On this day in 1981: Bob Marley died at the age of 36.
Today’s soundtrack: “Rastaman Vibrations” and those super fun early rocksteady tracks.
Today’s book club: Rita Marley’s “No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley”
Today’s quote: “Money Can’t Buy Life” — Final words to Ziggy
Today’s ill-advised tattoo: http://tinyurl.com/c3unnlm
Today’s photo: Just hanging out with George Harrison, nbd.
On this day in 1952: Sly Dunbar was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Today’s soundtrack: Black Uhuru, The Mighty Diamonds, Bunny Lee, Peter Tosh, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, Joe Cocker, Serge Gainsbourg, and Miss Grace Motherfuckin’ Jones.
Happy 60th birthday to the nattiest and hardest drummer in music.
On this day in 1941: King Tubby was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Today’s effects: echo, reverb, and delay
Today’s soundtrack: So many to choose from. I’ll start with KING TUBBY MEETS THE UPSETTER AT THE GRASS ROOTS OF DUB
Today’s quote: “King Tubby truly understood sound in a scientific sense. He knew how the circuits worked and what the electrons did. That’s why he could do what he did” — Mikey Dread
