Bob Marley - 1980-09-20 - Madison Square Garden, NY (SBD)

Bob Marley 

& The Wailers

1980-09-20

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Them Belly Full

02. The Heathen

03. Running Away > Crazy Baldhead

04. Zimbabwe

05. Zion Train

06. War

07. No More Trouble

08. I Shot The Sheriff

09. No Woman No Cry

10. Jammin’

11. Exodus

12. Could You Be Loved

Bob Marley - 1980-09-20 - Madison Square Garden, NY (SBD)

In 1980, Bob Marley was slowly dying of cancer which had begun in his toe. Diagnosed with the disease in 1977, Marley had refused to amputate the toe due to his religious beliefs. As the cancer spread throughout his body, Marley recorded the album Uprising, a deeply religious disc addressing his Rastafarian faith. The final track in the album is Redemption Song, in which Marley deals with his own mortality. Marley would go on tour in support of the album, playing his final live performance on September 23, 1980 in Pittsburgh. This soundboard recording captures his penultimate concert at Madison Square Garden on September 20, 1980, 33 years ago today. He would pass away the next spring, on May 11, 1981, at the far too young age of 36. Download this one and remember one of the legends of our time.

The Bob Marley/Grateful Dead Connection 

Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead and Bob Marley never appeared on the same bill. In fact, the Dead covered just one Marley song, Stir It Up, which was played on just 3 occasions. Yet the band, and especially Garcia, always seemed connected to Reggae music. For example, Sitting in Limbo and The Harder They Come from Jimmy Cliff were staples of the Jerry Garcia Band live repertoire. Perhaps that connection was best demonstrated in November 1982, when Jamaica hosted the World Music Festival at the Bob Marley Performing Arts Center. The roster of acts, which predominately featured new wave, punk and reggae artists, also included the one and only Grateful Dead.