Rebel Music

Bob Marley & Roots Reggae

Kate Simon, Patti Smith, Lenny Kravitz , Keith Richards

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GENESIS PUBLICATIONS
07 November 2023

Photographs: collections; Music; Reggae; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae is a tribute to the leading icon in music, Bob Marley. In 1975, after meeting Marley in London, photographer Kate Simon gained unique access to the Wailers, capturing intensely personal moments and momentous events. Rebel Music presents over 400 photographs from Kate Simon's remarkable archive, most of which are published here for the first time.

Alongside Kate Simon's photographs are the stories behind the images. Introduced by Patti Smith, Kate Simon's own narrative is expanded by a cast of 24 contributors, including ex-Wailers guitarist Junior Marvin and bass player and band leader Aston 'Family Man' Barrett; the Wailers' cook and close friend Antonio 'Gilly' Gilbert; musicians such as Steven Van Zandt, Spencer Davis, Junior Delgado, Paul Simonon, and Steve Jordan; filmmaker Don Letts and producer Danny Sims; and Island Records founder, Chris Blackwell.

Simon captured it all: live photographs from The Wailers' 1975 concert at The Lyceum in London, where the legendary performance of 'No Woman No Cry' was recorded; photographs of the reggae greats of the late Seventies such as Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh; candid shots of The Wailers on the Exodus Tour and the One Love Peace Concert where Bob famously united Jamaica's opposing political leaders. Finally, in 1981, she rode with the funeral cortege from Kingston to St Ann and Bob Marley's final resting place.

Marley permanently altered the sound and impact of popular music, and his body of work continues to inspire generations of musicians and fans worldwide.

'Kate Simon has always been one of my favourite photographers. She captures intimate moments that we have never seen.' - Cedella Marley

'When I took the Kaya portrait. It wasn'ta formal photo session or anything. I was wearing my swimsuit, that's how informalit was.' - Kate Simon

'Kate shot in an honest, direct manner.

She did not seek to expose, but to shootthe picture her subject pictured - the joyful, mutable moments. How fortunate we areto have these images...' - Patti Smith

'She had a sort of war correspondent feelto her; she would get right into it. Somehowshe had the ability to communicate and toget everybody to relax and to take the great pictures that she got.' - Chris Blackwell

By: Kate Simon
Afterword by: Keith Richards
Foreword by: Lenny Kravitz
Introduction by: Patti Smith
Imprint: GENESIS PUBLICATIONS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 315mm, Width: 225mm, Spine: 26mm
ISBN: 9781905662821
ISBN 10: 1905662823
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 07 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kate Simon is an iconic photographer who has worked with giants such as Andy Warhol, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Bob Marley, and Robert Mapplethorpe, to name just a few. Kate has work in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Bob Marley Museum, and the Andy Warhol Museum. Kate has had exhibitions throughout her career beginning in 1981 with New York/New Wave at P.S. 1 all the way through her one-person show in honor of William S. Burroughs’ centennial at ShowStudio in 2014. Her exhibition Chaos and Cosmos at Fort Works Art in 2019 was featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. In 2004, Simon published a limited-edition book of her photographs of Bob Marley and Jamaica titled: Rebel Music, with Genesis Publications. Now, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Marley’s first Island Records release, Catch a Fire, Rebel Music is to be published by Genesis in a new bookstore edition. Simon’s photography has appeared on countless book jackets, record covers and in publications around the world. She has created numerous timeless photographs that define the subject and their part in modern popular culture.

Reviews for Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae

‘This collection of timeless photographs gives us an up close inside look at this uniquely complex man and brilliant iconic artist who forever changed the world. One love…’ – Lenny Kravitz ‘No one will ever forget the impact Bob and Jamaican music had on the world.’ – Keith Richards ‘Kate Simon has always been one of my favourite photographers. She captures intimate moments that we have never seen.’ – Cedella Marley ‘After looking at thousands of negatives of Bob, some of which I had never printed before, I had a dream that Bob was still alive and that he was playing that night. Can you imagine if you could have the chance to see Bob Marley today? What would he be singing about?’ – Kate Simon ‘Kate shot in an honest, direct manner. She did not seek to expose, but to shoot the picture her subject pictured - the joyful, mutable moments. How fortunate we are to have these images.’ – Patti Smith ‘She had a sort of war correspondent feel to her; she would get right into it. Somehow she had the ability to communicate and to get everybody to relax and to take the great pictures that she got.’ – Chris Blackwell