40 Years of Catch A Fire
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic Contributor
"Time is my ammunition," says Bob Marley in a room at the Chelsea Hotel in July of 1973. Now 40 years have passed — longer than Bob himself strode upon this earth singing his redemption song. The night before we spoke, I had watched transfixed as the Wailers played Max's Kansas City, opening for Bruce Springsteen. Not that it was an unusual billing for Max's: A week later Iggy Pop would headline three midnight performances; in… more »
