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From the mid-Seventies, until he died, Ive often done tour photography in Europe for Bill Graham, the legendary rock entrepreneur, particularly for Santana. We were both Dylanites and when he launched a European tour of Dylan with Carlos Santana in 1984, he called me again. This portrait was taken in Sirmione, near Verona, in Italy on the eve of the first date of the tour. The nice thing was that lots of my photos ended up on the official tour program and on Dylans Real Live album cover.
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This is Marley when his Uprising tour hit Italy and he played to a record-breaking 100,000 people in Milano's Stadio Meazza. He was as sweet and quiet as ever, followed everywhere by his colorful tribe of friends, musicians, wife and kids. I never realized until recently that his famous dreadlocks do not show in this photo, making it even more intimate.
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This is the morning after a wild gig at Hammersmith Odeon on the Rastaman Vibration tour. Besides taking pictures, I did interview Marley for the Italian press and had a really hard time getting through his thick Jamaican patois. However I was mesmerized by the man and his traveling family, as well as the heavy smell of Jamaican cuisine and ganja.
