Bob+Marley

As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction-
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Written Information : The guitarist I am researching is Bob Marley. He liked to play reggae music which is lyrics to a social protest. Marley liked to stand up for others and their religions.

Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica. He was born to Cedella Malcolm Marley when she was nineteen years old. Bob and his friend Bunny wanted to become famous recording stars. They spent their days writing songs and playing them. they made guitars with bamboo, sardine cans and electrical wire. One of the guitars he played was a Gibson Les Paul. Bob Marley, played the one with two P-90s, with a wrap around bridge he took off and replaced with a stop type.  Marley wrote a universal love and Biblical prophecy, including "No Woman, No Cry," and "Jammin." some music that influenced Marley was African-American rhythm and blues (R&B) vocal groups.

Marley Neville O'Riley Livingston (Bunny Wailer), Peter McIntosh (Peter Tosh), and Junior Braithwaite, and also two female singers (Beverley Kelso and Cherry Smith) formed The Wailing Rudeboys. Marley died on May 11th, 1981 from brain and lungg cancer. During his life, he sold over 20 million albums. Marley became an important voice in Jamaica and he used music as a form of social commentary and criticism against Jamaican postcolonial society. He was also a songwriter, singer, and guitarist.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. //sample:// "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

Your Source List: "Bob Marley." //St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture//. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 29 May 2012.

Bogues, Anthony. "Bob Marley." //Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History//. Gale, 2006. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 22 May 2012.

"Bob Marley." //Almanac of Famous People//. Gale, 2011. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 22 May 2012.

"Bob Marley." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1990. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 22 May 2012.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
2.)sold over 20 million albums before death. || What do you like about his/her style? || it relaxes and calms me. it is spiritual and smooth. ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings** //cells will expand as you enter your findings// ||
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || reggae music ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Bob Marley ||
 * This guitarist lived from || February 6th, 1965-May 11th, 1981 ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || reggae music ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || Marley and the musicians Neville O'Riley Livingston (Bunny Wailer), Peter McIntosh (Peter Tosh), and Junior Braithwaite, along with two female singers (Beverley Kelso and Cherry Smith) formed The Wailing Rudeboys ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || African-American rhythm and blues (R&B) vocal groups. ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. ||  ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || social commentary, Rastafarian faith ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || Gibson Les Paul ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || * born February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica
 * Bob Marley rose from poverty and obscurity
 * born to Cedella Malcolm Marley when she was barely nineteen years old.
 * Bob and his friend Bunny dreamed of becoming recording stars and spent their days coming up with songs and practicing them to the accompaniment of makeshift guitars they fashioned from bamboo, sardine cans, and electrical wire. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || Marley became an important voice in Jamaica and he used music as a form of social commentary and criticism against Jamaican postcolonial society. He was also a songwriter, singer, and guitarist. ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || 1.)Died of brain and lung cancer
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || universal love and Biblical prophecy, including "No Woman, No Cry," "Jammin" ||
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? ||  ||