Give thanks and praises to the most high
Give thanks and praises so high
He will not deceive us my brethen
He will only lead us again
Oh take that veil from off your eyes
Look into the future of realise
("Give Thanks and Praises," Confrontation -Bob Marley)



Neville
:
But listen, you know a lot of people have a feeling that, a lot of guys who claim to be Rastas, are really, as one song says rascals.
Marley :
Many shall be called, but only a few chosen. And there shall be sheep and wolf in sheep clothing! But I&I couldn't watch that, this day. Because I&I have to live Rasta and know Rasta. I noh come fi judge a man. Jah seh leave all judgemant onto him. Soh all people who see a man out deh and seh "how him a gwaan like seh him a rasta". Who is dem fi seh how him a gwaan so. When God seh leave all judgemant onto him.

Neville :
But what you think about all this crime and violence going on though, as a Rasta?
Marley :
Ha Ha. Is laws cause crime and violence. Well I noh really... Yuh know what ah mean. Earth a come, earth a forward to how creation was an how earth fi rest. Is a mind ting. Now all the laws that we abide by and blaah-blaah-boom-boom-boom, what cause wi fi suffer. As any man can know that. Them law deh noh must be a must.

Neville :
Which laws? You speaking of any laws in particular?
Marley :
Every law! The only law which is law is the law of life. The law how fi live. Now dig dis. A man build him city and him seh him want these people fi run it, and him want these people to live yah soh. Now me don't waan get involved talking like me is a politician. Mi jus' waan talk 'bout righteousness. Like seh well then, Jah a earth rightful ruler and him noh run no wire fence.

Neville :
Am I right in assuming that Rastas don't believe in violence, at all?
Marley :
Rasta don't believe in violence man! Rasta don't believe, Rasta know. Yuh see, is when yuh believe, is that mash yuh up. Yuh must know what yuh know. Earth is earth, within 2000 years, now is 1973. Like I seh again. I naah do dis ting fi no money business. Dis ting, is Jah come inna I heart and mek it move, that I fi goh inna England goh seh these things again. Or say these things in America, or Australia. I man haffi goh, because I personnally is a servant of H.I.M. Not doing noh hard work, just doing wah Jah seh I fi do. And thru him gi I the power fi play music and him gi I the Inspiration fi seh these things, and mek the people, who him work through see these things. Because I know seh Jah inna every life. Now some people ah devil and some people ah angel. Dig! Jah seh leave all judgemant onto him. Dig! Soh yuh know, is certain, is plenty tings, ah man haffi keep to himself and try source it out fi himself. Because yuh can seh tings. At the time yuh say it, it noh seh right, and maybe not. Yuh know wah ah mean. Because these things are things Jah teach yuh everyday, and sometime yuh haffi learn. Yuh haffi know wah him seh. Yuh haffi source it out.

Neville :
Now you know, you have your religious faith, right. You have your convictions. Do you get annoyed by people who don't understand what you are talking about? Do you get annoyed.
Marley :
I am sorry for the people who don't understand what we talk about. Because they bare great tribulations in times when they don't have to. Yuh see, I personally know my heart can be hard as a stone, and yet soft as water. Then again... still sorry fi the people who don't know H.I.M. Because is like my mother used to tell mi. People head ah goh chop off and dem waan dead and caan dead. Inna the judgement. And these days yah ah the judgement days. Yuh know, only the fittest of the fittest shall survive. Like wah Marcus Garvey seh. Ah jus' so it goh.

Neville : Tell me now. As a Rasta, what is your feeling about being Jamaican?
Marley : Being Jamaican?

Neville : Yeah!
Marley :
Being Jamaican? Hear how it goh now Neville. Being Jamaican? I don't see I self as being Jamaican. I see I self as a Rasta being Rasta! Soh, Jamaica is Jamaica. Africa is Afirca. I man a Rasta!

Neville : Aah ha. You don't have any boundaries.
Marley :
My boundaries. Now, well I must pick a place pon earth where I know I must live. And I know I waan live near my father and my father live in Ethiopia. So I must live where my father is.

Neville :
Literally? In other words, literally you hope to live in Ethiopia some day.
Marley :
I don't hope. Wi going. Near, near! Dis is 1973, going near to 74 now. Jah seh, before one of my word pass away, heaven and earth crash. Dig! And him seh, him gone fi prepare a place, where he is I&I shall be there also!

Neville :
Bob, listen, everyday nowadays you read about famine in Ethiopia. What you say to that now?
Marley :
Great! I seh great. If yuh don't know God yuh goin' suffer and dead! No God Noh Partial, regardless weh yuh deh pon earth. If yuh deh ah Ethiopia inna him palace and yuh don't know him is the almighty, yuh suffer. God noh partial I. Now, I could ah starve and suffer too, but I know Jah.

Neville :
Now it's Bob Marley and the Wailers. You write such a lot of material for the group. You have such a lot to do with it. Are you committed to the group?
Marley :
Well yes! The group is the Wailers. Well fi some reason them seh Bob Marley and the Wailers. I never tell anyone fi seh dat, from no time at all. But maybe fi some reason why dem do it. Well I man is a Wailers. An' ah just soh it rest. Right now I&I ah goh play some music and just gwaan play some music until then. Until wah fi happen will just happen. Because I&I don't plan life. Because when man plan, Jah wipeout.

Neville :
Alright, but what about song writing. You write such a lot of music. Different people write music in different ways. Some sit down and write the words and then put the music to it. Some write the music, then drop in the words after. Do you have a process, and exactly what is it, if you have one?
Marley :
Well it grow together. Is like, first time mi try to write a song is the first time mi try to play the guitar. And soh mi can write a song without the guitar. But it really grow together. Mi really like stay with mi guitar. But it just happen, is Jah inspiration come thru man. Because, I personally, it look like, could ah write a whole heap a tune, it look like. But I pick special tune fi write. 'Cause a man can think of plenty things. Yuh know wah ah mean.

