Ziggy Marley Celebrates Bob Marley's Legacy at Grammy Museum

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he Gibson guitar Bob Marley played throughout the 1970s, and was famously photographed for a Rolling Stone cover in 1976, has made its first journey out of Jamaica since his death in 1981.

Ziggy Marley hand-delivered the guitar Tuesday (May 10) to the Grammy Museum to make it a centerpiece in the exhibit "Bob Marley: Messenger" that opened today (May 11), the 30th anniversary of Marley's death.

"That was his weapon," Ziggy Marley told Billboard.com at the downtown Los Angeles museum. "It was one of the most important things to him. To share that with people -- he would have wanted that. He wanted people to be as close to him as possible. He was a not a solitary kind of person."

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Bob Marley: February 6 1945 - May 11 1981

Nesta Robert 'Bob' Marley, born on February 6, 1945, was lead singer and rhythm guitarist for ska/reggae band Bob Marley and The Wailers from 1963. 

Marley, his music heavily influenced by the social issues of his Jamaican homeland, is credited with helping bring the country's music and the Rastafari movement to a global audience.