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Reggae gospel singer JUDY MOWATT talked to Mike Rimmer about her years with Bob Marley and the reggae superstar’s deathbed conversion to Christianity.
I am sitting in the Hard Rock Café in Birmingham watching the big screen which is showing a classic Bob Marley clip of “Jammin’” and watching the distinctive figures of three magnificently dressed ladies Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt and Rita Marley swaying gently to the music as they sing backing vocals. I am transfixed because only days earlier I had interviewed Judy Mowatt and she was remembering this period of her life.

The trio had met working in the studio and their voices had immediately blended into something special. Marley himself had recruited them to be part of his backing band, The Wailers. Judy remembered, “The first song we did was ‘Jah Live’ and Bob wanted us to work with him on his ‘Natty Dread’ album. The I-Threes continued to work with Marley until his death.”

As you’d expect, Judy was totally engrossed in Rastafarianism, as she explained, “I was a Rasta for 22 years and I was genuine. I embraced the objectives of Rastafari, knowing that one of the aims and objectives were to repatriate to the land of our ancestors. And also to make music to let people be aware of who they are as a people and knowing that the western hemisphere is only a place for them to pass through, but we should return to our father’s land. That was my plan, but God had a different plan! After 22 years I became very unfulfilled, dissatisfied; not by any one thing or by any one person but I started to search inside because I realised that there was something else that I needed that I could not put my hand on.
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  • passion001

    yea boi love this song

    18 Mar 2012 Reply

  • babygreen123

    love dis tune

    6 Jan 2012 Reply

  • ladyjan

    We are all here no matter what we do or where we all go we have jah with us at all time ever the bad guys out their for ever if they do wrong the frist thing they is call on jah went they have time to think the wrong they have done . so we are here till went we are ready to go home see you on the other side one love

    10 May 2009 Reply

  • try2keepSmilin

    love walk the walk

    18 Mar 2009 Reply

  • staytooned

    where is the elders at? why there are no shout-outs?

    14 Mar 2009 Reply

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