Neville : Yes. I understand.
Hey, listen I know you hand a close association with Johnny Nash, who has done quite a lot of your tunes. And me hear people talking and saying, "bwoy ah wonder if Johnny Nash ever treat our Jamaican man right?". What exactly is the situation? We are quite free on this program.
Marley :
Well... Dem gi mi some money the other day. And want mi fi sign another agreement with them. Mi really ah check it out like (ha ha). 'Cause yuh know...chuh! Is like mi noh waan really seh nothing bad 'bout dem, and still mi noh have nothing much good fi seh.

Neville :
What do you think about Americans taking Reggae and doing it and making big money out of it? Like Johnny Nash has done and Paul Simon and a couple of other people. What do you think about that.
Marley :
Well dem do something wah thru these people out yah try kill wi off, wi couldn't do right. Because dem people out yah too wicked. Now Neville dem ting yah mek mi vex.

Neville : I understand.
Marley :
Look how much good artist inna Jamaica. Look wah it tek fi a guy, jus' seh because dem is guys, seh alright mi ah goh get some good recording done and do a ting with it. Jus' ah hustle off ah people. Waah yuh come in deh come do 15 tune in 3 hours. And soh ah guy spend $15,000 (JA) mek a album and when the album come it sell a million. Soh him don't loose, because him really stay deh and noh guess nothing. Him stay deh and do wah him ah do.

Neville : So you mean that the people here wouldn't want to spend the money on us.
Marley : Dem never waan do that.

Neville : I see.
Marley :
Dem wait until Johnny Nash and dem guys deh gwaan with a ting. An' certain guys dem si whole heap a guys ah come in now. Dem hardly want wi even do it to. Yuh ah fi have yuh own studio and all that. Wah wi ah try get right now our own studio. Because if wi want it, Jah will mek wi have it.

Neville : You want a studio?
Marley :
Yeah!!! Because wi want to mek music. Yuh have to much man out deh wah wi ah fi go thru too much other things, just thru classes.

Neville : You've spoken a couple time about classes. Middle class and that type of thing.
Marley :
Yeah. I've come to realize se dem really divide wi in classes. Yes, and is true. Dem try fi divide wi in classes weh mi don't agree with. Because is wickedness. Yuh caan divide people. How can yuh divide the people? Some ah dem noh have four foot.

Neville : Yeah. True, true.
Listen Bob, we've run out of time, but I'd like to ask you if you have any sought of hope in the country Jamaica right now. You are a guy getting on alright in your field. You know. In singing.
Marley : Hope in the country?

Neville : Yes.
Marley :
Well yes. Jamaica is a little nice great place. Mi really love Jamaica, because mi walk plenty stone land inna Jamaica and plenty hills. But ah think we really need a direction. Not a big ol' signing up this and signing up that, but a direction in your own country. Wah happen to the earth. An mean wi have to till the soil. An' it noh call fi slavery fi do that. It just call fi understanding.

Neville : Well atleast you have made a start, because you say you are a Farmer.
Marley : I man a Farmer Iyah from creation.

Neville : Ok. Bob Marley its been a great pleasure talking to you.

2.45 AM
DEPOK, 25/06/10

Sumber :
White, Timothie. Catch a Fire : The Life of Bob Marley. NY : Holt Paperbacks. 2005.
Prahlad, Anand SW. Reggae Wisdom : Proverbs in Jamaican Music. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi.2001.
http://www.marleysite.com

Rastafarian

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Jah set I-n-I as a watchman
around Babylonian walls
Yeah-eh, children of Israel.
I-n-I shall never hold I peace
While wrong is going on
Day or night.
Bust down Babylon gates
Prepare ye the way
Prepare ye the way for Jah people.
( Culture, "Jah Rastafari," International Herb )


Rastafarian adalah sebuah gerakan religius yang paling terkenal di kepulauan Karibia, khususnya di Jamaika. Rastafarian, dengan campuran Kristenitas dan Judaisme Black Messiah, dikelompokan ke berbagai bidang teologi, yaitu pemujaan religius, sebuah kepercayaan, atau sebuah sekte. Gerakan ini berpengaruh terhadap kebudayaan dan pola kehidupan bermasyarakat di Karibia. Bila dijabarkan secara luas Rastafarian adalah sekelompok orang yang mempunyai sebuah semangat hidup yang berdasarkan pola ajaran dari kepercayaan yang dianutnya.

Nama Rastafari berasal dari Ras, yang merupakan gelar yang diberikan kepada kalangan ningrat laki-laki di Ethiopia, dan Tafari, nama sebelum penobatan dari Raja Ethiopia Kaisar Haile Selassie (1898-1975). Depresi dan diskriminasi kelas selama tahun 1930-an yang terjadi di Jamaika merupakan salah satu faktor mengapa ajaran ini dapat berkembang secara pesat di perkampungan kaum-kaum miskin di Jamaika, dan yang menjadi faktor lain dalam perkembangan Rastafarian adalah timbulnya sebuah gerakan kekuatan kulit hitam di awal tahun 1930-an yang dibawa oleh Marcus Garvey dengan gerakan " Back to Afrika "-nya, dimana dalam gerakan tersebut semacam mengembalikan sebuah kecintaan terhadap kebangsaan orang-orang kulit hitam terhadap penindasan yang sering dialami oleh orang kulit hitam. Kaum Rastafarian membandingkan diri mereka sebagai orang buangan dari Afrika dengan mengartikan segala perbudakan sebagai hal yang sama dengan kaum Israelites yang terusir ke babylon oleh raja Nebuchadnezzar. Karena itulah kata "Babylon" dipergunakan oleh kaum rastafari untuk menyebut setiap jenis tekanan dari sistem kekuasaan

Dalam mengembangkan ajarannya, Rastafarian menggunakan referensi yang terdapat dalam bibel, dan injil-injil dalam menjalankan kehidupan sehari-harinya, salah satu contoh dari referensi tersebut adalah Revelations, Holy Piby, King James's Bible. Dalam Revelations 19:16 dan 5:2-5 mempunyai ajaran yang sangat berpengaruh bagi kaum Rastafarian, dimana isi dalam injil tersebut mengakui kebesaran seorang Rastafari. Selain itu ayat injil lainnya yang digunakan kaum Rastafarian untuk mengakui kebesaran Kaisar Haile Selassie sebagai seorang juru selamat antara lain : Ezekiel 30, Epistle to timothy, Psalms 9,18,68,76,87:4, Isaiah 9.

