I have always liked Bob Marley's music. I have read somewhere that his Greatest Hits album, Legend, would be in the top 10 albums every week on the charts if they hadn't pulled it from hitting after so many years. I don't know how true that it, but I do know that it is one of my favorite albums to listen to in the car as I drive around. It seems like Bob was a Beatles fan and on July 13, 1975 at the Roxy Theatre in L.A. Bob Marley met George Harrison. According to the photographer that was there, Kim Gottlieb-Walker, this is what happened.
Bob and George were both thrilled to be meeting each other. Jeff Walker had heard that Goerge loved Marley's music and because the president of Island Records, Charley Nuccio, was instrumental in bringing The Beatles t America in the '60's, he gave George a call and invited him to the Roxy. Needless to say, as Bob's publicist, Jeff wanted that shot of them meeting because he knew it would get world-wide coverage. When told that George was coming backstage, Bob visibly lit up and said, "Ras Beatle!!" and thought the conversation was short, it was a mutual admiration moment between two of the greatest musical talents of the time I was struggling with a dying flash battery so only got a few shots out of the five-minute meeting
Beautiful photographs. That could well be Al Anderson pictured on the right (next to Marley) in the bottom photograph. Anderson was a guitarist for the Wailers and had associations with Traffic, I believe.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Olivia....
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That photo of George meeting Bob Marley is truly beautiful. Two strong and gentle souls, what a moment that must have been. You just made my day, thank you for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! Never seen any of these before. Olivia looks gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteLate comment.. but I have the 3rd photo as a poster in my room. Mostly the same quality, but a great shot! I love the story. The photographer may not have snapped many photos, but they're great shots from this meeting!
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