Eric Clapton has racked up 23 top-40 hits in America in his six decades on the music scene. But Clapton has only topped the U.S. charts once — in 1974, with his cover of the Bob Marley classic “I Shot ...
Marley had released the song on The Wailers’ ’73 Burnin’ album. The following year, Clapton covered the tune for his 461 Ocean Boulevard LP. Clapton’s version really took off in summer ’74, and it hit ...
A new tribute album to Peter Tosh will include covers of the late reggae singer's songs by musicians including Eric Clapton and rap group Cypress Hill. Eight songs on "The Peter Tosh Tribute Album" ...
Bob Marley is a mythic figure, a man bigger than music. The best version I've seen of him is the one in Marlon James' great 2014 novel A Brief History Of Seven Killings-- a fictionalized account of ...