Kaum Rastafarian meyakini bahwa kepercayaan mereka merupakan campuran dari bentuk yang paling murni Judaisme dan Kristenitas, dan mereka juga menerima pengaruh turunan dari Mesir dalam kedua agama tersebut. Untuk memperkuat kebesaran dari Haile Selassie, kaum Rastafarian menolak hipokritas kaum babylonia dalam gerakan modern dan Gereja Roma, bahkan konsulat Roma, adalah yang secara umum mereka sebut Babylonia, karena menurut mereka dari kota tersebut Mussolini memerintahkan menjajah Ethiopia pada tahun 1935 yang merupakan tanah suci bagi kaum Rastafarian. Maka dari itu para Rastafarian menolak semua ajaran yang berasal dari Roma, karena menurut mereka ajaran tersebut telah menyesatkan mereka.

Hal - hal yang diyakini kaum Rastafarian

  • Kaum Rastafarian percaya bahwa Tuhan adalah roh dan roh tersebut bermanifestasi kepada Yang Mulia Kaisar Emperor Haile Selassie I.

  • Kaum Rastafarian meyakini bahwa Jesus adalah keturunan langsung raja Daud dan berkulit hitam.

  • Kaum Rastafarian meyakini bahwa dinasti Sulaiman Ethiopia merupakan representasi langsung raja Daud.

  • Kaum Rastafarian yakin bahwa mereka adalah suku asli Israel yang hilang diceraiberaikan oleh Babylon sampai kemunculan Yang Mulia Kaisar Haile Selassie I.

  • Kaum Rastafarian percaya bahwa Ethiopia adalah Tanah Perjanjian atau Surga di bumi.

  • Kaum Rastafarian yakin bahwa Tuhan akam membawa mereka kembali ke Zion (Ethiopia).
Ganja (Marijuana) dalam dunia rastafarian

Peran sebuah religi selalu mempengaruhi lingkungan sosial, dan geografis dimana para kaum Rastafarian tumbuh, seperti penggunaan ganja (Marijuana) sebagai bagian dari ritual keagamaan dan bantuan untuk bermeditasi merupakan sesuatu yang umum di Jamaika.

Para Rastafarian menganggap ganja sebagai sebuah "ramuan kebijaksanaan" yang sakral dan para pemimpin kaum Rastafarian mengharuskan untuk menghisapnya sebagai bagian dari ritual religiusnya. Para kaum Rastafarian percaya bahwa tumbuhan tersebut tumbuh di atas makam Raja Sulaiman, seperti yang disebutkan dalam salah satu injilnya yaitu dalam Psalms 104 : 14, " Ia menyebabkan rumput tumbuh untuk lembu, dan ramuan untuk melayani manusia, yang seterusnya menggali makanan keluar dari dalam bumi. ", maka dari itu para Rastafarian menggunakan tumbuhan (Ganja) tersebut sebagai peralatan Upacara dan ritual kepercayaan mereka.

Ital dan Dreadlock

Para kaum Rastafarian juga menggunakan sebuah hukum larangan yang telah dikombinasikan untuk mendampingi sebuah doktrin ajarannya. Mereka dilarang mengkomsumsi alkohol, tembakau, semua jenis daging (terutama babi), juga kerang-kerangan, semua jenis ikan, dan spesies pemakan bangkai di laut. Bagi kaum Rastafari makanan yang mereka konsumsi haruslah ital, yang dalam bahasa Rastafarian berarti murni, alami, atau bersih.

Mereka juga mengharamkan menyisir atau memotong rambut, seperti yang ditafsirkan dalam salah satu injil mereka, Leviticus 21:5, "Mereka tidak boleh seharusnya membotakkan kepala mereka, juga mencukur sudut-sudut dagu mereka, juga memotong atau melukai daging mereka.". Ikatan rambut ikal mereka biarkan tumbuh alami dan dibiarkan kusut dan menggulung-gulung sendiri yang pada ahkirnya menjadi sebuah kuncian/tali-tali dreadlock.

11.57 AM
DEPOK, 11/6/2010


Sumber :

Prahlad, Anand Sw. Reggae Wisdom : Proverbs in Jamaican Music. University Press of Mississippi. 2001
Haska. Helmi Y. Bob Marley : Rasta, Reggae, Revolusi. Jakarta: Kepak Books. 2005.



Hit me with music
Culture music
Roots rock reggae music.
Every time I hear the reggae music
I have to take a dip
I have to move my hips
( " Hit Me with Music," Hit Me With Music -Danny Dread- )

June 23-30, 1978 : Jarrett Park, Montego Bay

ALTHEA & DONNA, SUGAR BILLY, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEARS, CORPORATION OF LOVE, CULTURE, BERES HAMMOND, HEAT INC, THE HEPTONES, JOE HIGGS, INNER CIRCLE, BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES, RAS MICHAEL & THE SONS OF NEGUS, LLYOD PARKS, SOUL SYNDICATE, THIRD WORLD, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, TWELVE TRIBE BAND, U-ROY, BILLY VERNON & THE CELESTIALS, WAILING SOULS.

