Bob Marley Stephen Davis-interview Boston 1980 Part 1

This Bob Marley-interview is from september 15. 1980. Bob was interviewed by Stephen Davies. Bob had just arrived in Boston from Miami where he had been rehearsing. He was about to start the Uprising tour in USA, the next day at The Hynes Auditorium. september 16.
Bob should have to cancel the tour after only four shows. He got ill September 21. and was diagosed with cancer.
Plenty themes come up in this interview. They speak about the upcoming tour, about bad sound at The Hynes Auditorium, about the spirit of community - Bob says: "The spirit of community is the greatest feeling of humanity, that's why harmony is so nice, when people singing harmony" , about his wife Rita, about his upbringing and about his children and their upbringing, about sending children to school, about when he started to play music, about his musical family, about his 9 months stay in America working at Chrysler, about seeing Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, about playing soccer -- exercise, about religious upbringing, about the album Uprising, about ska, calypso, jazz, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and fire, Commodores, about the assassination against him, his opinion on politics, about African bands making versions of "Zimbabwe", about his stay in Zimbabwe, about Tuff Gong, about young artists like Nadine Sutherland and Junior Tucker and about Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Steel Pulse, Black Uhuru, Denzel Washington, linton kwesi Johnson, Meditations, about the atomic energy in "Redemption song", about Bob Dylans religious music, about travelling with a chef, about herb supply, about how he was treated by customs, about the show in Milan, about Europe, about black Americans being the last group to catch up with reggae, about "The harder they come", and about money: "There are many things me love and money can't buy them ting there".

[@reneearmstead5116]

Beautiful, colorful pictures of this Man!

[@lyte4240]

Wish the interviewers leave Bob alone with stupid questions 😒 @ this point Bob had enough! Volume in his voice self explanatory, he's drained. R.I.P BROTHER BOB you did your part.

[@NishaBoo963]

Great job with finding such beautiful, colorful pictures of Bob!!!:)

[@PedroPeyolo]

Wow, what a rare vintage treasure! Thanks 4 the upload brethren & for keeping the real raw uncomercialized Bob alive! :) One Love!

[@elizabethrodriguez4636]

I think is beautiful how Bob Marley's music inspired so many musician, music made from love!

[@laurencekatz5889]

The first person you hear interviewing Bob is me, Larry Katz, then writing for the Real Paper. Stephen Davis shows up later. Other interviews I did can be found on thekatztapes.com.

[@NOTA10Videos]

You are a lucky person! Did you see him playing in Boston?

[@YouHEARTDee]

I wish we could see it

[@EnriqueTj]

He was so tired at that point 😭😭

[@isaacgloc1542]

He sounds tired poor Bob

[@timothydraper6626]

The cancer in his body could have been widely present already by then, it'd spread into his brain and other places in his body by the time he collapsed and got checked out.

[@justbenice72]

I would love to know who and how many CIA agents were around him at this point.Bob understood clearly who the interviewers were working for but he had NO FEAR.

[@Originalkingjam]

not like the questions are very threatening

[@faygayle9505]

Bob say is wife Rita sing with the I threes nice Bob

[@jasonwatrous8689]

I give Thanks and Praises to the Most High Jesus Christ shown to us in this time through H.I.M. Emporer Haile Sellasie I!!! Give Thanks and Praises itinually JAH RASTAFARI! I feel the blessed love oh Ja

[@luciaiannotti3491]

Biutiful

[@chrysswilson2718]

Rastafari love

[@Dannyn829]

0:59 holy shit legend

[@tb22k]

❤❤😂

[@51MontyPython]

11:50 What did he say??

[@WhiteDoveSam]

He said "you know what I mean"

[@gentlemanjahcheffy]

9 million kids die each year under 5, what on earth are u talking about? one every 17 seconds.