Remembering Robert Nesta Marley 1945 - 1981

Who tragically passed away thirty years ago today.



I saw Bob Marley and The Wailers live on 7th June 1980. A few weeks earlier he'd been advised that he had terminal cancer, though at the time hardly anyone knew he was even ill.


YouTube link.

I've told this story before, and now seems as good a time as any to recall.

When I visited the Bob Marley Mausoleum in Jamaica some years back, an elderly grey-haired Rasta sitting outside regaled me with these words of wisdom. "It's the trees Mon," he said. I looked at him quizzically and he continued: "It's the trees. Every time the trees move, the wind blow."