01-27-2018, 08:40 PM
I went solo kayaking in the boundary waters between Canada and Northern Minnesota last summer and was delighted to find my transistor radio could pick up one station and it was National Public Radio. So one afternoon while paddling and listening to their World Beat (or similar title) program I hear a jazz version of Bob Marley's "Soul Rebel." It was by Hugh Masekela, an African trumpeter, and my affection for the song grew immeasureably. And given I was paddling I took special joy in singing the lyrics "he never did the backstroke Marley."
Anyways, I became a Soul Rebel in spirit and couldn't stop myself from first buying a Soul Rebel T-shirt and then Soul Rebel swim trunks. I've commented on this song before, but decided to bring it up again since Masekela passed away this week.
New York Times article:
Hugh Masekela, a South African trumpeter, singer and activist whose music became symbolic of the country’s anti-apartheid movement, even as he spent three decades in exile, died on Tuesday in Johannesburg. He was 78.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/hugh-masekela-dies.html
Anyways, I became a Soul Rebel in spirit and couldn't stop myself from first buying a Soul Rebel T-shirt and then Soul Rebel swim trunks. I've commented on this song before, but decided to bring it up again since Masekela passed away this week.
New York Times article:
Hugh Masekela, a South African trumpeter, singer and activist whose music became symbolic of the country’s anti-apartheid movement, even as he spent three decades in exile, died on Tuesday in Johannesburg. He was 78.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/hugh-masekela-dies.html