Bob Marley: Spirit Dancer

By Bruce W. Talamon and Bruce W. Talamon; Roger Steffens

Book Overview

Twenty years after Bob Marley's untimely death he remains a powerful worldwide presence. His music is at the top of the reggae charts, while his memory is indelibly etched in the minds of millions of his followers.

In the last two years of his life Marley underwent a dramatic change, becoming a gentler and more philosophical version of himself. He also met photographer Bruce Talamon, to whom he granted unprecedented access, both on the stage and off. The result is this remarkable visual record, which, paired with Roger Steffens's sensitive text tracing Marley's life from his youth in Jamaica to worldwide acceptance, captures (in the words of the late Timothy White's introduction) "the private warmth, social equanimity, zealous determination...and personal magnetism" of Bob Marley.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393321738
• ISBN13: 9780393321739
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Proud Spirit

The photographs and the written text of this book compliment each other perfectly. This book is put together not just for the Bob Marley fan but any style music fan and also for fans of photography.

One Of My Favorite Biographies

One of the most surprising things you'd expect out of me, a 15 year old skate punk kid, is my collection of books. Big and small, short and long, all of my books are spanned on a shelf system that runs around my room. An those are just the good ones. The really good ones go in my night table drawer. This is one of them. Bob Marley is and was one of the most inflential people not only in my life, but in many others as well. This book not only shows that, it also shows the feels and vibes of Caribbean life during his time. It richly illustrates reggae in general, racial boundaries, and social problems of Marley's time. It is a vividly painted portrait of one of the greatest musicians of our time. With facts from his birth to his death and everything that happened to him in between, it helps you (the reader) to fully understand this great person. Bob Marley was truly influential, and this book illustrates that fact completely. You will read it over and over and over again.

ITS SO WONDERFULL READING THE BOOK

MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS THAT THOS BOOK REALLY POTRAYS CLEARLY THE LIFE OF A LEGEND.

BEST POINTS TO MY BROTHA

Pi up this book put the record on and get into this love and obscurity of "Slave Driver". Enjoy it.