![]() However, you know, I just knew from school that that's really what I wanted to do. How was it that you became a musician?ĬLIFF: My mother pushed me, but I went ahhh. I just want to begin with a simple question. My co-host, Michele Norris, spoke to Jimmy Cliff about his induction and his path to reggae. Marley was inducted posthumously in 1994. : Cliff is the first living reggae artist to be so honored. So to be standing here with you today with the music that I was a part of creating, it's a big honor. ![]() He spoke at Monday night's ceremony.ĬLIFF: Reggae music is a music that was not conceived in the United States, like most of the music forms that we know. But between the day and morning when you die, they never seem to hear even your cry. ![]() JIMMY CLIFF: (Singing) Well, they tell me of a party up in the sky, waiting for me when I die. GENESIS: (Singing) Can't you see this is the land of confusion. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE LAND OF CONFUSION") THE HOLLIES: (Singing) Hey, Carrie Anne, what's your game now? Can anybody play?ĪBBA: (Singing) You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life, ooh. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.
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