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Trench Town

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The West Kingston government-built yard district that shaped a remarkable share of the music: Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer came up here, mentored by Joe Higgs, and the communal yards with their standpipes and shared kitchens are where a great deal of early rehearsal happened. It is both a real place with a hard history and the most mythologised address in reggae.

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Story · ProbableMarvin Gaye's Welcome to Jamaica

In May 1974 a charity show for a Trench Town sports complex brought Marvin Gaye to Kingston. Bob Marley opened for him -- and met the manager who would run his career.

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