A private family farewell for reggae singer Bob Andy is scheduled for Bob Marley Beach in Bull Bay, St Thomas, on Friday, July 24.
According to reports, Bob Andy’s son, Godfrey “Bobby” Anderson Sr, believes this celebration of life should include the general public, given that his father “touched so many people”. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bob Andy died from pancreatic cancer complications on March 27.
He was 75.
A founding member of the harmony group The Paragons, Bob Andy started his career in the early 1960s but left before the group became hitmakers at producer Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label.
His first taste of success came in 1967 with I’ve Got to Go Back Home, and was followed by Desperate Lover, Feeling Soul, Unchained, and Too Experienced.