LORRF Past Performers

35 Year List of Performers that have appeared at the LORRF Festival
(formally the Bob Marley Festival Tour)

Spreading Love, Peace and, Unity!

This alphabetized list is being compiled from the promotional material released for prior Festivals.

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Check out performers who have appeared at our festivals:

• ANDREW TOSH (JAMAICA, LOS ANGLES, CA)
• ANNA FISHER (CONCORD, MA; JAZZ FUSION REGGAE)
• ARAWAK JAH (EVENSTON, IL,CUBA, JAMAICA)
• ASWAH GREGGORY & THE ENFORCERS (JAMAICA, EVANSTON, IL)
• ATUSAYA, (HOUSTON, TX)
• AUBREY DUNHAM & THE RASTA MACHINE (HOUSTON TX.),
• AZUMAH MATIKO,(SOUTH AFRICA)
• BALDREAD AND THE RAGGA MUFFIN CREW (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
• BANJI ISEYEMI (HOUSTON, TX)
• BARBEA WILLIAMS PERFORMING CO. & THE SONGHI DRUMMERS (TUCSON, AZ)
• BEN HUNTER & CRUCIAL PROFITS (NEW ORLEANS, LA)
• BETTER CHEMISTRY (LOS ANGELES , CA)
• BIGGIE IRIE (ST.MICHAEL; BARBADOES;WESTINDIES; CONSUELO SAMARRIPA-DTM; AUSTIN, TX)
• BLACK REBELS (DAKAR, SENEGAL; WEST AFRICA)
• BOOM SHAKA, (LAWRENCE, KS)
• BULLETPROOF MARSHMALLOWS (MONTGOMERY, AL)
• BURNING BUS (WILMINGTON, DE.)
• BURNING SPEAR (JAMAICA)
• BUSHMAN (SPRINGS GARDES ST. THOMAS, JAMAICA)
• CAESAR MYLES & THE DREADED TRUTH BAND (CLEVELAND, OH, SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
• CANNON & THE LION OF JUDAH (SEATTLE, WA)
• CARLOS JOHNSON, (HOUSTON, TX)
• CARLTON PRIDE & ZION,SAN MARCOS,TX)
• CASPER LOMAYESVA & THE 602 REGGAE BAND (HOPILAND, AZ; HOPI NATIVE REGGAE)
• CEDILLA MARLEY BOOKER (JAMAICA)
• CHAPTER11 (LONG BEACH, CA)
• CHRISTAFARI, (PALOS VERDES PENNINSULA, CA)
• CINDY BREAKSPEAR, (Jamaica)
• CODE RED (NIGERIA, EAST AFRICA; DALLAS, TX)
• CORNERSTONE ROOTS (WAIKATO, NEW ZEALAND)
• DADDY ROOTS (ANGUILLA B.W.I)
• D.R.U.M. (HOUSTON, TX; WORLDBEAT ROOTS REGGAE)
• DAMIAN MARLEY (JAMAICA)
• DANNY DREAD & RISING LION (NEW YORK NY, MIAMI, FL)
• DARRYL CLEVELAND (HOUSTON, TX)
• DAWTAS OF JAH (NEW ORLEANS; ROOTS GROOVE REGGAE)
• DEE DREAD & THE ZION KNIGHTS (CAYMAN ISLANDS, GLENDALE, AZ)
• DELE MANDEYAH, ROOTS REGGAE (KINGSTON, JAMAICA)
• DEMENTION BAND, (HAMPTON, VA)
• DESERTT ISLANDERS, (ALPINE TX)
• DJ HANDGUN (LAS VEGAS , NV .)
• DJ HARD (SHREVEPORT, LA)
• DJ MIXMASTER BABY SHANX WITH MEGLADON SOUND SYSTEM (SAN ANTONIO, TX)
• DR. KING COBRA (W. AFRICA, NIGERIA, HOUSTON, TX)
• DREAD WARRIORS & CULTURE CLIVE (JAMAICA, PHOENIX, AZ)
• DREADNECK (GALVESTON/HOUSTON, TX)
• EARLY BROOKS JR. & JAH POSSIE (NEW ORLEANS; SOUL POP REGGAE)
• ERROL BLACKWOOD & INJAH. (JAMAICA, CANADA)
• FIRE & ISIS (AUSTIN, TX)
• GEIL (TRINIDAD & TABAGO, MIAMI, FL)
• GEMINI (HOUSTON, TX)
• GRANTMAN & THE ISLAND BEAT (PHOENIX, AZ)
• GYPSI FARI,(CHICAGO, IL)
• HENRY TURNER JR. & FLAVOR (BATON ROUGE, LA)
• HIGHER HEIGHTS (NEW ORLEANS , LA)
• INKULELEKO, (AUSTIN, TX.)
• INKULULEKO (S. AFRICA, AUSTIN TX)
• IRIE DAWTAS (NEW ORLEANS, LA)
• ISAAC HAILE SELASSIE (ETHIOPIA, SOUTHERN CA)
• ITALS (JAMAICA)
• J ROSS-PARRELLI (LONG BEACH, C)
• JAH CREATIONS (DALLAS TX)
• JAH WORKS, (BALTIMORE MD)
• JOANNA-MARIE (ST. MARY, JAMAICA)
• JOE HIGGS, (JAMAICA)

