Catch a Fire: Life of Bob Marley - Hardcover

Timothy White

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241109566 ISBN 13: 9780241109564

Publisher: Elm Tree Bks., 1983

Synopsis

Providing a lasting picture of the man and his time period, this definitive biography shows how more than a quarter century after his death, Bob Marley’s status as a reggae superstar and pop icon continues to grow.



Proveyendo un retrato duradero del hombre y su época, esta biografía definitiva muestra como más de un cuarto de siglo después de su muerte, la estatura de Bob Marley como superestrella del reggae e icono de la cultura pop continúa creciendo.

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Review

Bob Marley, reggae superstar and pop culture icon, left an indelible mark on modern music. Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley delves deep into the life of the lionized leader of a musical, spiritual, and political explosion that still reverberates more than a decade after his death. Almost nothing pertaining to the life of Bob Marley is left out; the origins of Rastafarianism (the Ethiopian religion that was the keystone of his life), the roots of the reggae sound, the Jamaican political and social debacle that informed his lyrics--this is a comprehensive account of the life of the artist and the times that produced him.

Catch a Fire is assiduously researched; the details writer Timothy White presents of the King of Reggae's life are cinematic in scope and, at times, cumbersome. White includes much of his primary source material, ranging from full interviews with band members to unearthed CIA documents, and devotes a whole section to describing his exhaustive research process. The final product is rich with elements of spiritual tome, rock biography, and history text; it is a hagiographic epic--the story of a man and his legend. --Brendan J. LaSalle

About the Author

Timothy White, editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine, has written extensively on Marley and reggae for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and other publications. His close contact with Marley, his family, and inner circle of friends led to his being granted access to private papers, photographs, and memorabilia. He is also the author of Rock Lives: Profiles and Interviews, a winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elm Tree Bks.
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241109566
• ISBN 13: 9780241109564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320