1970

DUPPY CONQUEROR * BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS * UPSETTER 349 * UK

Produced by Lee Perry, this is Bob Marley in defiant mood, after being arrested and released for a minor drug charge. A Duppy  is a ghost, or spirit, so that a 'duppy conqueror' is more powerful than a mere 'bullbucker' (bully beater) as mentioned in the song, because he is master of not only the material world but the spirit world too. 

See also: 

Dancing Shoes

Mr. Talkative

Stir It Up

Mr. Chatterbox

Belly Full

Hypocrites

Trench Town Rock

Road Block

Sinner Man

Good Good Rudie


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