• JOHN BROWN BODY, (ITHICA, NY)
• JOURNEY TO SOUND (NEW YORK, NY)
• JULIAN MARLEY (ENGLAND, JAMAICA)
• KARISON (CUBA, AUSTIN, TX)
• KATANGAH, DALLAS, TX
• KENYAH (NEW YORK NY, HOUSTON, TX)
• KIMBUTE & THE FREEDOM TRIBE (TANZANIA, AFRICA, FORT WORTH, TX)
• KING SUNDIATA KEITA, (DETROIT, MI)
• KING WAWA & THE ONENESS KINGDOM BAND (PORT-AU PRINCE, HAIT)
• KY-MANI MARLEY ((JAMAICA),MIAMI)
• LEGENDARY SOUL VENDORS (KINGSTON, JAMAICA)
• LEON & THE PEOPLES (NEW YORK , NY)
• LIBERATION, HOUSTON, TX.
• LIUITY NYAH BINGHI CHIOR, (CHICAGO, IL)
• LUCKY DUBE (SOUTH AFRICA)
• LUKO ADJAFFI (HAITI; SANTO, DOMINGO)
• M K SHINE(JAMAICA,ENGLAND)
• MAJOR RILEY, (BELEIZ, HOUSTON, TX)
• MAKAK (CORPUS CHRISTI TX)