July 3-7, 1979 : Jarrett Park, Montego Bay
THE ABYSSINIANS, BURNING SPEARS, MICHAEL CAMPBEL, BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS, FAB FIVE INC, SHARON FORRESTER, HEAT INC, JOE HIGGS, INNER CIRCLE, ISRAEL VIBRATION, BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES, LONE RANGER, RAS MICHAEL & THE SONS OF NEGUS, MIGHTY DIAMONDS, PAM & WOODY, LLOYD PARKS & WTP BAND, THE SHADES, SOUL TO SOUL DISCO, STAMMY & THE SOUND OF MO-BAY, TALLAWAH, THIRD WORLD, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, JUNIOR TUCKER.

July, 2-5, 1980 : Ranny Williams, Entertainment Center, Kingston
BOB ANDY, BLACK UHURU, KEN BOOTHE, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEARS, CASUAL T, CULTURE, CARLENE DAVIS, BERES HAMMOND, BONGO HERMAN, I-KONG, KIDDUS--I, BARRINGTON LEVY, RAS MICHAEL & THE SON OF NEGUS, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, MIGHT DIAMONDS, SUGAR MINOTT, NATIVE, OLATUM, OKU OUNORA, LLOYD PARKS & WTP BAND, PRINCE EDWARDS, REVOLUTIONARIES, JIMMY RILLEY, LEROY SIBBLES, THE TAMLINS, PETER TOSH, DELROY WILSON, WORD SOUND & POWER, ZAP POW.

August 4-8, 1981 : Jarrett Park, Montego Bay
RICHARD ACES & SONS, BLACK UHURU, DENNIS BROWN, CHALICE, JIMMY CLIFF, CULTURE, CARLENE DAVIS, EEK-A-MOUSE, FUTURE WINDS, GOODS CHILDREN BAND, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, SHEILA HYLTON, I-MOW, I-THREES, GREGORY ISAACS, THE ITALS, JAH ZULU, LOUIE LEPKE, BARRINGTON LEVY, LIGHT OF LOVE, LIGHT OF SABA, LONE RANGER, FREDDIE McGREGOR, ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MARKERS, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, PABLO MOSES, JUDY MOWATT, MATABARUKA, ONE VIBE, LLYOD PARKS & WTP BAND, PRINCE EDWARDS, JIMMY RILEY, ERROL SIBBLES, MICHAEL SMITH, WINSTON SMITH, SON OF THUNDER, SOUL VENDORS, STEEL PULSE, TINGA STEWARD, NADINE SUTHERLAND, TAMLINS, ROD TAYLOR, RUDY THOMAS, TONY TUFF, THE WAILERS, STEVIE WONDER, TAPPA ZUKIE.

August 3-7, 1982 : Jarrett Park, Montego Bay
THE ASTRONAUTS, ASWAD, BIG YOUTH, AJ BROWN, BURNING SPEARS, CHALICE, CARLENE DAVIS, EEK-A-MOUSE, FUTURE WINDS, THE GLADIATORS BAND, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, JOHN HOLT, HOME T-4, ISRAEL VIBRATION, BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES, MACAW, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, MUTABARUKA, NATIVE, JOHNNY OUSBOURNE, GLEN RICKS, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, ROY SHIRLEY, SISTER NANCY, SHEENA SPIRIT, STEEL PULSE, TAJ MAHAL, TOOTS & MAYTALS, TRINITY, TRUTHS & RIGHTS, TWINKLE & BROTHERS, U-ROY, LEE VAN CLEEF, DENICE WILLIAMS, YELLOWMAN.

June 28-July 2, 1983 : Bob Marley Center, Montego Bay
BANKIE BANKS, THE BARE ESSENTIALS, BIG YOUTH, BLACK UHURU, THE BLUE RIDDIM BAND, AJ BROWN, DENNIS BROWN, DON CARLOS, CHALICE, ALTON ELLIS, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, DERRICK HARRIOTT, GREGORY ISAACS, JONES GIRL, RAS KARBI, KING SOUNDS, KOTCH, SHARON LITLLE, JC LODGE, RITA MARLEY, ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS, MASSIVE DREAD, FREDDIE McGREGOR, THE MELODIANS, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, SUGAT MINOT, JUDY MOWATT, MUSICAL YOUTH, MUTABARUKA, TRISTON PALMER, LLYOD PARKS & WTP BAND, PRINCE EDWARDS, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, SAM & FAY, GIL SCOOT-HERON, SEVENTH EXTENSION BAND, LEROY SIBBLES, THE SKATALITES, MIKE SMITH, STEEL PULSE, SUPERMAX, NADINE SUNDERLAND, THIRD WORLD, TONY TUFF, UNITED AFRICA, WADADA, DELROY WILSON, ORVILLE WOOD, YELLOWMAN.

August 7-11, 1984 : Jarret Park, Montego bay
AFRICAN WOMAN, ALPHA & OMEGA, BOB ANDY, ASWAD, BRIGADIER JERRY, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEARS, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, CRAZY, CARLENE DAVIS, EEK-A-MOUSE, THE ELEMENTS, EDI FITZROY, ROBERT FFRENCH, MICHAEL HAMILTON, GREGORE ISSACS, JAH THOMAS, INI KAMOZE, KINGS SOUNDS, BRYON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES, JC LODGE, FREDDIE McGREGOR, MEMORY OF JUSTICE, PETER METRO WITH TOTO METRO, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, SUGAR MINOT, DERRICK MORGAN, THE MYSTIC REVEALERS, OKU ONUORA, MICHAEL PALMER, LLYOD PARKS & WTP BAND, FRANKIE PAUL. PRINCE EDWARDS, RAS MICHAEL & THE SON OF NEGUS, ROOTS ANABO, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, SHERVINGTON, SISTER BREEZE, TYRONE TAYLOR, U-ROY, UMOJAH DANCE, JASEY WALES, DELROY WILSON, YELLOWMAN, ZOUND SYSTEM.

