used to say, "My guitar is my weapon." That sentiment was never expressed better than in the moving lyrics of "Trenchtown Rock," shown here in this live performance of the song from London's Rainbow Theater in 1977.07/11/2007
| Dem belly full: the evolution of ital food
When Bob Marley sang "the pot a cook but the food nuh nuff" in his 1973 classic "Dem Belly Full" the pot he alluded to was, no doubt, bubbling with ital food. The ital diet was a way of life for Bob, and remains an essential part of being Rasta.07/09/2007
| Artist Influence Series: Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn recently discussed Bob Marley's influence on contemporary music culture and rock guitar styles in an exclusive interview with BobMarley.com. "[Bob's music] still speaks to the masses today," Yorn noted. "And that's rock 'n roll to me."07/05/2007
| Miami Rehearsal: 'Burnin' and Lootin''
In this exclusive video series from the September 1980 rehearsal session at Miami's Criteria Studio, Bob and the Wailers prepare for the second leg of the Uprising tour that began in Boston on September 16, 1980. In this clip, the band rehearses "Burnin' and Lootin'," one of his most emotionally charged numbers.07/05/2007
| Artist Influence Series: Xavier Rudd
A longtime Bob Marley fan, multi-instrumentalist, Xavier Rudd discusses how Marley's spirit has helped shape his music and the messages behind it in the first installment of the BobMarley.com Artist Influence Series.06/29/2007
| Bonnaroo: 'It's a community thing'
As Bob Weir pointed out during a Bonnaroo press conference, Deadheads, Bob Marley disciples and Phish-heads alike are all driven by the same spirit of improvisation -- musically and otherwise. And that's what festivals like Bonnaroo, which Ziggy played for the first time this year, are all about.