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 Roger Welcomes you to his Livication Page from behind his hand-painted bead curtain from Saigon Photo taken by the great Peter Simon It should be noted that Roger has nothing to do with this page. It is done by the band Jahcoustic out of love and RASpect! Bob Marley: The Complete Annotated Bibliography published by Haras Publishing. Available NOW The foreword to the Complete Annotated Bibliography was written by Roger Steffens Who is Roger Steffens you might ask? Well the answer to that question is a long one
as well as an interesting one. We suggest you look him up on the Internet and read all about this interesting man. In regards
to this website and the Bob Marley / Reggae community, Roger, is the foremost authority on Bob Marley & The Wailers as
well as the owner of the worlds largest Bob Marley & reggae memorabilia collection. Roger lives with his wife Mary and
his collection in sunny Los Angeles, CA. The bulk of the collection is located in the basement of his house, crow-barred into
six rooms. The collection consists of everything having to do with Marley and reggae including thousands of cassette tapes,
vinyl records, t-shirts, posters, stamps, stickers, buttons, pins, paintings, photos etc. etc. etc. * * * In
addition to Roger's passion for reggae and Bob, he is also an accomplished actor, voice over actor, lecturer, author, photographer,
radio dj and all around knowledgeable guy. He currently travels the world presenting his 'Life of Bob Marley' presentation.
If he travels anywhere within driving distance to your house we Haile suggest you make the trip to see him. * * * Roger, along with CC Smith
started the great reggae magazine The Beat. Published out of California it has been a tremendous source of information for
reggae, african and world music lovers around the world. Roger continues to edit the annual Bob Marley tribute issue.
See more about The Beat and plenty of pictures below. As of 2010, The Beat has shut down their publication. It is a sad day
in the reggae world! We give HUGE thanx to CC, Carol and the rest of the staff and writers who provided us fans with
so many years of tremendous information. * * * Below is a sample of Roger's work and just
a small sample of the ink he has received over the years. On a personal note, Roger has been a true friend to Jahcoustic. He is a genuine guy who always
has the time to answer any question of any Bob Marley fan. He has given years of his life to spread the message
of Bob and reggae music. He is one of the kindest and most generous people on earth. A modern day nobleman and a true
Marley apostle! Roger is loved by many people around the world and what he gives in return is the love of Bob Marley. He is
a diehard fan first and foremost!
 Roger pointing to his custom made rug by Yu Yu of his famous picture of Bob  Here is a link to one of the best videos on the web of Roger's Ark-Hive at his home in California  Roger gets a recent visit to his house by a Rock Legend Below are some links with info about Roger:
http://reggaelover.free.fr/roger.html (A very well done tribute page by Fred Perry out of France)
 Roger and Keith Here are some of the books Roger has authored or been involved with:
More information can be found on these books in the book section of this
website. (this is just a small sample of Roger's books-almost every book published about Bob Marley cites Roger as source
of information and gives him thanx)
 Bob Marley: The Complete Annotated Bibliography Foreword by Roger Steffens  Roger Steffens and Keith Richards Bob Marley & The Wailers-The Definitive Discography (Full Details on Every Recording by Peter Tosh,
Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley) by Roger Steffens and Leroy Jodie Pierson. Published by Rounder Books U.S. and LMH Books JA in
2005.
