AboutGrant Miner Expertise I can answer a broad range of questions on reggae music, its history, and the religious and social factors that have influenced its development in Jamaica and elsewhere. I also have a similarly broad knowledge base for old school Punk Rock (circa 1976-1982).
Experience A performing musician for 20 years, I have traveled extensively in Jamaica and England as well as the USA, always with an eye and an ear for music.
Publications In the early 80s I conducted interviews and wrote for numerous underground music magazines: Paranoia, Flipside, etc. More recently I have written about sports for Bartcop.com
Awards and Honors American Academy of Poetry Award (1984)
Expert: Grant Miner Date: 8/14/2005 Subject: More Questions about Bob
Question 1. Did Bob have more than one marriage?
2. What was his father like?
3. How many of his childern have music careers?
4. What was his childhood like? Was he an only child?
Answer More answers:
1) No. Bob and Rita were married in 1966 and stayed married until Bob's death.
2) Bob's father was Captain Norval Marley, a Quartermaster with the British West Indian Regiment. While he did marry Bob's mother, Cedella, he wasn't involved in raising Bob. Since Norval was White and Cedella was Black, Jamaican society frowned upon their relationship.
3) I'm not sure. I know of Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Damien, Cedella, and Sharon.
4) Bob had a half-sister, Pearl. He was 17 when she was born and didn't spend much time with her. He spent most of his early childhood in the hills of Jamaica, in St. Ann's Parish. He moved to Kingston with his mother when he was 12 years old. They lived in the slums of Trenchtown, and Bob began hanging out with "Rude Boys", tough ghetto kids. By the time he was 15, he had given up on school and concentrated on singing.
