ATHLETIC COTTON T SHIRT

Billabong Men's stand Up Bob Marley Shirt Blue-2XL

Billabong Men's stand Up Bob Marley Shirt Blue

Item features
Ribbed crew neck
Short sleeved
Bob Marley graphic on front
Small Billabong logo on left sleeve
Fabric: 50% organic cotton 50% recycled polyester

Measurements taken with shirt lying flat
Small-Underarm to Underarm: 18" Shoulder to Hem: 28"
Medium-Underarm to Underarm: 19" Shoulder to Hem: 29"
Large-Underarm to Underarm: 21" Shoulder to Hem: 30"
XL-Underarm to Underarm: 23" Shoulder to Hem: 31"
2XL-Underarm to Underarm: 24" Shoulder to Hem: 32"

The Watermelon Man and his son,
parked along the boulevard, the tailgate down on his red, green and gold painted pickup revealing a cargo of luscious melons.
“Fresh, juicy, golden watermelons! Get your delicious watermelon slices, just a dollar!” shouted a young urban barker wearing a Giants cap and wire-rimmed glasses with no lenses, and holding a fistful of bills.
The Watermelon Man, shirtless in a pair of farmer’s overalls and a weathered leather cap, expertly wielded a long knife, filling an aluminum tray with golden triangles and slices of honeydew melon. His dreadlocked son, the third in the operation, worked the other side of the tailgate in his stylishly oversized white T.
I bought a slice and yes, it lived up to the “juicy delicious” patter. The Watermelon Man (I never did learn his real name) explained that he grows the melons near Sacramento for a seed company so most of the year the fruit is processed, the remains composted or turned into animal feed.
As he began to tell me about how he started growing melons 30 years ago in an urban garden in San Francisco’s Hunter’s Point, spinning a story about community building, a four-wheeler rolled up driven by a guy in a yellow shirt from the Security crew. “Sorry, no vending allowed on Bob Marley Blvd,” he announced almost apologetically. “You’ll have to pack up and move this truck off this road,” he insisted as the barker resisted. Our conversation was cut short as the trio moved to comply. I kept moving toward the music — and the officially sanctioned food.

I was invited to the young man in the white shirts farm for dinner. He is the "CEO" of a big farm in Zhaoqing at only 24 years of age. Nature looks up to this guy. I had fun with them and put on a little Bob Marley for them to ease their ears into music that wasn't annoying pop. I have a mission in China....introduce people to music that isn't crap. I mean there is some good music but by and large you can't find it in this town.I was invited to the young man in the white shirts farm for dinner. He is the "CEO" of a big farm in Zhaoqing at only 24 years of age. Nature looks up to this guy. I had fun with them and put on a little Bob Marley for them to ease their ears into music that wasn't annoying pop. I have a mission in China....introduce people to music that isn't crap. I mean there is some good music but by and large it's hidden in this town.

2009 digitally remastered and expanded edition of this Reggae classic including two bonus tracks: live versions of 'Pick Myself Up' and 'African' recorded in '82. On 1977's Equal Rights, Tosh took a more militant stance; preaching about unity amongst the African diaspora, protesting conditions in South Africa, and elsewhere a more general call to arms. Tosh's singing is angry and forceful and the music is intricate and distinctive. The album propelled Tosh to the top of the Reggae world and remains among the handful of best, and most influential, Reggae albums ever recorded. The album features heavyweights of Jamaican music and members of The Wailers and Peter Tosh's backing band, Word, Sound and Power. These include: Bunny Wailer, Carlton and Aston Barrett, Sly & Robbie, Al Anderson, Rita Marley, Mikey Chung and others. 10 tracks. EMI.

Even though Captured Live might be Peter Tosh's greatest recorded gift, this 1977 studio album was his best--by far--away from the stage. Equal Rights opens with two great salvos, "Get Up, Stand Up" and "Downpressor Man," both of them politically unequivocal in their support, aptly, of human rights and political equity. In his post-Wailers days, Tosh seemed ever in dialogue with his conscience and his obsession with Bob Marley's fame. Tosh sought a place for himself somewhere between reggae and pop (check out the Mick Jagger and Tosh duet, "(You Gotta Walk and) Don't Look Back" on the hits pack Scrolls of the Prophet). In itself, such a desire isn't at all surprising, but it did impact Tosh's music even on his best studio album. But even with any wrinkles, Equal Rights holds a spot firmly as one of the best reggae albums of the 1970s. In this reissue, it comes with a pair of live bonus tracks, "Pick Myself Up" and "African," both recorded live and charged with the best Tosh energy. --Andrew Bartlett