| Thank you for that wonderful session, said Rodigan! Bob replied: "One love. Hail I" Rasta. With that avowal, he held Rodiganīs hand quite firmly and shook it heartily. Soon after shaking David Rodigan's hand, a car roared up with tyres screeching to a halt. Bob got in and the car drove off with Bob Marley looking out of the car window waving to the bedazzled David Rodigan. The young glazed eyed teenager Rodigan waved back in an unsteady manner. David Rodigan did not meet up with Bob Marley again until the middle of 1980 when had paid a visit to Innovative Adventures having heard a whisper that Bob Marley was hanging out at the studio after having just returned from Zimbabwe's independence celebration. David Rodigan spotted Bob Marley walking down the stairs of Island recording studio with his ubiquitous entourage behind him, as Bob Marley came to the foot of the stairs, one of the Island officials introduced David Rodigan to Bob Marley. But instead of shaking Marley's hand. David Rodigan muttered in a sort of worn expression like a man in earnest to the Lord for remuneration of his soul. However, Rodigan finally pluck up the courage to ask Bob's manager for an interview, not knowing how Bob Marley would react, but Rodigan need have no fear. Rodigan made his request to Bob Marley: "How would you like to come on my show this coming Saturday night?" One of the minders with Bob Marley garbled something like: "Hey! He's not doing any interviews just now!" Bob Marley in serious facial gesture, turned around and looked at his entourage then look at David Rodigan, and said: Aright! The interview was set. |