August 6-10, 1985 : Jarrett Park, Montego Bay
BAMMY MAN, PAUL BLAKE & THE BLOOD FIRE POSSE, BRIGADIER JERRY, ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MARKERS, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, CULTURE, EARLY B, EBONY, FAB FIVE, FINNINGAN & JUNIOR RANKIN, PHILLIP FRASER, GENERAL TREES, CAROL GONZALES, HALF PINT, PAM HALL, JUSTIN HINDS, TONTO IRIE, GREGORY ISSACS & ROOTS RADICS, JAH MIA & UMOJA, KING SOUND & THE ISRAELITES, LITLLE JUNIOR TUCKER, LITLLE KIRK & WHITE MICE, MESSENJAH, PETER METRO WITH TONTO METRO, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, SUGAR MINOT & ABASHANTI TENOR SAW, MUTABARUKA, THE MYSTIC REVEALERS, OSSIE D & STEVIE G, TRISTHION PALMER, LLOYD PARKS & WTP BAND, THE PEP BAND, THE PSYCH BAND & SISTER BREEZE, WISTON REEDY, MICHAEL ROSE & GOVERMENT BAND, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, LEROY SMART, WAYNE SMITH, STEEL PULSE, NADINE SUTHERLAND, THIRD WORLD, U-ROY, JOSEY WALES WITH JOE LICKSHOP.

August 26-30, 1986 : Jarrett Park, Montego Bay
ADMIRAL BAILEY, BIG BAND, KEN BOOTHE, BRIGADIER JERRY, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEARS, CHICKEN CHEST, CRUCIAL B, CULTURE, CARLENE DAVIS, EARLY B, EDUBE, ALTON ELLIS, EDI FITZROY, GENERAL TREES, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, HALF PINT, IJAMAH & MADGE, GREGORY ISSACS, INI KAMOZE, LOVINDEER, FREEDIE McGREGOR, PETER METRO, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, ECHO MINOT, SUGAR MINOT & ABASHANTY, MONYAKA, JUDY MOWATT, JHONY OSBOURNE, LLYOD PARKS, THE RINDOM KINGS BAND, JIMMY RILEY, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, LEROY SIBBLES, SLY & ROBBIE, THE SOUL SYNDICATE, STUDIO ONE BAND, THE TAMLINS, THE WAILERS, WAILING SOULS, JOSEY WALES, MALLORY WILLIAMS, YELLOWMAN.

August 18-22, 1987 : Bob Marley Centre, Montego Bay
ADMIRAL BAILEY, PATO BANTON & TIPA IRIE, HUGO BARRINGTON, BIG YOUTH, PAUL BLAKE & BLOOD FIRE POSSE, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEARS & BURNING BAND, CHALICE, COCOA TEA, CULTURE, 809 BAND, GENERAL TREES, GWEN GUTHRIE, HALF PINT, DERRICK HARRIOT, I-THREES, GREGORY ISSACS, KILLER BEES, BARINGTON LEVY, LOVINDEER, MAKER, ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS, FREDDIE McGREGOR, SHIRLEY McLEAN, PETER METRO, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, ECHO MINOT, MONTY MONTGOMERY, MUTABARUKA, LLYOD PARKS, MAXI PRIEST, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, SANDII & THE SUNSETZ, SHAKAMAN & SHAKEENA, SISTER CAROL, SISTER CHARMAINE, SLY & ROBBIE, TIGER, TONTO METRO, U-ROY, ET WEBSTER, YELLOWMAN.

August 15-22, 1988 : Bob Marley Centre, Montego Bay
ADMIRAL BAILEY, AFRICAN SYMBLO DISCO, BOB ANDY, BLOOD FIRE POSSE, KEN BOOTHIE, BRIGADIER, AJ BROWN, DENNIS BROWN, BUNNY & SCULLY, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, COCOA TEA, CRUCIAL BANKIE, CULTURE, DADDY LIZARD & FLOURGAN, CARLENE DAVIS, JUNIOR DELGADO, DOMINIC, ERIC DONALDSON, BRENT DOWE, THE DUPLICATE BAND, EBONY, 809 BAND, ALTON ELIS, EDI FITZROY, THE GAYLADS, SOPHIA GEORGE, LEROY GIBBONS, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, HALF PINT, BERES HAMMOND, THE HEPTONES, HIGH POWER KING SOUNDS, THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, IDENTITY, GREGORE ISAACS, KING JAMMY'S, LADY ENGLISH & MISS LINDA, LADY G, LECTURE, TIPPA LEE & RAPPA ROBERT, BARRINGTON LEVY, LOVINDER, LT STICHIE, MAJOR MACKEREL, FREDDIE McGREGOR, COURTNEY MELODY, PETER METRO, JACKIE MITIDO, MUTABARUKA, NINJA FORCE BAND, NINJAMAN with TINGA STEWART, PAPA BIGGY, LLYOD PARKS & WTP BAND, LASCELLES PERKINS, PROFESOR NUTS, RANKING TAXI, JUNIE RANKS, REBEL ROCKERS, RED CLOUD, RED DRAGON, RIDDIM KINGS BAND, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, SAM & FAY, OLIVER SAMUELS, SANCHEZ, SCOOTY, SISTER CHARMAINE, SLY & ROBBIE, LEROY SMART, TINGA STEWART, STONE LOVE DISCO, STUDIO ONE BAND, NADINE SUTHERLAND, SWELELE, THE TAMLINS, TYRONE TAYLOR, U-ROY, THE WAILERS, JOSEY WALES, ERNEST WILSON, YELLOWMAN.

