The North American leg of the tour was designed to finally break Bob and the Wailers to black audiences in America. Bob's music was getting massive amounts of air play on black radio stations with the hit, "Could You Be Loved," and the Wailers were capitalizing on that popularity by playing with the Commodores in New York City. They were also scheduled to go on tour with Stevie Wonder in the middle of November, but that, of course, never happened.
The Wailers were on a break in between tours in support of 'Uprising' and had just purchased a video camera for the first time. Neville Garrick, Bob's art director and lighting man, was in charge of recording the rehearsals. Check back for more clips from this famous session at BobMarley.com.
It wasn't difficult to figure out what kind of album Uprising would be once the opening strains of "Coming in From the Cold" hit you with the classic Bob Marley reggae vibe. In this clip, we watch as Bob and the Wailers take what was a four-and-a-half-minute bouncy island jaunt and stretch it out into a more-than-seven-minute jam.
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