| Nonetheless, Bob Marley served out his apprenticeship, but not without occurrences. When Bob Marley was approaching 17 years of age, one bright summers day while repairing a bicycle, he forgot to focus on his work; daydreaming. Everything was quite peaceful. Suddenly, a loud scream was heard! Bob Marley careless handling of the acetylene torch due to his daydreaming about becoming a singer, the debris from the hot metal of the bicycle frame had perforated his eyes. Someone quickly went and told Bob Marley's mother who in turn literally flew to his rescue. When she found out what had happened she quickly gathered up a few strand of weed known in Jamaica as "strong man weed" rubbed it on his head and ushered him to bed, but not before making him a drink of her special broth laced with a tip of rum. The following day she took Bob Marley to the hospital where one of the doctors decided to remove the bits of flakes that had been lodged in Bob Marley's eyes without anaesthetics. After several hours of a painful course of action. The doctor achieved success in cleaning out all of the debris from Bob Marley's eyes. The experience Bob Marley had from the welding incident made make up his mind to become a singer recording artists and, there endeth the episode of welding. It was a general reality in Jamaica that the only real gateway to success from the ghettos was either a life of felony, sport activities, or the musical arena. Bob Marley had long ago decided in his mind he wanted to become a singer and it was not long after Bob Marley while residing in Trenchtown with his mother met up with one of music's senior citizen: None other than the lovable Joe Higgs. |
