1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Jum Mission with Jones and Amanda Boy. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: Jerlmanak is our big book of musical facts. And on 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 2: this day in nineteen seventy four, Eric Clapton scored a 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 2: number one hit with his version of I Shot the Sheriff. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: It was a song written by Bob Mayley. Oh, Bob Mayley, 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 2: I dropped me ours Have you seen it anywhere? The 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 2: Bob Marley si was first released a year earlier with 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: Bob Marley and the Whalers. 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 3: And I haven't listened to this part of the song. 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 3: I don't know. 11 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 4: I'm glad to see he said, So you hear what 12 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 4: the lyric there is? 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 2: The sheriff hated me for what I don't know. Every 14 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: time I planned to seed, he said, kill it before 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: it grows. 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 5: Is he talking about the crops or is he talking 17 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 5: about a little baby? 18 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: Well, he's former girlfriend. Bob's former girlfriend. Esther Anderson claims 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: that the. 20 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 5: Lyrics Bob Maley or Bob Mahley. 21 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: Bob Marley keep Up claims that the lyrics are about 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: Bob being opposed to her use of birth control. 23 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 3: And he substituted the word doctor with sheriff. So it's 24 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: obviously a very personal song, so it's with some iron. 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 5: So he shot the doctor? What is that? What happened? 26 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: No? I think this is just a fanciful. 27 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 5: He's saying he shot the sheriff. He didn't shoot the deputy. 28 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: This isn't a court deputation. This is a song. 29 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 5: But Bob did like to partake a bit. 30 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 3: Okay, can I finish this please? 31 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,919 Speaker 2: It's a very personal song for Bob obviously, of course, 32 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 2: so it's with some irony that Eric Clapton's version his 33 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 2: cover went to number one and was inducted into the 34 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: Grammy Hall of Fame 35 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: With James and Amanda