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Legacy

Bob Marley | The Captain's Son | 1

Legacy

Wondery

History, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

3.9696 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Born in colonial-era Jamaica to a black teenage mum and an absent white dad, Bob Marley has a fractious childhood and is constantly moved around. But Bob dreams of making it big as a musician, whilst Jamaica dreams of independence. Can this small island boy make it big amongst the violence and chaos engulfing his home nation?

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0:00.0

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0:04.4

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0:13.8

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0:23.9

Hello, and... your next obsession. Hello and welcome to this new series of Legacy.

0:28.4

Peter, I'm super excited for this series.

0:30.7

You look super excited.

0:32.1

You are always very smiley afro, but today you come and bouncing into the studio to record

0:36.6

as a proper, proper, proper hero, right?

0:38.8

For me, this is one of the legends of my life.

0:44.3

And I have such a special relationship with this person and their life story and their creativity and their music.

0:54.7

Guess who it is?

0:56.2

I was going to say, we can maybe stretch it on, right?

0:58.2

But music gives a big clue.

0:59.5

And I gave a bit of a clue with The Legend as well,

1:01.6

because the reality is that since Bob Marley died in 1981,

1:06.1

the compilation of his greatest hits,

1:08.7

Legend, has basically never left the charts. It's one of the

1:13.1

best-selling albums of all time. And it's so interesting how new generations discover his music.

1:18.2

I mean, my daughter, who's 13, has just, quote, discovered Bob Marley as if it's a brand new

1:23.5

idea. And I think that's something that's very rare about him. He's grounded in such old and

1:30.1

fascinating traditions, but he just keeps speaking to modernity. What's great about Bob Marley is when

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