Slave driver
Slave Driver (in German about "slave driver") is a song by Bob Marley and his band The Wailers . It was releasedas the second of nine songson the studio album Catch a Fire (1973).
Slave Driver is also mentioned as an alternative title Catch a Fire and is therefore indirectly considered the title song of the album. The song was an integral part of the concerts on the tours of 1973 and 1975 and later occasionally in 1978 and 1979.
Statistical data
The album version is in the key of B minor ; The song was also played in B minor on live performances. The duration of the album version is a little less than three minutes.
Other versions
A live version was released on the Talkin 'Blues compilation . It is from a radio show on KSAN and was recorded in 1973 in Sausalito , California .