"'Reggae got soul,' Toots Hibbert sang in one of his best-known songs, and<br>Kim Gottlieb-Walker's remarkable photographs coax that soul out of shadow<br>and light. Her images from Jamaica capture the rough environment that shaped<br>and challenged these artists, and the unquenchable joy that filled their<br>music. They're the next-best thing to listening.” — Richard Cromelin<br><br> During 1975 and 1976, renowned underground photo-journalist Kim Gottlieb,<br>and her husband, Island publicity head Jeff Walker, documented what is now<br>widely recognized as the Golden Age of reggae. Over two years of historic<br>trips to Jamaica and exclusive meetings in Los Angeles, Kim took iconic<br>photographs of the artists who would go on to define the genre and captivate<br>a generation. <br><br> Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae features candid and intimate<br>photographs of all of the musicians, artists and producers who brought the<br>reggae sound to the international stage, including Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer,<br>Toots Hibbert, Burning Spear, Jacob Miller, Third World, Lee “Scratch” Perry<br>and, of course, Bob Marley. Kim's photographs include never-before-seen<br>performance shots, candid behind-the-scenes footage of Bob's home in<br>Jamaica, and exclusive records of key moments in reggae history, such as<br>Bob's first US television appearance, the historical Dream Concert with<br>Stevie Wonder in Jamaica, and Bob meeting George Harrison backstage at the<br>Roxy in 1975.<br><br> Acclaimed rock journalist and director Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous)<br>introduces this volume with a rousing foreword describing the time he<br>accompanied Jeff and Kim to Jamaica to witness the burgeoning music scene<br>there. Reggae historian Roger Steffens writes lucidly about the significance<br>of those early years in reggae, and describes the pivotal moments documented<br>in Kim's photographs, many of which have not been seen in over 30 years, and<br>many more of which have never been released to the public. Intimate and<br>revealing, Bob Marley and the Golden Age of Reggae is a rare and beautiful<br>record of one of the most exciting moments in music history, told through<br>the photographs of a true artist.<br><i><br></i>