What’re You Listening To?

The 2-lane highway from Portland’s western suburbs to the Oregon Coast was exactly 72 miles. It usually took about an hour and a half. It was a little faster if traffic was light and we were in a fast car. Or a little longer if we were in my friend Matt’s VW bus. It never bothered us, though. It’s hard to be in a hurry when the sun’s out and you’re with your friends. No one ever felt the need to check their watch while moseying through the Coast Range listening to Bob Marley. At this point, Marley’s “Legend” compilation record is the default reggae record. Even if you can’t name a single other title or artist, you invariably at least know this one. Released posthumously, it’s the best-selling reggae record of all time, racking up millions of copies sold as of this writing. At least a dozen of those sales were from us. Is there any other record so closely associated with it’s genre? Most of us wound up going deeper into Marley’s discography, but like so many others, “Legend” was our…