It was the late fifties and there were very few jobs available in Jamaica. So Bob and a few friends decided to move to Kingston to seek employment in the big city. Soon Marley found himself in a squatter village called trench town, were many impoverished Jamaicans found their refuge. In Trenchtown Bob was exposed to Rastafarianism faith, which helped refocus Marley towa

In 1973 the Wailers released their very much anticipated second album "Burning". On this album classics like "Get Up and Stand" and " I Shot the Sheriff" were first introduced in to mainstream music culture. The Wailers popularity grew even more when Eric Clapton covered Bob's "I Shot the Sheriff", becoming the number one hit one on the United States singles chart. By the summer of 1975, the band was on the road again, recording their hit " No Woman No Cry". Bob Marley and the Wailers were taking Reggae mainstream, and were successful at reaching a very broad audience. The new European tour featured shows at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, which were recorded on to their third album "Live", including an unforgettable version of "No Women No Cry". After the tour the band began to go in to different directions. In late 1976 the original Bob Marley and the Wailers played for the last time together in a benefit concert for the Jamaican Institute for the Blind. The bands popu!

larity had helped Marley's political importance in Jamaica as an icon for peace. They were obviously the countries biggest superstars. As an icon Marley decided to play a free concert in Kingston to promote peace, and instill his Rastafarian beliefs to the youth of Jamaica. Marley stated that, "man must emancipate themselves from slavery, no one but ourselves can free our mind". The gang wars had taken over the streets of Kingston, and this concert was a political cry for help by Bob, whom in his earlier days wrote about the touch streets of Kingston. On the eve of the concert armed gunmen broke into Marley's house and shot him. Not badly wounded Marley appeared the next day for the concert to express his strong belief for peace in his homeland. Soon after the concert the band left for the UK, which they called their home for a while. The group spent a lot of time in the studio and released the much-anticipated "Exodus", which secured the groups international status. In early 1980 the band was invited to play at the Independence ceremony for a liberated Zimbabwe. This was one of the greatest honors for the band, because it solidified the importance the band had on the Third World.

During their European Tour, Bob hurt his toe while playing football, which turned out to be cancerous. In May Bob was examined by a doctor and found out that the cancer would be taken care of, if his toe was amputated. To do so was against his Rastafarian belief. The remainder of the European tour was cancelled due to the news. Although Bob was no longer touring he continued to record his next album "Kaya", which had a much more mellow tone then his previous albums. His focus again became in Rastafarian faith, which was express in his lyrics in "Kaya". Marley was accused of selling out because many of his songs were love ballads and tributes to Ganga. Th

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