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CATCH A FIRE THE LIFE OF BOB MARLEY - TIMOTHY W...

The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley  updated and revised for the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his death Bob Marley left an indelible mark on modern music  both as a reggae
pioneer and as an enduring cultural icon. Catch a Fire  now a classic of rock biography  delves
into the life of the leader of a musical  spiritual  and political explosion that continues
today. Under the supervision of the author's widow and with the collaboration of a Marley
expert  this fourth edition contains a wealth of new material on the Jamaican singer 
songwriter and musician   including many revisions made by the author before his untimely
death. An appendix to the new edition chronicles Marley's legacy in recent years  as well as
the ongoing controversy over the possibility that Marley's remains might be exhumed from Nine
Mile  Jamaica  and reburied in Addis Ababa  Ethiopia  where hundreds of Rastafarians live. The
new edition also contains an expanded discography and is factually updated throughout. Probably
the finest biography ever written about a popular musician. -San Francisco Chronicle As close
as rock journalism comes to transcendent literature. -Playboy

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