Bob+Marley

As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment:
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
 * Conclusion

Your Name (First Name, Last Initial): Adam, B Type Your Essay Here! : Bob Marley was a guitaruist who played one style mainly and that style was called Ska. This stlye of his was influencd by the Rasta culture and the songs he made were mostly about polotics and trying to stop people from being cruel in Jamaica. For example his concert called, "Smile Jamaica" was performed to reduce the tension between the warring games associated with the two parties.

As a child Bob Marley grew up with mostly only a mom because his dad died when he was young and his mother seemed like she didn't care about him becasue she got remaried leaving Bob left homeless at the age of 18. Bob Marley didn't have a guitar teacher, he only had a singing teacher and taught himself guitar. Bob wanted to play his style because he was influenced by the Rssta culture which is an ati-racist and anti-collonial culture/religion.

Some of the songs Bob MArley has relased are called "judge Not" which demonstarte his budding and raspy voice. Another song that my Artist realsed was calleds"simmer down" which was his first song to reach number one on Jamaican radio stations. Some of the things that influenced Bob MArley was the Rasta culture/religion that taught him to be anti-racist and anti-collonial.

Bob Marley wasn't influenced by any paticular person because he was influenced by the Rasta culture/religion that he folowed. Bob Marley left behind a legacy of socially conscious work that continues to remain popular with audiences worldwide. How Bob has changed the music world is that he made a lot of people learn that being racist and mean isn't good by writing songs about it and people listned to him and learned from him.

Some of the most interesting things about Bob Marley were that he was able to care for himself for a long time untill he got married and he was also able to go to school and be in a band without a guardirn. One last very important and interesting fact was that he made som many people relize that being racist wasn't good just by writing songs about it and all of his fans listned and then agreed with him. Bob MArler truly was an amazing at=rtist that has changed a lot of people lives just by sing music.

Works Cited

Sources : Include the source information for all of the articles or web sites that were used to complete your project. Source information is found at the end of each article in iCONN.They should also be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. sample: "Carol Kaye." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale, 1998. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012. "Selected Websites on Carol Kaye's Life and Works." //Gale Biography in Context//. Detroit: Gale, 2008. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 8 Jan. 2012.

Your Source List: "Bob Marley." //St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture//. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 17 Oct. 2012.

"Bob Marley." //Contemporary Musicians//. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 1990. //Gale Biography In Context//. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.

Guitarist Research Notes Table
Bob didn't have a guitar teacher. || Another important song was, "Simmer Down" was realsed on the downbeat label this was important because it reached number one on Jamaican radio stations. || What do you like about his/her style? || Some people that still play this type of music today are ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings** //cells will expand as you enter your findings// ||
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Ska ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Bob Marley ||
 * This guitarist lived from || Feburary 6th 1945 to May 11th 1981 ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || Reggae was a style that was influenced by the Rasta religion and was anti-racist and anti-colonial music. ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || He had singing lessons in 1959 from a teacher and practiced guitar on his own. ||
 * What types of music influenced this artist? || The thing that mostly influenced this artist was a culture called the Rasta culture. ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. ||  ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || Bob Marley only played Ska style. ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play ? || Bob Marley plays a red guitar that has a v-shape in it and the rest was white. ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || Bob Marley's dad died when he was 11, and his mom got remarried 7 years later and moved to America leaving Bob homeless at 18. ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || He played in a lot of talent shows and had his own band called the teenagers. ||
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || Bob was left homeless at the age of 18.
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || One song that Bob released in called "Judge Not" which was relased when he was only 16 years old. Why this was importat was because it was his first song and it demonstrated his raspy and budding voice.
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || The singer/songwriter left behind a legacy of socially conscious work that continues to remain popular with audiences worldwide. ||