The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh, and Wailer

Super

This is an impressive book. As someone who did musicology research on reggae in the early 70s, I found the deep insights into the culture of Jamaica after independence to be illuminating. I felt that the emphasis on politics and religion were slightly overdone, but I was not there, so who is to say?I did feel that the author stretched a bit to make his points, molding the facts for effect. The most jarring of the discontinuities came when the book suggests that the lines from "Burning And Looting" ("This morning, I woke up in a curfew...") were inspired by a 1976 political crackdown. Not likely, when the song was available on the "Burnin'" album released in the US in 1973. Makes you wonder about other points in the book.There is not much analysis of the music, or the music that came before.Nevertheless, a microscope into the life that reggae grew out of.

Loved this book. I devoured it. It is a great story about a band and country that we all need to know.

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