Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Two years after the passing of Bob Marley's chief mentor, Mortimo Planno, another sage, who influenced the growth and development of reggae's most famous icon, 'Tata', died suddenly early Sunday morning.
The latest of a distinguished list of personalities associated with the music in one way or another from - performer to producers - who made their transition this year, 'Tata', whose real name is Vincent Ford was more than a mentor. He was given the writer's credit by Bob Marley, for his most re-recorded songs, No Woman Nuh Cry, which has a universal anthem for oppressed women.
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| Two departed mentors and songwriters for Bob Marley - Mortimo Planno (left), who left us two years ago and Vincent 'Tata' Ford, who died last weekend. |
And according to a well-informed source, Bob Marley, in a 1975 radio interview, stated that he had written No Woman Nuh Cry one afternoon at Tata's place.
In the booklet from Bunny Wailer's box set Musically Speak, the Untold Story of the Wailers, a picture of Tata seated in front of his Trench Town home is captioned, "Tata's ranch (Casba) where the Wailers rehearsed."
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