tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65302466497981902612024-03-13T08:14:04.427-07:00ReggaeTruckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-29227354312390096452010-01-07T07:59:00.000-08:002010-01-07T08:06:44.017-08:00Jamacia<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YGcOBkuGI/AAAAAAAAADY/ZthiPzCyW5U/s1600-h/99249Kingston_Jamaica_postcard_2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424029883085142114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YGcOBkuGI/AAAAAAAAADY/ZthiPzCyW5U/s200/99249Kingston_Jamaica_postcard_2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YGUeX21II/AAAAAAAAADQ/nZNGo7dgEOQ/s1600-h/trenchsmall1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424029750034617474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YGUeX21II/AAAAAAAAADQ/nZNGo7dgEOQ/s200/trenchsmall1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YGPCaPgQI/AAAAAAAAADI/WYOV8YdsDRQ/s1600-h/jamaica-travel-tourism.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424029656629084418" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YGPCaPgQI/AAAAAAAAADI/WYOV8YdsDRQ/s200/jamaica-travel-tourism.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Reggae originated in Jamacia! Heres some Facts about it:<br /><br />Official Name: Jamaica<br />Capital City:Kingston<br />Size:4,411 square miles. Slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut in the U.S.<br />Length:146 miles<br />Width: 22-51 miles<br />Population: 2,605,800 (July 2000 estimate).<br />Population of a few selected cities:Kingston, 800,000; Montego Bay, 82,000; Mandeville, 13,681; Port Antonio, 10,426; Ocho Rios, 5,851; Negril, 1,166<br />Annual population growth rate:0.46%<br />Average Temperature: 82° F<br />Climate: Tropical. Hot, Humid, temperate interior.<br />Average Rainfall:78 inches annually<br />Population: 2.6 million (July 2000 estimate).<br /><br />Language:English<br /><br />Ethnic Groups:Black (90.9%), mixed (7.3%), East Indian (1.3%), white (0.2%), Chinese (0.2%)<br /><br />Natural Resources: Bauxite, gypsum and limestone. </div></div></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-8294210219651718212010-01-07T07:39:00.000-08:002010-01-07T07:55:27.291-08:00Famous Reggae Quotes!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YD5YFdjrI/AAAAAAAAADA/shmx8Fso-I4/s1600-h/rasta-lion-logo.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424027085467127474" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0YD5YFdjrI/AAAAAAAAADA/shmx8Fso-I4/s400/rasta-lion-logo.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000000;"><strong><em>Famous Reggae Quotes!!!</em></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#000000;">+ </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">"Have your own opinion. I have no time to think if its too commercial. If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not." (Ziggy Marley)<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">+</span> "Musicians have always educated people through music, you know even though now a days a lot of music just talks about sex, women, and drugs. </span><span style="color:#ffff00;">Music I think should be teaching and talking to people about important things in life."(Lucky Dube)<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">+</span> “<span style="color:#ffff00;">Rastafari not a culture, it’s a reality. ” (Bob Marley)</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;">+</span><span style="color:#33ff33;"> “Man is a universe within himself. ” (Bob Marley)<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">+</span> “Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake. And who can resist the dance of the earthquake, mon?” (Peter Tosh)</span></span><span style="color:#33ff33;"><br /></div></span>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-22017913253809295042010-01-06T07:39:00.000-08:002010-01-06T07:50:32.834-08:00Bob Marley Soccer!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0SxMeAPigI/AAAAAAAAACo/jW2tN7rdDac/s1600-h/soccer.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0SxH8g_q5I/AAAAAAAAACg/sbbg5at1CGI/s1600-h/Bob-Marley-soccer-6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 351px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423654601322638226" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0SxH8g_q5I/AAAAAAAAACg/sbbg5at1CGI/s400/Bob-Marley-soccer-6.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="color:#ff9900;">“Football is a whole skill to itself. A whole world. A whole universe to itself. Me love it because you have to be skilful to play it! Freedom! Football is freedom.” (Bob Marley- 1979)”</span></em><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">Many people are suprised to hear that Bob Marley is a fantastic soccer player and a huge fan.Bob Marley simply loved kicking a ball. About every single day when on tour or in the recording studio. He also loved watching soccer on tv. His favourite team was Santos Futebol Clube ( Brazil ). His favourite player was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, world famous as Pele, who began playing for Santos at age 15.</span></div></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-90405187114663406102010-01-05T08:13:00.000-08:002010-01-05T08:15:59.646-08:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WtwGyxzxBDg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WtwGyxzxBDg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-18292417765980797932010-01-05T08:00:00.000-08:002010-01-05T08:12:18.234-08:00Rastifarianisum.