Bob Marley assassination attempt at National Heroes Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Bob Marley & The Wailers agreed to headline the peace concert. Bob Marley claimed to not be involved in Jamaican politics and had originally agreed to play one song at the concert on the condition that the concert wasn’t political. However, after Manley moved the elections up to within ten days of the concert, those loyal to both parties considered Marley’s “Smile Jamaica” song and concert to be an endorsement for the PNP. At 830 pm, on December 3, 1976, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert, seven men with guns raided Marley’s house
Tribute to the Legend: Bob Marley Tribute to the Legend: Bob Marley Tribute to the Legend: Bob Marley is an album by the Puerto Rican reggae band, Cultura Profética. The album is a live performance of a tribute the band held to Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley. The album was recorded on February 4, 2006, at the Tito Puente Amphitheatre in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was released on May 8, 2007. As a reggae band, Cultura Profética have always been fans of Bob Marley's music. This is noted in their performance of Marley's songs (or adaptations of them) in some of their previous albums. On