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but "Simmer Down," I tell you.

Simmer down

Control your temper

Simmer down

For the battle will be hotter

- "Simmer Down" went straight

into the number-one position,

and the Wailers were launched.

...that I'm leaving you today

Simmer down

- What was it like working at Studio 1,

where you started, in those days?

Yeah, it was good,

you know, 'cause, you know,

first experience within music.

Working with some good musician

and trying to get the harmonies

and everything. It was great.

I heard you actually...

you personally lived in the studio.

Sometime.

You had Coxsone made you

a room out the back.

Yes.

Well, Coxsone was,

um, a smart guy,

in that he has an ear

for music, good music.

- He might not have been

an instrument player.

He might not even know

if the guitar is tuned,

but he knows when the sound is right.

- He has his own program on the radio.

Has his own record shop.

Has his own sound system.

Has his own studio.

So he's obviously a leader.

- Coxsone was like a father to us,

you know, to be honest with you.

Coxsone was like a father to us.

He cared for us.

Coxsone gave Robbie a little room

round the back of the premises.

I didn't have anywhere

to live neither.

So Robbie and me lived there.

Both of us lived there.

So we became intimate good friends.

He gave Robbie a record player

and a lot of foreign records.

Robbie was a fanatic

in listening to these people...

because he was a serious,

focused man.

Even as a youth.

- Jamaican music developed from

what we call "do overs,"

a version of somebody's song

in America.

Each night

I ask the stars up above

Why must I be a teenager in love

Put me in your milling machine

I never thought you could act so mean

Now I'm wondering what to do

To see if you could love me too

Bob had a good sound

'cause he's singing lead.

And the harmony was tight.

- The harmony Bunny carried,

and Peter was fantastic.

Why must I be a teenager in love

Peter and Bunny was

the most vocal one to say hi,

but Bob was very reserved

and just look.

As he would say, just "cotch and look."

- As much as there was this obvious

love and admiration...

for each other and of each other,

there was always

a deep underlying tension...

that none would be

a "yes man" to the other.

I think the music was the glue

that held them together.

Feel them spirit

Feel them spirit

Feel them spirit

Lord, I thank you

Lord, I thank you

I'm gonna put it on

I'm gonna put it on

- By then he was admiring me.

I got a letter from Bunny,

bringing a letter.

It was him sending his letter

through his friend. Not by himself.

And to say yes, he likes me

and want to talk to me.

I say, "Come over and talk."

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