<div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423289212410550658" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0NkzgvwWYI/AAAAAAAAACY/YgwHEhdjHxg/s400/JamaicaFlag.gif" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0NkvVlnM8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/yc7aPauk8A8/s1600-h/rastafari_4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423289140695741378" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0NkvVlnM8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/yc7aPauk8A8/s400/rastafari_4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">With Reggae music offten comes the religon Rastifarianisum. The Rastsfari movementy is a "messianic religio-political movement" One that began in the Jamacian slums in the 1920s and 30s. The most famous Rastafari is Bob Malrey, whose reggae music gained the Jamaican movement in international recognition. There is significant variation within the Rastafari movement and no formal prganization. Some Rastafarians see rasta more as a way of life than a religon. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><br /><div></div></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-55104789899415623742010-01-05T07:42:00.000-08:002010-01-05T07:53:04.932-08:00Third World<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0NgP0lDqLI/AAAAAAAAACI/QPUoulVBzWw/s1600-h/Third+World_aJPG.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 380px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423284201212586162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/S0NgP0lDqLI/AAAAAAAAACI/QPUoulVBzWw/s400/Third+World_aJPG.JPG" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Third World is widley recognized as one of the legendary bands in reggae history. Third world is distintive</span> <span style="color:#ffff33;">by the virtue or their crossover skill: a great deal of their success grew from their ability to bled reggae</span><span style="color:#66ff99;"> </span><span style="color:#33ff33;">music with other sounds, particularly those coming out of Black American culture.</span></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-52521161773942917592009-12-16T08:29:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:40:33.157-08:00Johnny Nash<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SykNcJGCe_I/AAAAAAAAACA/gWHusDKWT3k/s1600-h/Johhnnyyy+nnasshh.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 209px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 205px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415874804018478066" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SykNcJGCe_I/AAAAAAAAACA/gWHusDKWT3k/s400/Johhnnyyy+nnasshh.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;">Johnny Nash</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Johhny Nash was born in Houston, Texas on Augest 19th 1940. In 1972, Johhny started recording in Jamica. This is where he met Bob Marley. Bob marley wrote Johnnys next big hit called "stir it up" </span></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-32759138848719743772009-11-16T08:14:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:29:49.115-08:00Jimmy Cliff<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SwVp15kJuQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/KGI9Sjbab9s/s1600/JIMMY+CLIFF.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405843302434584834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SwVp15kJuQI/AAAAAAAAAB4/KGI9Sjbab9s/s400/JIMMY+CLIFF.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;">Jimmy Cliff</span></strong><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><em>"If you go out to hollywood you'll find a lot of fantastic plastic people there in the business and a lot of people in life generally, They find it so hard to be themselves that they have to be plastic."--Jimmy cliff</em></span></div><br /><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">jimmy Cliff is better known for his apperences in films then for his music. Even after a string of hits, the singer never quite managed tp break into mainstream, although in the late '60s/early '70s, he seemed poised for international stardom. This singer was born in St. Catherine, Jamacia on April 1, 1948</span></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-24758662201053870512009-11-16T07:45:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:42:59.968-08:00Toots and the Maytals # 1<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SwF5Vpp1LuI/AAAAAAAAABo/jdqFZoH_X6g/s1600/Toots+and+the+Maytals.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 389px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404734440686825186" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SwF5Vpp1LuI/AAAAAAAAABo/jdqFZoH_X6g/s400/Toots+and+the+Maytals.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The maytals, are considered legends of ska and Reggae music. Their sound is unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, Reggae and rock. frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the leader of the group, was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He was the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel in a church choir, but moved to Kingston in 1961 when he was 16.