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Nana EQ: Inspired by Rita Marley
Read Eugene Pitter's article about Nana EQ, who tells that she's inspired by Rita Marley since she was attracted to the I-Threes. #EugenePitter #NanaEQ #RitaMarley #judyMowatt #MarciaGriffiths #IThrees Read the full article
Three Little Birds
The thing that popped into my mind when I saw today’s word prompt ‘three” was a verse from a Bob Marley song called “Three Little Birds.” The verse:
Rise up this mornin’ Smiled with the risin’ sun Three little birds Pitch by my doorstep Singin’ sweet songs Of melodies pure and true Saying’, (this is my message to you)
In this instance, I truly believe the three little birds that he is talking…
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When I was home in FL a couple years ago I revisited my parents’ record stash and put this on and a flood of memories from childhood came back. I know every song on side 2 of this album!
The I-Threes, Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths
Legend.
Highlighting Rita Marley and the Soulettes (later known as the I-Threes)
Cuban-Jamaican singer, widow of infamous reggae artist Bob Marley, and author of No Woman, No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley.
"I was an ambitious girl child. I knew even then that I had to be, in that environment of thugs, thieves, killers, prostitutes, gamblers — you name it, you’d find it in Trench Town. But alongside the bad lived the good, a lot of strong, talented people who were really aiming at being someone."
The song Why Should I?, released in 1973 and produced by Bob Marley, is an empowering message asking women to take a good look at their romantic relationships with men and question, "Why should a girl be the only one to cry when love goes by? Why should a girl be the only one to bear all the pain of loving in vain?"
This is one moment in Caribbean music history where a group of women break the accepted stereotype of women having to endure pain while in a romantic relationship, and men having to show they are in charge and strong while moving on quickly.
