White's biography generated controversy for its emphasis on the more mystical elements in Bob Marley's life a.k.a.
Timothy White, Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley (1998) Looking for even more details on Bob Marley & The Wailers? This collection is for the serious fan desiring background information on every Bob Marley song ever played. Roger Steffens, Bob Marley & The Wailers: The Definitive Discography (2005) Lee Jaffe was a buddy of Bob Marley during the early 1970s and this book is a collection of his personal stories, accompanied by great photographs, about the formative years of the Wailers. Lee Jaffe, One Love: Life with Bob Marley & The Wailers (2003) "Concrete Jungle" was the original anthem of "reggae gone outernational" and neither Jamaican music nor international pop would ever be quite the same again. So, forward the bass and bathe yourself in the sounds of globalization booming from your sound system. The resulting transnational sonic mix helped transform Bob Marley into an international superstar. check out that screaming rock guitar solo. When you listen to the distinctive first notes of "Concrete Jungle," slowly building toward an eruption of the now-famous reggae "one drop" rhythm, you're literally hearing the sounds that transformed reggae from a local Jamaican curiosity into a global pop phenomenon.Īt the same time, the internationalization of reggae embodied by "Concrete Jungle" began to change the music itself.
"Concrete Jungle" may not be the most famous or celebrated Bob Marley song of all time, but it played a special role in the history of reggae music: this was the first song on the first album, Catch a Fire (1973), that really broke reggae to international audiences outside Jamaica. Concrete Jungle Introduction In a Nutshell