The legendary Jamaican singer Marcia Griffiths is greatest recognized for singing “Electric Boogie,” the tune that grew to become the idea for the “Electric Slide” line dance. However as Griffiths explains within the newest episode of the web video sequence Bob Marley & I, she additionally served as a backing vocalist for Marley, the world’s most well-known reggae icon.
Within the video, Griffiths describes her experiences as one among the I-Threes, Marley’s group of backup singers, alongside Judy Mowatt and Marley’s spouse Rita. She talks about going to Studio One, referred to as the Motown of Jamaica, and seeing Lee “Scratch” Perry level out Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. “Those three brothers were the three persons that you had to pass the test with,” Griffiths says. Suffice it to say, she handed the take a look at.
The earlier episode of Bob Marley & I featured Don Letts, the movie director and DJ who served as a videographer for the Conflict and co-founded Huge Audio Dynamite with the band’s Mick Jones. In Letts’ episode, he recollects following Marley’s tour bus again to his resort after a 1975 at London’s Lyceum. “Next thing you know, I’m sitting in Bob’s living room, watching him reason with the UK rasta elders,” Letts says. He goes on to elucidate how he solid a reference to Marley by producing a bag of high-quality marijuana, which led to a different encounter two years later during which Letts defended punk rock to Marley, serving to to encourage the tune “Punky Reggae Party.”
Bob Marley & I is a part of a year-long celebration commemorating 80 years since Marley’s delivery. Billed as Bob Marley’s eightieth Earthstrong Celebrations, the festivities additionally included an ‘Uprising’ Tribute Live performance livestream from the Marley household’s Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. “I know Daddy would have a huge smile on his face and be so proud to know that his words of freedom, love, and unity would be sung by so many beautiful young souls around the world over 50 years after he wrote them,” mentioned Marley’s daughter, Cedella Marley. “It’s a huge testament to the power of his music that his songs resonate stronger than ever and with each new generation. My father’s songs speak universal truths and that is why they sound as convincing coming out of the mouths of children as they did when he himself recorded and performed them.”
Take heed to Bob Marley’s Legend now.
