Esther Anderson at podium at screening of her film, Bob Marley, The Making of a Legend at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York
Family Man Barrett, Esther Anderson on the Wailers tour bus
PHOTO BY VICTOR FORBES
“I gave it all up and went home to help.”
ESTHER ANDERSON
“The Mother of Reggae Music”
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BY VICTOR FORBES
PHOTO BY VICTOR FORBES
Esther Anderson was well on her way to becoming a Hollywood movie star after her co-starring role with Sidney Poitier in A Warm December when she received a call from Chris Blackwell, asking her to come back to her homeland, Jamaica, and take Bob Marley under her wing to groom him and the rest of the group, which at that time included Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer as well as the Barrett Brothers rhythm section, for a forthcoming inRas Abraham, who began his career with The ternational tour based on the imminent release Slickers in 1973, with Esther at the Bob Marley of their first Island recording, Catch A Fire. statue in Sarajevo. “No one sings Bob better At a screening in New York City of her than Ras Abraham,” said Esther who is more documentary, Bob Marley: The Making of A qualified than most to make that statement. Legend, featuring black and white footage shot in 1972Email 73 of her interactions with Doyen@AudioHipster.com the then fledgling group, Esther described her days or Call 770-377-1748 to in Haiti, Jamaica and then Order or Book a Recording Session England with the burgeoning superstars. It was quite AudioHipster Recording Studio & Pro-Audio Sales a trip and encompassed all Personal, down to earth, friendly sales & service...without the extra Cyber Emporium! elements of the life from the racial prejudice engenAudioHipster Fun Weekend Recording AudioHipster dered even by the record AH-04 Special $800 Includes 20-hours of recording time, camping, munchies, Stereo Ribbon label to Rastafarian culture drinks, use of pool and facilities. Microphone and philosophy to Bob and Record your CD over the weekend and have fun doing it...as Peter working out chords $339 AudioHIpster says, “If it’s not fun don't do it!” to their songs. Find Esther A Needed Free HD631 Improvisation for Any on Facebook if you would Headphones Recording like to learn more and defiDesigned for Singersnitely add the DVD of the Songwriters, Professional Studios documentary and the acand Musicians companying sound-track True Passive Classic to your collection. Esther Size Matched Elements shot the iconic image of Blumlein Stereo Marley on The WailMention this Ad Coincidence Image and Receive a ers Burnin’ album, which Free Pair of Up Close, Far Away Studio Monitor launched him to internaOwner Engineer: Doyen Keaton or Over an Orchestra Headphones with Engineer: Chase Cassara the AH-04 Rubs tional recognition. She is AH-04 Purchase SAE Institute Graduate Weenies with the Best indeed a rare treasure. For Please Say Live more, visit http://vimeo. www.AudioHipster.com Healthy No to GMO com/47566641.
Aston”Family Man” Barrett, founding member of the Wailers. The bassman is the groundation of the music on every one of the Wailers recordings
Esther with Aston Barrett, Jr., multiinstrumentalist and son of Family Man, keeping the spirit of The Wailers burnin’ in Ridgefield, CT. Fine Art Magazine • 83
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Esther as movie starlet with Sidney Sidney.tif Poitier in “A Warm December”