Photo Credit: Kate Simon
Christopher John Farley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and
raised in Brockport, New York. He is a graduate of Harvard University and a
former editor of the Harvard Lampoon. He is the author of the bestselling
biography
Aaliyah: More Than a Woman and the novels
My Favorite War and
Kingston by Starlight. He is also the coauthor of
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues. He has worked as an editor and
pop-music critic at Time magazine and is currently an editor at the
Wall Street Journal. Farley celebrates reggae king Marley 25 years after his
death.
ISBN: 0060539917
Read an Article by Christopher John Farley on Bob Marley Bob Marley was a reggae superstar, a musical prophet who brought the sound of
the Third World to the entire globe. Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob
Marley goes beyond the myth of Marley to bring you the private side of a man
few people ever really knew. Drawing from original interviews with the people
closest to Marley -- including his widow, Rita, his mother, Cedella, his
bandmate and childhood friend Bunny Wailer, his producer Chris Blackwell, and
many others -- Legend paints an entirely fresh picture of one of the most
enduring musical artists of our times. This is a portrait of the artist as a young man, from his birth in the tiny
town of Nine Miles in the hills of Jamaica to the making of his debut
international record, Catch a Fire. We see Marley on the tough streets of
Trench Town before he found stardom, struggling to find his way in music, in
love, and in life, and we take the wild ride with him to worldwide acceptance
and adoration. From acclaimed journalist Christopher John Farley, the author of
the bestselling biography of Aaliyah and the reporter who broke the story on
Dave Chappelle's retreat to South Africa, Before the Legend is bursting
with fresh insights into Marley and Jamaica, and is the definitive story of
Marley's early days.
Before
the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley
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Format: Hardcover, 144pp
Pub. Date: May 2, 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
