Bob Marley has been dead for 28 years, but his legacy lives on at the Grammys.

Three of his sons were nominated for prizes on Sunday, and two of them won.

Ziggy Marley, 41, his eldest son, picked up the fifth Grammy of his career, this time in the children's musical album category for his all-star project "Family Time."

Paradoxically, Bob Marley never won a Grammy before he died of cancer in 1981, aged 36. He did receive a lifetime achievement award in 2001. This year, his 1973 album with the Wailers, "Catch a Fire," was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Paradoxically, Bob Marley never won a Grammy before he died of cancer in 1981, aged 36. He did receive a lifetime achievement award in 2001. This year, his 1973 album with the Wailers, "Catch a Fire," was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Marley's latest solo album, Family Time, earned him his fifth Grammy last Sunday, the most recent award from the Recording Academy coming in the Best Musical Album for Children category.

"This is the easiest album I ever made," he told The Sunday Gleaner last Friday. "It changed my whole mindset about recording and producing. It felt so good, so nice. To me, it's like biblical where a simple thing is so powerful. This is definitely one of my best works (even before winning the Grammy)."

"Most of what went into Family Time is from experiences with my young ones," said Marley, who has five children. "I look at children differently now. It's been a learning process. I've learned how to be a better observer and listener."

The 52nd annual staging of the Grammy Awards was yet another milestone for reggae family, the Marleys, as brothers Stephen and Ziggy strolled away with the coveted gramaphones in the Best Reggae Album and Best Musical Album for Children categories, respectively.

Ziggy, who is no stranger to the golden gramaphones, climbed over some five other nominees to grip the award with his Family Time album. In a brief comment to this newspaper, the singer said: "I feel very blessed to have travelled on this journey with my family and friends and feel honoured to have the Grammy Academy recognise Family Time."

In 2007, Ziggy's album Love Is My Religion won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.