Party: Whelanslive.com presents LEGEND: A TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY

Party: Whelanslive.com presents LEGEND: A TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY

Whelanslive.com presents
Legend Live UK Official: A TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY

Plus a screening of the Marley documentary by Kevin MacDonald

Opium Rooms
Fri 31st July, 7pm

Tickets €15 are on sale now from www.wavtickets.ie

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Yesterday (May 11th) marked the 30th year anniversary since the passing of international reggae legend Bob Marley. Raised in Trenchtown, Kingston; Nesta Robert Marley became famous as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of reggae band ‘Bob Marley and The Wailers’. Bob Marley has proved hugely influential in helping the Jamaican music scene advance to the mainstream airwaves. Regarded as the most successful reggae artist of all time, Marley is renowned for promoting this genre of music and the Rastafarian movement to a world wide audience. Inspired by both African and Jamaican culture, Bob Marley’s music is heavily themed with issues relating to oppression, politics, and unity. Some of his best known hits include ‘Redemption Song’, ‘I Shot the Sheriff’, ‘No Woman No Cry’, ‘Is This Love’, ‘Could You Be Loved’, ‘Iron Man Zion’ and ‘Buffallo Soldier’. LEGEND – The Bob Marley Experience are seven great musicians and singers dedicated to the life and music of the late, great Bob Marley. This dynamic band, led by the charismatic Michael Anton Phillips (Cheesy) has a pedigree second to none, whose members have worked with such reggae greats as: The Mighty Diamonds, The Original Wailers, Dennis Brown, Rankin Roger, The Beat, Burning Spear, Apache Indian, Errol Dunkley, George and Desmond Decker, Musical Youth plus many more.

Legend's two hour show covers the very best of Bob Marley and The Wailers timeless classics: These are just a few of his million selling hits brought to you in this fantastic two hour tribute to the acknowledged the King of reggae. The musicianship is flawless, with that irresistible reggae groove compelling you to move and the presence of Bob Marley him self invoked in the skilled and respectful portrayal by Michael and the Band.

Kevin McDonald, primarily known as a film director and not as a documentary maker, provides a full account of the singer’s early life. He travels to his birthplace of Nine Mile, gives detailed information on his upbringing and his absent white father. He also interviews, for the first time, the original band Marley formed in Jamaica. McDonald makes strong use of a wide range of characters, from his wife Rita Marley, longtime girlfriend Cindy Breakspeare to manager Alan ‘Skill’ Cole and label boss Chris Blackwell. The interviews are touching and personal, each retelling their experiences with Marley and make for a fascinating look into the reggae star’s life and times. Interspersed with this are clips of live performances that really demonstrate how powerful his music was. The film also focuses on his political activism in Jamaica and his attempts to quell the violence that plagued the country in the 1970’s.

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