Junior Marvin's Wailers @ NJPAC August 4, 5PM (FREE)

The blues-rock guitarist, a longtime Bob Marley collaborator, brings the summertime sounds of reggae to NJPAC’s outdoor music series. Admission is free!

Horizon Foundation Sounds of the City presents Junior Marvin, an innovative and expressive musician who has played on all Bob Marley and the Wailers albums since 1977. He appeared in The Beatles film Help! and was an original member of the London cast of the musical Hair. Marvin served his musical apprenticeship in America by performing with the likes of T-Bone Walker and Ike and Tina Turner.

Marvin contributed to albums by Gerry Lockran, Fairport Convention, Sandy Deny and many others on the UK scene and was a writer, singer and lead guitarist for albums by the Keef Hartley Band. He can be found on CDs with Beres Hammond, Burning Spear, Bunny Wailer, and The Congos.

DJ Lumumba aka Revolution opens this performance.