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This is the big question did any wailers member take legal advice before they sign? or did RITA NOT explain one payment is one payment no more money coming to you!

In the words of the song:

"Trust no one, let no one trust you" (Pancho Alphonso)

It all goes to show that you always need to read before you sign and you need to think before you sign.

Some reggae stars had business heads, some didn't. The ones that did generally made money - lots of it, the ones that didn't, they made music - lots of it...

The problem was that bob in his life time hated contracts and testament and so on. he was a handshake man, just like the deal with chris blackwell was based on a handshake not on a contract.

After he died he left many people confused, because in his lifetime he used to tell the wailers band that they will get 50 % from the income

I dont think at the time any one with in the WAILERS thought this record sales would take of so massive.RITA MARLEY look at it on a merchandising marketing world wide bussiness view.Even when MR MARLEY was shaking hands saying cool man sort you out with some money later.HE had the idea of building TUFF GONG STUDIO to save some money but when he pass away band members werent been payed no more gigs to play there was a new boss her name is MRS RITA MARLEY she thought a lot of people was robbing her husband and she had to put a stop to it there was no contracts ever one wanted to play music with there bredthren even LEE PERRY wanted some money dats another story,so RITA took control and got them to sign A contract.They are still not happy may be BOB did explain to his wife about the money split or did he?

Bob didn't tell anyone what to do with his money. Some people even said that Bob said "let them kill themselves over it" He as a Rasta didn't believe in death and that's why he refused to make a will.

"Natty don't go to no funeral"

I invite the concsious brethren here to add suitable Ras quotes for this thread - it is sad to hear fussin and fighting still going on so long after Bob's untimely departure from this realm.

Sorry fadel i am from washington, dc it must be another woldesemayat.

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hi woldesemayat
indeed you are another one.i know another woldesemayat.he is a french who sp loves peter tosh that he decided to take is ethiopian name which means "son of thunder".are you us-born or ethiopian?
fadel

I am born ethiopian grew up in addis ababa woldesemayat is my orthodox name also a big fan of Peter Tosh. Little correction woldesemayat actually means "Born from the Heaven". Wolde means "born" Semayat means "heaven" so when u put them together born from the heaven.

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hi how are you woldesemayat
interesting and iam very pleased to know you.
i really thought it was son of thunder as peter tosh always made us believe.so you are really ethiopian.iam a great fan of ethiopian music and the"ethiopiques"compilation of early 60's ,70's and 80's music is one of my favourite.i love"tezete"which is also a nice traditional ballad.i also love what elias negash from the ex-santa cruz-based"rastafarians"is doing."fikir"is also a nice piece of music.so definetely you migrated from ethiopia to the us,fleeding away from the war maybe in the 70's?
i have some friends working there in gallaudet which is a french -founded institute in dc i think;i was told there is an important ethiopian community there.i would love to visit ethiopia one day and see the beautiful architecture of lallibela.
thank you very much for enlighting me about woldesemayat.
by the way what does woldemanfeskiddus mean according to you.i oftentimes comes across manfeskiddus,what does it mean,
thank you very much
looking forward to hearing from you
love
fadel