Bob Marley
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died on this date from Toe Cancer 5/11/1981.
I find it a trip that my parents saw him play at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis on 5/13/1976.
I think the Grateful Dead played tribute to him in the form of an 'He's Gone' on 5/12:
https://archive.org/details/gd81-05-12.sbd.jeffm.1664.sbeok.shnf/gd81-05-12d2t05.shn
Anyone here ever see Marley and the Wailers play? Please share if so.
RIP Legend (yeah i know...)
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Had the ticket in my hand but
Had the ticket in my hand but I was still in high school and my parents decided I had been going to too many concerts and it was a weeknight. I didn't put up a fight because you know I'll just catch him next time.
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everybody loves bob marley
everybody loves bob marley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaIcHoccXbY
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The toe cancer probably
The toe cancer probably wouldn't have killed him if he'd heeded his doctor's advice and had part of his toe removed when the cancer was first detected. His fundamentalist Rastafarian beliefs ruled out any surgery however. A couple of years later he collapsed while jogging in Central Park after a show in New York City and went to the hospital, where he was informed that the cancer had metastasized and spread to his brain, lungs, and kidneys. It was now inoperable and he was told he only had a couple of months if not weeks to live. He decided to play the next night's show at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh. He didn't want to tell the band, but word made it's way around during the show. He didn't want to leave the stage and performed multiple encores. This was his final show:
https://triblive.com/aande/music/40-years-ago-reggae-legend-bob-marley-j...
He decided to try a holistic therapy program in Switzerland. Remarkably, he lived another six months. Eventually, his doctors told him he was dying. He was trying to get back to Jamaica when he passed away after making it to Miami.
Selah.
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Right Dave, religion killed
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17 different Marley tunes
17 different Marley tunes contained in this tribute. Musicians on this tune also backed up Donald Fagan as The Nightflys
https://vimeo.com/797454414
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Saw him a couple of times in
Saw him a couple of times in Boston in the early 70s, at either the Jazz Workshop or Paul's Mall, which were adjacent venues. Low ceilinged place, and there was a thick cloud of ganga smoke just above head level. Not too many white folks at those shows - both those places only held a couple of hundred people. We passed our little joints around and got back huge spliffs.
Don't remember what was played - dunno if set lists exist, but it was AWESOME!
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Here's the recording of Bob's
Here's the recording of Bob's final show that Herbal Dave mentioned, 9/23/80 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o6S3-961Cc
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think he was assinated, but
think he was assassinated, but yeah I'm just a cook
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Wake of the flood you freakin
Wake of the flood you freakin woke's yet!?