People who listen to English songs have surely heard of Bob Marley once in their life. The Redemption song by Bob Marley is one of the most famous reggae songs of all time. With this song the Jamaican singer was able to bring forth the voice of oppressed people; it is the final track from his 12th studio album called Uprising, which he recorded with the help of Wailers.
Some of the key aspects of the lyrics were driven from the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus Garvey titled "The Work That Has Been Done", the same thing Marley recited publicly in July 1979 when he appeared at Amandla Festival. For the most part, Bob Marley used lots of musical instruments in his songs, but for this song, he went completely solo with his acoustic guitar, and there was no one to accompany him. The entire song is present in G major.
Bob Marley wrote this song in 1979, and it appeared for the first time on a demo tape called Dada Demos. In addition to this, a German journalist also reported to have seen Bob Marley play the Redemption song during his stay in Hamburg, where he was on tour in 1976. But a lot of people say that he must have confused it with another song.
Bob Marley was diagnosed with cancer in his toe, which took his life in 1981. According to Rita Marley, Bob was already in a lot of pain, and he dealt with his own morality, something which is pretty evident in his last album and particularly in this song. After he recorded this song for the album, he performed it live for the first time in the opener show of the Uprising Tour on May 30, 1980, in Zurich, Switzerland.
Bob then continued to play this song in every setlist of that tour. There are two music video recordings available for this song. The first one was produced by Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, in which Marley can be seen with keyboardist Earl Lindo; both of them were playing guitars. The second music video was from the September 1980s, in which Marley is recorded during a rehearsal break, and he sang the Redemption song while all the members of the band were listening to him.
To make you learn the acoustic prowess of this song we have asked Mike McQuinn to be your guitar instructor. Mike is from Central Florida, and later, he moved to California. He studied music at Florida State University. In addition to this, he also had Vocal Majors from the University of Central Florida. At the time he was obtaining his musical education, he was also part of the Acappella group All Night Yahtzee. Mike has been playing for more than 15 years now, and over time, he has become a powerful instructor. As a result, he has divided this song lesson into 5 different segments where he will show you chords, rhythms, intro lead of the song, and how to play the song on guitar as you sing it.
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