Smile Jamaica Concert

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The Smile Jamaica Concert was a

The Wailers
, played a 90-minute set for the 80,000 people in attendance.

Background

his home studio, Marley, his wife Rita, and two others were shot by assailants, never arrested, but suspected of links to a JLP-affiliated drug gang.[8][9][5][10]

The concert

Besides headliners Bob Marley and the Wailers, others on the bill were Third World, Ras Michael, Kiddus I, and Bunny Rugs.[11] The emcee was Elaine Wint,[12] a current affairs broadcaster.[13] An unreleased film of the concert was made by Carl Colby, son of former CIA director William Colby.[14]

Despite the shooting, Marley promised to perform one song ("War") at the concert.[15] The crowd that gathered in National Heroes Park were unsure whether he would turn up until the moment he arrived at the venue.[16] While his injured arm prevented him playing guitar,[15] Marley sang for 90 minutes and rolled up his sleeve at one point to show the crowd his wound, saying "Bang bang, I'm OK".[11]

Marley had previously asked the original Wailers

Sons of Negus.[20] There were "over two hundred" people on stage, many providing a human shield for Marley.[11][12] Prime Minister Manley came on stage before watching the performance from the roof of a van.[17]

The set list was as follows:

  1. "War" / "No More Trouble" / "Get Up, Stand Up"
  2. "
    Positive Vibration
    "
  3. "Smile Jamaica"
  4. "Rat Race"
  5. "
    Trenchtown Rock
    "
  6. "Keep on Moving"
  7. "Want More"
  8. "
    Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
    "
  9. "Jah Live"
  10. "Rastaman Chant"
  11. "
    Rebel Music (3 O'Clock Roadblock)
    "
  12. "So Jah Seh"

Legacy

Damian Marley at Smile Jamaica 2008

Marley's performance has been credited with helping the PNP to win the ensuing election.[9] After the concert Marley left Jamaica for Nassau, Bahamas and later London where he stayed for 16 months. He returned in 1978 for the One Love Peace Concert, at which he brought Manley and Seaga on stage for an "awkward" embrace.[21]

Television Jamaica has a morning show named Smile Jamaica, an obvious nod[original research?] to the popularity of the concert series.

A "Smile Jamaica Hurricane Appeal" concert was held at the

disaster relief after Hurricane Gilbert. It featured U2, Eddy Grant, Boy George, The Christians, Aztec Camera, Five Star, and Joan Armatrading.[22]

"Africa Unite — Smile Jamaica 2008" was a festival organised by Rita Marley and the Bob Marley Foundation, originally scheduled for South Africa but moved for financing reasons to Jamaica in February 2008.[23][24] Performers included Rihanna, Bunny Wailer, and members of Bob Marley's family.

Stir It Up: The CIA Targets Jamaica, Bob Marley and the Progressive Manley Government, an

alternative historical
novel by David Dusty Couples, weaves fact and fiction to dramatize the concert.

The novel A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James dramatizes the attempt on Marley's life, including other events leading up to the Smile Jamaica concert.[25]

See also

Sources

  • Salewicz, Chris (2010). Bob Marley : the untold story. New York: Faber and Faber.
    ISBN 978-0-86547-999-9
    – via Internet Archive.

References

  1. ^ a b Salewicz 2010 p. 297
  2. ^ Salewicz 2010 p. 295
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4013-0569-7
    .
  4. ^ Salewicz 2010 p. 203
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-1-9788-0813-3
    .
  6. ISBN 978-0-85712-871-3
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0-19-009259-7
    .
  8. ^ Salewicz 2010 pp. 300–302
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8147-3084-3
    .
  10. ISBN 978-1-62189-809-2
    .
  11. ^ a b c Salewicz 2010 p. 304
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84609-689-1
    .
  13. OCLC 947278198
    .
  14. ^ Salewicz 2010 p. 305
  15. ^
    ISBN 978-1-56522-074-4
    .
  16. ISBN 978-1-4381-0072-2
    .
  17. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4000-5286-8
    .
  18. ^ Salewicz 2010 pp. 303–304
  19. ^ Salewicz 2010 pp. 303, 304
  20. ISBN 978-0-313-33879-3
    .
  21. ISBN 978-0-19-973360-6
    .
  22. ^
  23. ^ Williams, Carol J. (11 January 2008). "One love, one month of parties". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  24. ^ Amiri, Maral (13 December 2007). "Africa Unite - Smile Jamaica 2008". United Reggae. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  25. ^ BobMarley.com - Smile Jamaica Concert 1976 Archived 2006-05-05 at the Wayback Machine

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