   Bob Marley Spirit Dancer. This is a great photo book by Bruce Talamon and Roger. It was published by WW Norton in 1994 in hard and soft cover and then saw a smaller cd size edition in 2003.    One Love Life with Bob Marley & The Wailers by Lee Jaffe and Roger. This is a fantastic book published by WW Norton in 2003.   Roger Steffens and Peter Simon's Reggae Scrapbook is a very cool book filled with photos of memorabilia and interviews published by Insight Editions in 2007.  The World of Reggae Featuring Bob Marley-Treasures from Roger Steffens' Reggae Archives is the book that accompianied Roger's Queen Mary Exhibit. It was published in 2001 by Global Treasures. More info on the exhibit is found below.   Every Little Thing is Gonna Be Alright-The Bob Marley Reader is a book put together by Hank Bordowitz and published by De Capo Press in 2004. It is a collection of articles by several authors including Roger.   Roger, Keith and Keith's webmaster Howard Jacowitz in the decompression chamber Below is a small sample of albums Roger has been instrumental in either by writing liner notes or providing tracks or guidance: Bob Marley & The Wailers One Love at Studio 1: Heartbeat 1991  Bob Marley & The Wailers Climb The Ladder: Heartbeat  Bob Marley & The Wailers Another Dance Rarities from Studio 1: Heartbeat 2007  Bob Marley & The Wailers Destiny-Rare Sides from Studio 1: Heartbeat   One Love Bob Marley & The Wailers at Studio 1 1964-1966: Heartbeat 2006  Bob Marley Soul Almighty The Formative Years Vol. 1:    
  Bob Marley Black Progress The Formative Years Vol. 2:   Bob Marley & The Wailers-Wailers & Friends: Heartbeat  Peter Tosh-Legalize It: Columbia  Peter Tosh-Equal Rights: Columbia  Peter Tosh-I Am That I Am: JAD   Peter Tosh Live at The One Love Peace Concert: JAD  Peter Tosh Live at The Jamaican World Music Fest Mo Bay: JAD    Roger holding the master reel to Peter Tosh's set at the Jamaican World Music Fest concert  Roger moved the bulk of his collection onto the Queen Mary ocean liner to set up the World of Reggae Exhibit. The exhibit stayed open for almost a year and garnered the best reviews of any Queen Mary exhibit. In the process of opening the exhibit a book was produced that showed the cream of the crop from the exhibit. Below are some items related to the exhibit and book.     Roger's lovely wife Mary sorting through buttons and more buttons getting them ready for the exhibit  For over two decades Roger has been travelling the world presenting his 'The Life of Bob Marley' lecture. It is the only thing of its kind and extremely informative. He presents the shows at Universities around the world, concert halls, lecture halls, outdoor stages and everywhere else he can set up his video screens and have the sound-system he needs. Throughout the show he shares rare video clips, songs, photos, memorabilia and firsthand insight into the life of Bob Marley.  A Mexican banner for Roger's Life of Bob Marley show           Housed in the basement of his Hell-A home Roger maintains the worlds largest Bob Marley and reggae memorabilia collection. This includes thousands of hours of audio and video tapes, vinyl LPs and sinlges, posters, pictures, paintings, buttons, shirts and everything else related to Bob Marley, reggae, Jamaica, Ethiopia and Rastafari. The bulk of the collection that made up the Queen Mary exhibit is currently being moved to a new home in Santa Barabara in what is called the Music Preservation Project. Below are some pictures of Rogers basement, magazine articles and some snapshots of the new Music Preservation Project.   
Early picture from the new Music Preservation Project in Santa Barbara, CA This is the new home for the items from the Queen Mary exhibit
Another shot of the new Music Preservation Project with Patrick front and center     In 1998 the long awaited and labor of love Complete Wailers set was finally released by JAD Records. Titled 'The Complete Bob Marley and The Wailers 1967-1972' the set was mainly the work of Roger, Bruno Blum from France and Leroy Jodie Pierson. The set saw the release of 11 volumes of music as well as a boxset titled 'Rebel.' Sadly during the shipping of the last 3 volumes JAD inked a 10 year deal with Universal Music and all volumes had to be returned to France and destroyed. This set the stage for Universal to re-release the songs on their own boxsets. Unfortunately the liner notes to the new releases in no way compared to the notes Roger and company has penned for the JAD sets. Below are some pics related to the JAD set. This is an essential set for any Bob Marley lover.                  The Beat Roger along with CC Smith or we could say CC Smith along with Roger started the Reggae Beat magazine. Originally focused on reggae, the magazine soon morphed into the bi-monthly bible for reggae, african, soca, salsa and world music fans. Although Roger contributes interesting articles in each issue he gets his hands dirty the most with the annual Bob Marley issue. Below are some covers of the annual Marley issue as well as a few other Marley related issues.                    Below are some random pics and info related to Roger.    Roger and the legendary producer/engineer Karl Pitterson at Karl's Miami recording studio.  Roger y mi esposa  One of the more famous photos Roger took of Bob backstage  A fantastic photo of Bunny taken by Roger   Distant Drums Distant Drums is a fantastic fanzine that unfortunately saw its last publication after 12 informative issues. It was the brainchild and baby of Wolverhampton's own Glen Lockley along with support and encouragement from Roger and a host of others. Each issue was packed full of Wailers info from discographies, new releases, reviews, lyrics, interviews and anything else Wailers related. Below are all of the issues besides #7 which was borrowed from the Jahcoustic library and sadly never returned. A big up to Glen who currently works hand in hand with Junior Marvin documenting his releases, career and accomplishments.           
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