Episode 123 – Bob Marley vs the CIA Rock N Roll Bedtime Stories

Brian and Murdock get a history lesson on the political chaos of Jamaica and the terrifying evening in 1976 that arguably cemented Bob Marley as a revolutionary and a legend – not just a musician.

SHOW NOTES

The Smile Jamaica show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qARbHzRA1A

The oral history: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-night-bob-marley-got-shot-203370/

Academic paper on Garrison Communities: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119558071.ch25

Netflix documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReMastered:_Who_Shot_the_Sheriff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Labour_Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_National_Party

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/burry-boy-and-feathermop-the-violent-duo-that-helped-and-shamed-the-pnp/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_political_conflict

https://www.nme.com/news/music/t-i-and-busta-rhymes-claim-bob-marley-was-assassinated-by-the-cia-2374370

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Breakspeare

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-of-bob-marley-assassination-attempt/

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/smile-jamaica-gt-one-love-peace-concert-1976-1978-bob-marley-legend/mwVhp_2UOhlaIA?hl=en

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38142699

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bob-marley-cia/