GUITAR LEGEND JUNIOR MARVIN (JULIAN JUNIOR MARVIN)

I was to photograph GUITAR LEGEND Junior Marvin (Julian Junior Marvin) in London. Junior Marvin joined The Wailers in 1977. This portrait will be in PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS.

Bob Marley: Is roots we deal with..so if one man get to giddy..another man gettin' giddy
Journalist: What's giddy?
Bob Marley: That mean you gonna get to psychedelic..Al Anderson don't like that...he a Rootman..everybody have to stay root...because you have root there like Aston Barrett..Carlton Barrett..you can't return…return to the roots..you have to be the roots..you can’t…must return to the root..you have to be the root..cause if you were to return to the root..then you was a leaf..and then you drop off..you must be the root…be the root

THE BARRETT BROTHERS

I was to photograph The Legends Carlton Barrett and Familyman Barrett.
I choose the bass, because it is the backbone of the music. And my brother Carly choose the drum, which is the heartbeat. If your drummer is not right, then the music gonna have a bad heart. And if the bass is not right, then the music gonna have a bad back. Just imagine the music with a bad back and a bad heart. It would be crippled, you know. So that’s where we stand forth and strengthen the music...Familyman Barrett

LINDSAY AND THE FIELD MARSHALL

I was to spend times photographing members of The Wailers.
As preperation for the publication of the book PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND AND OTHER FOLKS gathers pace, I am reminded of probably the best portrait I was to take of "Field Marshall", Mr Carlton "Carly" Barrett.
I was to take this portrait on stage at Madison Square Garden, New York, in 1980, during a sound check.
Mr Barrett was an influential drummer and percussion player.
With his brother, Mr Aston "Family Man" Barrett, they began their careers as members of Mr Lee "Scratch" Perry's house band, The Upsetters.
"Field Marshall" was to popularized the ONE DROP rhythm, a percussive drumming style and with "Fams" on bass, the Wailers rhythm section planted the seeds for Mr Robert Nesta Marley.
Sadly, Mr Carlton Barrett was murdered outside his home in Jamaica in 1987.