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Welcome to Legacy and the third episode of our series on Bob Marley.

In the last episode, we'd seen Bob Marley and the Whalers becoming really big names in Jamaica.

People are wanting to listen to their music.

They're buying their records.

They're flocking to watch them perform.

Bob's personal life has evolved.

It's quite complicated.

He's got married to Rita and become a father several times over, not all with his wife.

Rastafarianism has become an important part of the way in which he lives.

And driven by Bob, the whalers, are moving from the happy gallop of Scar. Rastafarianism has become an important part of the way in which he lives,

and driven by Bob the Whalers of moving from the Happy Gallup of Scar to becoming pioneers of a new kind of music, distinctive, very Jamaican,

reggae has become a big thing,

and they've just been offered a new deal from Chris Blackwell to record one album

with Island Records, which they accept.

So they are becoming increasingly popular in their own country.

But no musician in Jamaica has ever made it big and blown up on the world stage.

Can Bob be different?

Teaser, I'm going to say yes.

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