I & I: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer

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Discover the untold history of reggae legends of Bob Marley and the original Wailers.The perfect must-read if you loved the film One Love.Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trench Town R&B crooners, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers – one of the most influential groups in popular music. Now one of our best and brightest non-fiction writers examines the story of the influential reggae band.Charting their complex relationship, their fluctuating fortunes, musical peak, and the politics and ideologies that provoked their split, Colin Grant shows us why they were not just extraordinary musicians, but also natural mystics. And, following a trail from Jamaica through Europe, America, Africa and back to the vibrant and volatile world of Trench Town, he travels in search of the last surviving Wailer.’In Grant’s hands life in Trench Town in the 1960’s is energetic and theatrical, rich in comedy and tragic irony…This brilliant book is not just about Jamaica, but about ourselves’ Guardian

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Weight 0.234 kg
Dimensions 2.1 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Pages

336

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Year Published

2012-1-26

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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0099526727

About The Author

Colin Grant is a historian and author of four highly praised books: Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey (2008), I and I: The Natural Mystics Marley, Tosh and Wailer (2011), Bageye at the Wheel (2012), and A Smell of Burning (2016). He is an Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies, and teaches creative non-fiction writing, most recently for Arvon and Sierra Nevada College.

By the end, the three central characters, the force that they became together and the forces that drove them apart… are more vividly portrayed than in any previous biography. What's more, Grant's clear, concise book, as well as revealing the Wailers in the light of their own culture, helps us to see into the heart of Jamaica itself, through the lives of three of its sons

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Grant has pulled off a remarkable feat in the telling of their individual stories… An absorbing read that sheds new light on the famous triumvirate

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