Steffens: “There’s a misconception that he smoked to escape. Bob smoked a lot of herb, but he did it as a tool of communication with Jah, the almighty, I and eye. All those incredible anthemic songs that he gave to the world were all created under the inspiration of herb.”
Steffens: “At the millennium, The New York Times said that Bob Marley was the most influential musician of the second half of the 20th century. The first half, they said, was Louis Armstrong, and they were both daily herb smokers, so go figure.”
Steffens: “The last time I saw Bob was at the Roxy in November of ’79. It was his last show in LA, where he did a three hour soundcheck by himself where he played all the instruments himself, and the first hour he kept singing over and over about redemption.”
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