August 14-19, 1989 : Bob Marley Centre, Montego Bay
A TEAM BAND, THE ABYSSINIANS, ADMIRAL BAILEY, ADMIRAL TIBET, HORACE ANDY, ATOMIC, BIGGA, KEN BOOTHE, DENIS BROWN, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, CRUCIAL ROBBIE, CULTURE, DADDY LIZARD, DONOVAN, EBONY, ELECTRO FORCE DISCO, FLOURGAN, GENERAL TREES, GRINDSMAN, HALF PINT, HIGGS & TWINS, JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES, HONEY & SPICE, INNER CITY DISCO, CLEMENT IRIE, GREGORY ISSAC, KOTCH, JENIFER LARA, BARRINGTON LEVY, JC LODGE, UU MADOO, ANTHONY MALVO, ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS, SHIRLEY McLEAN, SUGAR MINOTT, FRANKIE PAUL, SHABBA RANKS, SIXTH REVELATION, SANCHEZ, SHIENEHEAD & A TEAM BAND, SISTER CHARMAINE, ERNIE SMITH, TREVOR SPARKS, STEEL PULSE, STUDS BAND, THE SWEAT BAND, THIRD WORLD, SHELLY THUNDER, TIGER, THE UNIQUE VISION BAND, WADADA, DELROY WILSON, ZYLAN.

July 16-21, 1990 : Bob Marley Centre, Montego Bay
ADMIRAL TIBET, ASWAD, LASANA BANDELE, BIGGA, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEAR, CAPTAIN BARKEY, CHALICE, COCOA TEA, COMMANDO SHAD, CHAKA DEMUS, THE DIAMOND BAND, BRENT DOWE, 809 BAND, ELECTRO FORCE DISCO, ALTON ELLIS, 5446, GEMINI DISCO, GHOST & CULTURE, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, HALF PINT, JOHN HOLT, INNER CIRCLE, INNER CITY DISCO, GREGORY ISAACS, PAT KELLY, KLASSIQUE DISCO, LADY G, BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES, BARRINGTON LEVY, HOPETON LINDO, LITTLE LENNY, LT STITCHIE, FREDIE McGREGOR, PETER METRO, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, LEE MILO, JUDY MOWATT, LORNA NELSON, NINJAMAN, PAPA SAN, LLYOD PARKS & WTP BAND, MAXI PRIEST, PROFESSOR NUTS, SHABBA RANKS, THE RIDDIM KINGS BAND, ED ROBINSON, THE SAGITARUIS BAND, SANCHEZ, SHINHEAD, LEROY SIBBLES, THE SKATALITIES, SLY & ROBBIE, SPANNER BANNER, SPLASH, RICHIE STEPHENS, THE STUDS BAND, SUPER CAT, THE SWEAT BAND, THE TAMLINS, THILLER U, TIGER, U-ROY, WADADA, BUNNY WAILER, WILLIE ONE BLOOD,

July 26-21, 1991 : Bob Marley Centre, Montego Bay
ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS, LASANA BANDELE, PATO BANTON, BLACK MUSIC DISCO, BLOODFIRE FOSSE, BODY GUARD DISCO, DENNIS BROWN, CAPLETON, CAPTAIN BARKEY & WICKERMAN, JACKIE CHANG & SILVER FOX, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, COCOA TEA, CULTURE T, CARLENE DAVIS, DISCO SPICE & COMPANY, 809 BAND, EDI FITZROY, CHEVELLE FRANKLYN, DOUG FRESH, BRIAN & TONY GOLD, BERES HAMMOND, JOHN WOLT, THE HOME T BAND, THE I-THREES, INDU, INNER CITY DISCO, GREGORY ISSACS, THE ITALS, JOHNNY P, BARRINGTON LEVY, LITTLE LENNY, LOVINDEER, LUCKY DUBE, MACKA B, MAJOR KNOWLEDGE, JULIAN MARLEY, FREDDIE McGREGOR, MICHIGAN & SMILE, MUTABARUKA, NATIVE, OKU ONUORA, PANCHO, PAPA SAN, LLYOD PARKS, FRANKIE PAUL, PIECES DISCO, PINCHERS, PJ, PROFESSOR NUTS, CUTTY RANKS, JUNIE RANKS, NARDO RANKS, SHABBA RANKS, TONY REBEL, JUNIOR REID, THE RIDDIM KINGS BAND, ED ROBINSON, THE RUFF KUT BAND, SANCHEZ, SHEPHERDS, SHINHEAD, SINGING MELODY, SISTER NANCY, SKY JUICE, SLY & ROBBIE/TAXI, SOUL SWINGER, RICHIE STEPHENS, REGGIE STEPPER, DEAN STEVENS, STONE LOVE DISCO, SUGAR D, SYGNACHA, THIRD WORLD, TIGER, ANDREW TOSH, THE UNIQUE VISION BAND, VISION, SABRINA WILLIAMS, WAYNE WONDER, ORVILLE WOOD, YELLOWMAN.

