Amy Winehouse is heading to Jamaica to channel the "spirit of Bob Marley"
into her music.

The 24-year-old singer is a huge fan of the late reggae legend - who died in
1981 aged just 36 - and is traveling to his home country to work with his
Grammy-winning son Damian Marley on the follow-up to her critically
acclaimed 'Back to Black' LP.

She was overheard telling her friends in her favorite north London pub, The
Hawley Arms: "I love Jamaica and I want to feel Bob Marley's spirit in my
music.

"I want to stay where he lived and hook up with Damian because he's a
genius. I'm desperate to get over there."

Amy - whose husband Blake Fielder-Civil who is currently awaiting trial in
London's Pentonville Prison on charges of perverting the course of justice
and grievous bodily harm (GBH) - is looking forward to the music-making
holiday on the sun-drenched Caribbean island.

A source said: "She wants to escape all her troubles back home for a bit and
just throw herself into her music. She's always loved the Marleys and she
wants her next album to have a reggae feel about it."

Amy has already dabbled in the laid-back Rastafarian sound.

She performed Toots And The Maytals' reggae classic 'Monkey Man' at last
year's Glastonbury music festival.

The tune also features on the deluxe version of 'Back to Black'.

Meanwhile Amy went berserk outside a London prison yesterday (01.17.08),
after her husband demanded a divorce.

The troubled 'Rehab' singer lashed out at photographers outside Pentonville
Prison following the tense meeting with Blake, who is currently on remand on
charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and grievous bodily
harm (GBH).

Amy, 24, was so out of control police were forced to escort her back to her
waiting car.

A source said: "Amy just snapped and started shouting and screaming at
everybody. She was out of control and even squared up to the photographers
as if she wanted a fight.

"Whatever Blake said to her inside obviously upset her and she was in no
mood to have her picture taken."

Earlier this week, Amy's father Mitch revealed Blake was under pressure from
his mother Georgette to sever all ties with the troubled singer.
Mitch said: "Blake threatened to issue divorce proceedings when they were
having a row.

"Unfortunately, Blake is influenced by things his mother has said. I think
Georgette wants them to divorce, but it's up to them. From Amy's point of
view, she would stick by him not matter what.

"But he has said things like, 'I want a divorce.' "