Bob Marley
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BOB MARLEY
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Bob Marley was born on February 6th, 1945 the legendary songwriter and lead singer for the The Wailers. Marley was a great performer of reggae music and his success brought international interest both to Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement. The Wailers came to worldwide attention having been spotted and then promoted by Chris Blackwell who was setting up Island Records. Marley also worked with The Upsetters.
The first album 'Catch a Fire' was released worldwide in 1973 followed by “Get Up, Stand Up” which raised his international profile, (particularly when Eric Clapton released "I Shot The Sheriff" ) released in 1974.
Marley continued recording as “Bob Marley and The Wailers” after his initial band members and he parted company, the new band included Carlton and Aston “Family Man” on drums, 1975, Marley’s international breakthrough was with “No Woman, No Cry” from the "Natty Dread" album and followed by "Rastaman Vibration" in 1976.
In 1976, Marley left Jamaica for England and recorded his "Exodus" and "Kaya" albums.
"Babylon by Bus", a live album with 13 tracks was released in 1978.
Marley died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami on the morning of 11th May 1981 after a long battle with cancer.
Marley was best known for his hits "Could You Be Loved", "Stir it Up", "Jamming", "Redemption Song", "One Love" and "No Woman, No Cry"
“The Legend” album was released in 1984 after his death and it is one of the best selling reggae albums ever.
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Bob Dylan
The boy who would become Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24th May, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. In a career spanning over 5 decades, Dylan has won Grammys, Golden Globes and Academy Awards, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his impact on pop music and American culture.
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Zimmerman apparently coined the name "Bob Dylan" during his time on the Dinkytown folk music circuit in Minnesota, where he attended university. It's unclear why that particular name was chosen, although the presiding theory is that the surname was inspired by the poet Dylan Thomas. "You're born, you know, the wrong names, wrong parents," Bob Dylan is reported to have said in a 2004 interview. "I mean, that happens. You call yourself what you want to call yourself. This is the land of the free."
Dylan hitchhiked from Minnesota to New York in 1961, after dropping out of his freshman year. Dylan played harmonica on Carolyn Hester's third album, which brought him to the attention of producer John Hammond, who signed the 20 year-old to Colombia Records. Dylan's first album "Bob Dylan" made little impact, selling just enough to break even. 1962 saw Dylan change his name legally to Robert Dylan and sign a management contract with Albert Grossman, who remained Dylan's manager until 1970. Dylan’s second album, "The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan", was released in May 1963. By this time, Dylan was starting to make a name for himself, and "Blowin' In The Wind" became an international hit with Peter, Paul & Mary, another band managed by Grossman.
Possibly one of the most important facets of Dylan's career has been his inspiration of so many other artists. "Freewheelin" is said to have impressed The Beatles. "We just played it, just wore it out. The content of the song lyrics and just the attitude—it was incredibly original and wonderful," George Harrison said of the album. Dylan's songs have been covered by an estimated 2,000 artists. "All Along The Watchtower", for example, was famously covered by Jimi Hendrix, and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" has been covered by over 25 well-known artists, including Eric Clapton, Guns 'N' Roses and Bob Marley. References to Dylan's songs are rife through contemporary music, such as Radiohead's "Subterranean Homesick Alien" (in reference to "Subterranean Homesick Blues", which, incidentally, takes the credit for being one of the first music videos).
On 29th July 1966 Dylan crashed his motorcycle, breaking several vertebrae in his neck. It is reported that he had been awake for three straight days before the accident, possibly due to a huge workload. For the next 19 months, Dylan withdrew from the public eye.
In 1967, Dylan began recording with a band called The Hawks, at his home and in their basement, known as "Big Pink". The recordings were intended to be demos for other artists to cover, but gradually the original catalogue was released or bootlegged. The Hawks recorded the album "Music From Big Pink" with material they had written in their basement and renamed themselves The Band.
Throughout the 1970s, Dylan recorded and toured a great deal. Many of his releases in the early part of the decade were criticised for shoddiness. The Jewish-born Dylan became a born-again Christian in the late '70s, but claimed to follow no religion in 1997. He is reported to have said that his religion is part of music. "I don't adhere to rabbis, preachers, evangelists, all of that," he told Newsweek. "The songs are my lexicon."
1988 was the start of Dylan's 'Never Ending Tour' which has played roughly 2100 gigs to date. In April 2009 Dylan released his 33rd studio album "Together With Life".
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Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton, CBE, was born on the 30th March 1945, in Surrey, England. “Slowhand”, as he has been nicknamed, is a Grammy Award winning composer, singer and guitarist, who is regarded as being one of the most influential artist of the rock era.
Clapton was 13 when he first began to play the guitar and nearly gave up because he found playing an electric guitar so difficult. He joined his first group, The Roosters, in 1963. He later went on the join The Yardbirds, appearing on their 1964 recording "Five Live Yardbirds", which showed off his talent at playing blues guitar. In 1965, John Mayall asked the upcoming blues-star to join his group, The Bluesbreakers. He played with Mayall for ten years. In 1967 the words ‘Clapton is God’ were sprayed on a wall in Islington Underground. After this Clapton joined the band Cream, although this lasted barely two years.
It was in 1970 that Clapton went solo releasing the double album "Layla" which became one of the cornerstone rock records of the Seventies. After the release of this album, Clapton became addicted to drugs and became evermore reclusive apart from a concert in 1971 where he passed out on stage, was revived and finished the concert! January 1973 gave way to a comeback for the recovered star, which reintroduced him to public performing. His solo career began to really kick off with the release of "461 Ocean Boulevard" a year later topping the charts. Clapton's cover of Bob Marley's ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ proved to be a massive success.
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Through the 1980s Clapton released a live album, two further albums and created his own record label, Duck Records. In 1991 tragedy struck when his 4 year old son, Conor fell out of a 53rd storey window. Clapton expressed his grief with his track "Tears in Heaven". Between "Tears in Heaven" and his "Unplugged" album he won a total of 6 Grammys that year. 1998 saw Clapton win critical acclaim for his performances with Carlos Santana and B.B. King.
Since the turn of the century Clapton has kept himself busy performing with a myriad of artists across the world and he continues to be a major influence in all things musical. Rolling Stone rank him as the 4th Greatest Guitar Player of All Time!
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