August 3-8, 1992 : Bob Marley Centre : Montego Bay
THE ABYSSINIANS, ADMIRAL BAILEY, YASUS AFARI, ASWAD, AT KREW BAND, BUJU BANTON, BENNIE MAN, BIG YOUTH, BIGGA, BLANK MUSIC DISCO, BODY GUARD DISCO, YAMI BOLO, KEN BOOTHE, CINDY BREAKSPEARE, DENNIS BROWN, BRUSHIE ONE STRING, CANDY MAN, CAPLETON, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, CITY HEAT BAND, THE CLARENDONIANS, COBRA, COCOA TEA, STRANGE JAH COLE, COUNTRY SPENG, CREUSHAL SUBTANCE, CULTURE, CARLENE DAVIS, TONTON DAVIS, CHAKA DEMUA & PLIERS, DIRTSMAN, DOMINIC, DONOVAN, THE DREDS, ALTON ELLIS, FOUNDATION, GENERAL DEGREE, GENERAL TREES, BRIAN & TONY GOLD, DELLA GRANT, MARCIA GRIFFITHS, HALF PINT, BERES HAMMOND, DERRICK HARRIOTT, INSPECTOR LENNY, PAT KELLY, LADY G, BARRINGTON LEVY, LEXUS DISCO, LINK & CHAIN, LITTLE LENNY, PETER LLOYD, JC LODGE, LUCKY DUBE, MACKA B, MAJOR LLOYD, FREDIE McGREGOR, THE MELODIANS, COURTNEY MELODY, PETER METRO, RAS MICHAEL & THE SONS OF NEGUS, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, MIGHTY SPARROW, SUGAR MINOT, DENROY MORGAN, MORGAN HERITAGE, JUDY MOWATT, TANYA MULLINS, THE MYSTIC REVEALERS, NEGAS, CIDADE NEGRA, NINJAMAN, PAPA SAN, LLOYD SPARKS & WTP BAND, FRANKIE PAUL, PIECES DISCO, PINCHERS, PROFFESOR NUTS, JACK RADICS, CUTTY RANKS, NARDO RANKS, TONY REBEL, JUNIOR REID, ED ROBINSON, MAX ROMEO, MICHAEL ROSE, RUMBLE, THE SAGITARIUS BAND, THE SANE BAND, SCREWDRIVER, LEROY SIBBLES & THE HEPTONES, SIMPLETON, SINGING SANDRA, SISTER MARIE, THE SKOOL BAND, SLY & ROBBIE, LEROT SMART, SOUL SWINGER DISCO, THE SPLASH BAND, STEEL PULSE, SUPER CAT, THE TAMLINS, TIGER, JUNIOR TUCKER, THE WAILING SOULS, MAX WAYNE, DELROY WILSON, WAYNE WONDER.

August 3-7, 1993 : Jam World, Portmore
THE ABYSSINIANNS, ADMIRAL BAILEY, YASUS AFARI, LAUREL AITKEN, APACHE, BEETLE BAILEY, BUJU BANTON, MEGA BANTON & RICKY GENERAL, KEN BOOTHE, BORN JAMERICANS BOUNTY KILLER, CINDY BREAKSPEARE, MORVIN BROOKS, DENNIS BROWN, BURNING SPEARS, CAPLETON, PETER CARTER, CHAKULA, CHALICE, THE CLARENDONIANS, COBRA, COCOA TEA, CRUTIAL SUBTANCE, CULTURE, CARLENE DAVIS, DOBBIE DOBSON, EL GENERAL, ALTON ELLIS, ADI FITZROY, CHEVELLE FRANKLIN, TERRY GANZIE, GENERAL TREES, GHOST & CULTURE, BRIAN & TONY GOLD, JUNIOR GONG, OWEN GRAY, BERES HAMMOND, DERICK HARRIOTT, DADDY HARRY & DON MIGUEL, GEORGIE HENRY, JOHN HOLT, LADY SAW, LE COUP, BARRINGTON LEVY, LITTLE LENNY, LOS PERICOS, LOVINDEER, MACARUFFIN, MAJOR MCKEREEL, ANTHONY MALVO, HUGH MASAKELA, ELIEEN MASCOLL, TRICIA McKAY, THE MELODIANS, PETER METRO, RAS MICHAEL, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, DERRICK MORGAN, COURTNEY MORRISON, MUTABARUKA, THE MYSTIC REVEALERS, NINJA KID, NINJAMAN, PAPA SAN, FRANKIE PAUL, PINCHERS, DENYSE PLUMMER, PROFFESSOR NUTS, QUEEN PAULA, DOUGIE RANKS, RUMMIE RANKS, TONY REBEL, JUMMY RILEY, COLIN ROACH, ROUNDHEAD, SANCHEZ, ROY SHIRLLEY, LEROY SIBBLES, LEROY SMART, ERNIE SMITH, SNAGGA PUSS, SNOW, SPRAGGA BENZ, STEEL PULSE, RICHIE STEPHENS, STRANGE JAH COLE, SUPER SASS & ITCHY RANKS, NADINE SUTHERLAND, THE TECHNIQUES, TIGER, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, JUNIOR TUCKER, UNIVERSAL YOUTH, JOSEY WALES, DELROY WILSON, WAYNE WONDER.

August 1-6, 1994 : Jam World, Portmore
LASANA BANDELE, BUJU BANTON, BEETLE BAILEY, BIG MOUNTAIN, EVERTON BLENDER, BOUNTY KILLER, DENNIS BROWN, BUCCANEER, THE CABLES, CAPLETON, JHONY CLARKE, COCOA TEA, LOUISE CULTURE, DADDY SCREW, CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS, MANU DHANGO, FRISCO KID, GENERAL DEGREE, THE GLADIATORS, GRACY & THE HERBMAN BAND, JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES, JOHN HOLT, JAHPOSTEL BAND, LADY G, LADY SAW, LARRY & ALVIN, BARRINGTON LEVY, LIQUID LIGHT, LITTLE BEATER & APACHE, LITTLE LENNY, LOS PERICOS, LT STITCHIE, LUCIANO, MANDELA, ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS, HUGH MASAKELA, DERRICK MORGAN, MATABARUKA, THE MYSTIC REVEALERS, PAPA SAN, PATRA, PINCHERS, PROFESOR NUTS, QUEEN MAJEDA, JACK RADICS, ERNEST RANGLIN, DOUGIE RANKS, JUNIOR REID, SANCHEZ, SHAGGY, LEROY SIBBLES, GARNET SILK, SISTER CAROL, KAREN SMITH, STANRYCK, RICHIE STEPHENS, NADINE SUTHERLAND, THE TECHNIQUES, TERROR FABULOUS, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, TRINITY, JUNIOR TUCKER, JOSEY WALES, JOE WHITE, DELROY WILSON, WAYNE WONDER, WORL-A-GIRLS, DON YUTE.

