Ziggy Marley needs to Learn from his Fathers Legacy

    I have always been a great fan of ZIGGY MARLEY and believed his words that how much  life is Important and to be happy. I listened to his music but from this day forth NEVER AGAIN. Ziggy was playing a small venue  and I was truly planning to see the show. I decided to try to meet him to sign a couple of photos and a beautiful piece that I had from his father BOB MARLEY. So I waited with 2 other fans who had a couple of items and that he would be happy to say hello to his fans that have supported him over the years. Bob Marley would always hang out after many of his shows telling stories and would talk to anyone who would listen. He was a class act. We waited  and he showed up in a van with what must have been his so called manager or maybe he thought he was a body guard. We called to him from a  few feet away only to have deaf ears to our requests, The So Called Manager came by and RUDELY stated " Go over there by the fence' We looked at one another and were in the street and one of the graphers still waited a bit off to see if he could get his attention. 

    The manager came by and said" I TOLD YOU TO GO OVER THERE. DON'T YOU KNOW ENGLISH' and walked past us again.  He made a turn back to us and I asked " Do you think Ziggy might sign" and again the Manager said" HOW DO I KNOW, I AM NOT HIM" and walked straight by. I stayed calmed but my blood was beginning to boil. One of the graphers left and Myself and another friend stood there talking. AGAIN the so called voice of Ziggy came up to us and said to me" WHAT DO YOU GOT". I politely showed him the 3 items and he snapped back" HE WOULD NOT SIGN ANY OF THOSE. DO YOU HAVE ANY MERCHANDISE ?" I told him that he had 2 CDs and he told us he will sign those. As he grabbed them from him , my friend told him that he can personalize them if he wanted and again he fired back " HE DOESN'T PERSONALIZE' . I few minutes later he came back , gave him the CDs and again looked at me. ARE YOU GOING TO THE SHOW " he fire at me and I fired back,I WAS UNTIL YOU ACTED LIKE AN ASSHOLE AND THERE IS NO WAY NOW THAT I WILL BUY A TICKET" He looked at me and said" GO BUY A TICKET AND I WILL SEE THAT HE SIGNS YOU STUFF'. 

   First he says he doesn't and now he comes back at me that he will if I buy a ticket. Man goes from one story line to the next. So I came back and said" SO IF I DO BUY A TICKET ,  WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM SAYING HE WON'T" Now this time he responds' I AM PART OF HIM SO I KNOW" . I said a few choice words including that he was full of shit and told him to look for this blog about how Ziggy surely must know how this jerk treats people who were once fans . He even came back at me and said " HERE IS MY NAME' as he showed a tattoo on his arm which I could not make out.  I have not been this disappointed and I must say angry with a personality in some time and the truth is I will never listen to another song by Ziggy again. Nor buy another CD ( which I threw in a fire when I came home) . So ZIGGY, if You ever read this, or someone brings it to your attention, I truly was a great fan that You lost and I imagine , Your so called part of you has also helped decrease your fan base and it was evident that You did not sell out your show. Its a shame, His Father loved his fans and they did and still loved his message and his songs.

FOLLOWUP. Was told that after the show Ziggy signed 5 autographs  and a few had a meet and greet on his bus. His " Manager" ORDERED the security staff at the venue to tell anyone that is smoking a cigarette ( this is outside) to put it out or get away."

    Ziggy does not like smoke" he told them. I wondered who made him the Almighty as as far as I know this is still a free country.It was also observed that the " Manager escorted the fans who paid for a meet and greet so rudely many of them complained also.It was so obvious that ONE person could ruin any event. I always remember the quote," People may forget You but People will never forget how You treated them" SO TRUE.