</span></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-32851503362137806302009-11-06T14:23:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:43:29.614-08:00Toots and Maytals # 2<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SwVmFh2UNjI/AAAAAAAAABw/dTXZhnjVIo8/s1600/Toots+and+the+Maytals.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405839172899714610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SwVmFh2UNjI/AAAAAAAAABw/dTXZhnjVIo8/s400/Toots+and+the+Maytals.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#339999;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Maytals</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> were key figures in reggae </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">music</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Comprised of leader Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, Nathaniel "Jerry" Matthias, and </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Raleigh Gordon</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">, all natives of Kingston, the Maytals are said to have been the first group to use the word "reggae" in a song title with their </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Leslie Kong</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">-produced "Do the Reggay." Formed in the early '60s when ska was hot, the Maytals had a reputation for having strong, well-blended voices and a seldom rivaled passion for their music.</span></span></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-76294289536134416582009-11-04T08:15:00.000-08:002009-11-04T08:30:16.854-08:00Bob Marley<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvGr-s6dTQI/AAAAAAAAABg/bzcfUjef85g/s1600-h/TJfhhy8SPSFWpyBLpF.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400286521890524418" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvGr-s6dTQI/AAAAAAAAABg/bzcfUjef85g/s400/TJfhhy8SPSFWpyBLpF.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;"></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvGr03NHCBI/AAAAAAAAABY/V1F4E_cAuAA/s1600-h/UGCAMWODD6CAO8EYW8CA6D1E5VCATTMXXGCAA4QR0LCAWRTPNVCAKEPSC6CACLBK9OCAMCI8XOCAXEFGCECA2LX8DQCAJH7KZUCAYTNTW1CAER5I23CA09AKY7CAGXWVOYCAALRJL3CAIY014MCAKVPGO7.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#00cccc;">Bob Marley</span><br /><br /></div><div><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">"</span><span style="color:#3333ff;">I love the development of our music, that's what I really dig about the whole thing. How we've tried to devolope, y'know It grows. That's why every day people come forward with new songs, music goes on forever" -- Bob marley, Augest 1979</span></em><br /></div><div><em></em></div><br /><br /><div>Bob marley was a founding member of the Wailers, he is one of the most popular reagge aristist out there. His real name is Robert Nesta Marley. he was born Febuary 6, 1945, St. Ann, Jamaica and he died May 11, 4981, Miami, Fl. His fathers was Norval Sinclair Marley was a white man in his 50s and his mother, Cedella Booker, was a black woman who was 18 years old.</div></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-44808883159155962852009-11-04T07:54:00.000-08:002009-11-04T08:10:15.235-08:00Bunny wailer<em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvGnRlZT2KI/AAAAAAAAAAc/kC619Nf-z3A/s1600-h/nyah3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400281348731820194" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvGnRlZT2KI/AAAAAAAAAAc/kC619Nf-z3A/s400/nyah3.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#33ff33;"><strong>Bunny Wailer</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000000;"><em><span style="font-size:130%;"> Bunny Wailer is a reggae artist, he was a founding member of the Wailers.He was born in Neville O'Riley Livingston on April 10, 1947, in Kingston, Jamacia, the young Livingston actually spent his earleyest years in the village of nine miles in St. Ann's. It was there that he first met Bob marley</span>.</em></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530246649798190261.post-6896823902975842882009-11-03T08:24:00.000-08:002009-11-03T08:45:48.032-08:00Peter Tosh<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvBeDNfhxUI/AAAAAAAAAAU/623HYKRvOE0/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 117px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 151px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399919362471740738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvBeDNfhxUI/AAAAAAAAAAU/623HYKRvOE0/s400/images.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LZwJOD7bEo4/SvBd2Bh7xUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/rAMidRbNr8w/s1600-h/images.jpg"></a><em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">Peter Tosh</span></strong></em><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3366ff;">Peter Tosh is a reggae artist, his real name is Winston Hurbert McIntosh. He was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica on October 9th 1944. Peter was raised by his aunt and he left home in his teens and headed for the slums of Kingston, jamacia, known as trenchtown. There he found Joe Higgs, who offered free music lessons to youth and throught him he met his fellow bandmates, Bob Marley and Bunny wailer.</span></div>Truckee_is_Loverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003264020054497346noreply@blogger.com0