July 12-14, 1995 : Dover, ST Ann
ABBASANI, ADMIRAL BAILEY, BURO BANTON, BEENIE MAN, BIG MOUNTAIN, SUGAR BLACK & LEH-BANCHULAH, EVERTON BLENDER, YAMI BOLO, KEN BOOTHE ,BOUNTY KILLER, DENNIS BROWN, CAPLETON, CAPT BARKEY & WICKERMAN, THE CLAREDONIANS, JHONNY CLARKE, COCOA TEA, TONY CURTIS & JIGSY KING, DETERMINED, DOBBIE DOBSON, DOMINIC, BRENT DOWE, FABBY DALLY, FRISCO KID, JUNIOR GONG, UTON GREEN, BERES HAMMOND, DERRICK HARRIOTT, JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES, JOHN HOLT, ADINA HOWARD, IVAD, DIANA KING, LADY G, LADY SAW, BARRINGTON LEVY, LITTLE HERO, LITTLE KIRK, JULIAN MARLEY, MERCILESS, TONTO METRO, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, SUGAR MINNOT, DERICK MORGAN, MR PECK, MUTABARUKA, JHONY NICE, PAPA SAN, FRANKIE PAUL, DAWN PENN, PINCHERS, PRESIDENT BROWN, PRIFESSOR NUTS, TONY REBEL, DANNY RED, MICHAEL ROSE, SANCHEZ, SHAGGY, SHINHEAD, SILVERCAT, SNAGGA PUSS, SPANNER BANNER, SPRAGGA BENZ, STANRYCK, RICHIE STEPHEN, NADINE SUTHERLAND, DON YUTE.

August 1-4, 1996 : Chukka Cove, ST Ann
ADMIRAL BAILEY, HORACE ANDY, MIKE ANTHONY, STARKY BANTON, BIG YOUTH, EVERTON BLENDER, KEN BOOTHE, BOUNTY KILLER, DENNIS BROWN, BUCCANER, BURNING SPEARS, CAPT BARKEY & wICKERMAN, CELECIA, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, COCOA TEA, CULTURE, CARLENE DAVIS, JANET LEE DAVIS, CARL DAWNKINS, ERIC DONALDSON, ALTON ELLIS, GENERAL B, GHOST, JHON HOLT, PETER HUNNINGGALE, ANGELO KIDJO, KRUEZ, LECTURE, JK LODGE, LT STITCHE, LUKEY D, MERCILESS, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS, SUGAR MINOT, PABLO MOSES, TANYA MULLINS, MUTABARUKA, BENJY MYAS, NINJAMAN, JHONY OSBOURNE, PAPA SAN, FRANKIE PAUL, PINCHERS, PRESIDENT BROWN, TONY REBEL, ROBIN S, ROUNDHEAD, SANCHEZ, SCOOTY, SECOND IMIJ, LEROY SIBBLES, SISTER CHARMANE, THE SKATALITIES, THE SKOOL BAND, SLY & ROBBY- TAXI CONNECTION, LEROY SMART, SPANNER BANNER, SPRAGGA BENZ, RICHIE STEPHENS, REGGIE STEPPER, SUPERCAT & CITY HEAT BAND, THE TAMLINS, ARTURO TAPPIN, THIRD WORLD, WORL-A-GIRLS.

February 5-8, 1998 : Reggae Park, St Ann
ZIGGY MARLEY & MELODY MAKERS, DAMIAN MARLEY, JULIAN MARLEY, SEAN PAUL, YASUS AFARI, ALAZI, ALPANCHO, ANTHONY B, ARP, AXE OF JAHPOSTELS, BENNIE MAN, BLAKK SAFIYAH, THE BLAZE BAND, YAMI BOLO, BONGO, CADELLA BOOKER, ANDRU BRANCH, DENNIS BROWN, BUSHMAN, CENTURION, CHAKULA, CHANGE, CHERRY NATURAL, COBRA, COYABALITIES, CRISSY D, DADDYU, CARLENE DAVIS, CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS, DJ MARSHALL, DOOM, DUTTY CUP, EL SENOR GRATTO, EMERGE, FAB 5, FAHRENHEIT, FOUNDATION, GENERAL DEGREE, GIBBY, GIRLZ TOWN BAND, GIZUM BAND, GOOFY, HAWKEYE, LAURENT HILL, I-THREES, THE INNOCENT CREW, GREGORY ISSACS, THE ISHAAN DANCERS, ITAL LEE, JAH MASON, JAHMALI, KIDDUS I, LADY G, LADY SAW, FLOYD LLYOD, LT STITCHIE, THE MACCBEE BAND, MARCUS, MERCILLES, PABLO MOSES, JUDY MOWATT, MR VEGAS, THE MYSTIC REVEALERS, NECO FLEX, NOTCH, PAPA SAN, PRESIDENT BROWN, RED RAT, REV ERROL HALL, RICH KID, THE RIDDIM KINGS BAND, JIMMY RILEY, THE RUFF KUT BAND, SAMPLE SHADE & CREW, GORDON SCOTT, THE SONS & DAUGHTERS, ZIGGY SOUL, MICKEY SPICE, RICHIE SPICE, SPRAGGA BENZ, THE STAR TRAIL FAMILY, RICHIE STEPHENS, TANYA STEPHENS, THE TAMLINS, RUDDY THOMAS, GRACE THIRLLERS, JUNIOR TUCKER, LOS TOMPOLOS, THE UPRISING BAND, WORD, BETTY WRIGHT, X-CALIBER, THE YARD BEAT BAND, YOGI.

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Thompson, Dave. Reggae & Carribean Music. US : Backbeat Books. 2002
Veal, Micheal E. Dub : Soundscape and shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae. Middletown,ct : Wesleyan University Press. 2007

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