Jammin’ in the homeland of reggae star Bob Marley
Jammin’ in the homeland of reggae star Bob Marley
It’s not that Bob Marley invented reggae, but more than 30 years ago he brought the mystic island beat of Jamaica to the world and we, being impressionable teens, bought the albums.
We nodded along to the soul of the songs of repression and redemption as if we had a clue. Of course we didn’t — we were white kids in Canada. But the universal lyrics of One Love would pulsate through our veins. So when my son put my scratchy copy of Burnin’ under the old stylus he, too, was hooked. Going to Jamaica to see the birthplace of reggae was thrust to the top of his ever-expanding bucket list. I, of course, was along for the ride.