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David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley (born October 17, 1968, Trenchtown) is a Grammy-winning musician. He is the oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley, the legendary singer. His mother Rita called and baptised him David, but his father Bob nicknamed him “Ziggy” in reference to his childhood nickname. Born in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, Marley learned how to play guitar and drums from his father.

A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Ziggy Marley first sat in on recording sessions with his father’s band, legendary troupe Bob Marley and the Wailers, when he was ten years old. Joining with his three siblings to become The Melody Makers, Ziggy crafted his own soulful sound blending , , and .

After their first two albums, Play The Game Right (1985) and Hey World! (1986), The Melody Makers earned their first Grammy (Best Reggae Recording) for Conscious Party (1988), an album produced by Talking Heads Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth which included the hit songs “Tomorrow People” and “Tumbling Down.”

Subsequent albums included the Grammy-winning One Bright Day (1989), Jamekya (1991), Joy and Blues (1993), Free Like We Want 2 B (1995), their third Grammy winner Fallen is Babylon (1997), Spirit of Music (1999) and Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Live, Vol 1 (2000), which featured some of their biggest hits as well as a cover of Bob Marley’s “Could You Be Loved.”
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    All day, all Night… so much in love with this song...

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  • M3Event

    M3 recently interviewed Sandi Hemmerlein, the manager of Ziggy Marley's label Tuff Gong Worldwide - http://m3event.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/interview-tuff-gong-worldwides-sandi-hemmerlein/

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    Ziggy come to Poland [10000005002900] !!!!!!!!! <3

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    Tune in for a very special edition of Ziggy Marley’s “Legends of Reggae” show on The Joint (SiriusXM Channel 42) on Saturday, April 7 at 12pm ET. Ziggy will play rarely heard audio of Bob Marley being interviewed by Neville Willoughby, plus hear news about the US release of the film documentary Marley. For more information visit www.siriusxm.com/thejoint

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  • MartyDML

    Ziggy come to Russia [88]

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    Ziggy come to Poland [3] !!!!!!!!! <3

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    ziggy marley uno de los mejores de reggae bn logrado

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Ziggy contributes to Chimes of Freedom

30 Nov 2011 | from www.ziggymarley.com/news.php

From Ziggy: A few months ago Jeff Ayeroff a long time friend and in years gone by the boss of virgin america record company (that was when we did conscious party ) asked if i would cover a …

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