“Hi BobMarleyMagazine! In the summer of 1978 while playing with a guitarist named Gregg Wright, we opened a show for Bob Marley at The Warehouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. I really didn’t get to talk much with Mr. Marley, though I was able to watch him rehearse the band at sound check and after our set later that evening we were invited back to their dressing room to meet Bob and the band. Following the beliefs of many Rastafarians, they were smoking “spliffs”, quite large, cone-shaped Marijuana cigarettes, so the room was VERY smokey. The mood was very relaxed as the musicians “mentally” prepared for their set. We were not a Reggae band and the crowd had not been too approving of us, but Bob and the band were kind enough to shake our hands and compliment our set. I stayed most of the night and watched the show from out front in the crowd. I was struck at how intensely the audience seemed to be “connected” with the songs. It seemed to almost be a “religious” experience.
That’s about all I can really tell you about that night. I did go out and buy the “Rastaman Vibration” record shortly afterwards. Sadly, the significance of that night didn’t really register with me for a few years, and I came to realize just how important that experience was.
Peace, Gary Crockett
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