• MANAPOLY ALL-STARS (UTAH, CA., PHILIPPINES)
• MARQUIS MELODY (KINGSTON JAMAICA, OAKLAND, CA)
• MATEO MONK (BOULDER CO)
• MC L.J. BLASÉ (NEW ORLEANS, LA.) L.J. BLASÉ
• MICHAEL BLACK (JAMAICA, CHICAGO, IL)
• MINEFIELD, (HOUSTON, TX)
• MOTHERLAND SOUL (LIBERIA, ST. KITTS, W.I., MI)
• MYSTIC VISION, (ALBUQUERQUE, NM. ROOTS REGGAE)
• NATIVES ARE RESTLESS, HOU, TX.
• NATTY NATION (MILWAUKEE, WI)
• NATURAL MYSTIC, (CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
• NAZARITES (NEWARK DE.)
• NEON PROPHET (TUCSON, AZ) 
• NEUTRAL SISTERS (NAIROBI, KENYA, ENGLAND, JAMAICA, HOUSTON, TX)
• N-THYME, (SHEREPORT LA)
• OKEM & WORLD BEAT MUSICAL SOLDIERS (NIGERIA, CUBA, JAMAICAN, HOUSTON, TX)
• ONE BLOOD FEATURING IRA OSBORNE (TUCSON, AZ)
• ONE NATION (AUSTIN, TX)
• ONE REGGAE BAND, (SAN ANTONIO, TX)
• OSEZUA, HARRISONBURG, VA
• OUTLAW NATION (SHERIPORT, LA)
• PACIFIC ISLANDERS, EXECUTIVE STEELE BAND, HAWAII, (CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
• PHILLY BLUNT (PHILADELPHIA, PA, PHOENIX, AZ)
• RAS INDIO (BELMOPAN, BELIZE)
• RAS KARBI (JAMAICA)
• RAS MALCOLM (BELIZE, HOUSTON, TX)
• RAS SHILOH (SACRAMENTO, CA)
• RAS YOUTHS INTERNATIONAL, (COSTA MESA, CA)
• RASCALIN & THE ROOTS ROCKERS (BOCAS DEL TORO, W.I., SAN CLIMENTE, CA)
• RASTA FARMERS (PHOENIX, AZ) 
• REGGAE ANGELS (OAKLAND, CA)
• RENE’& THE FUTURE TRIBE (FT.WORTH TX)
• RHYTHM NATIONS (NEWARK,NJ)
• RICKY HUSBANDS (GUYANA, BRAZI, SOUTH AMERICA)
• RISING LION, (COCONUT GROVE, FL)
• RITA MARLEY (JAMAICA)
• ROOT 1, (AUSTIN, TX)
• ROOTS ‘N ROOTS (ST. LOUIS, MO)
• ROOTS N WISDOM(NIGERIA/HOUSTON TX),
• SACRED JOURNEY (BERKELEY, CA)
• SAMBAX’E (AUSTIN, TX)
• SCHOLAR’S WORD (JAMAICA, TAMPA, FL)
• SCHOLARS WORD, (TAMPA, FL)
• SECRET AGENT 8 (TEXAS CITY, TX)
• SEE FARI (WIBERFORCE,OH.),
• SHAGGIE WILLIAMS, (SWANTON, MD)
• SHEPHERD BAND (NEW ORLEANS,LA)
• SHINEHEAD (ENGLAND, JAMAICA, NEW YORK, NY)
• SISTER “P” (JAMAICA,FT LAURDERDALE,FL )
• STABLE ROOTS (HARRISONBURG, VA)
• STABLE ROOTS (HARRISONBURG, VA)
• STAN RANKIN T (LAS VEGAS, NV)
• STERLING BROTHERS (BIRMINGHAM, AL)
• SUBDUB (MESA, AZ)
• SUN CYCLE (LONDON, ENGLAND)
• SUPER IRIE, (MADISON, WI)
• TAJ WEEKES & ADOWA (ST. LUCIA, NEW YORK, NY)
• TCHIYA AMET & DOGON SIRIUS (AUSTIN TX.)
• TEMPLE YARD, (NASHVILE, TN)
• THE ARK BAND, (COLUMBUS, OH)
• THE BOTTOM LION (RICHMOND, VA.)
• THE DAVID WADE BAND (MESA, AZ)
• THE MAJESTIKS (PANAMA, CUBA, PUERTO RICO, AUSTIN, TX)
• THE PRESIDENTS, PHLIPPINES, HOUSTON, TX)
• THE PRODIGAL SUN (DETROIT MI)
• THIRD COAST (KALAMAZOO, MI)
• THE ROCKSTONES (MADISON, WI)
• The DESIREE, (HOUSTON, TX)</1i>
• THIRD EYE , (WILMINGTON, DE)
• TIME BAND, (SAN ANTONIO, TX)
• TONY CULTURE (TRELAWNEY, JAMAICA, LOS ANGLES, CA)
• TONY Q AND NEW RASTAFARA (JAKARTA, INDONESI)
• TONY REBEL (JAMAICA)
• TRIBAL WAR, (PEACH SPRINGS,AZ)
• TRIBES (WILMINGTON, DE)
• TRINIDAD TRIPOLI STEEL BAND, (YPSILANTI, MI)
• T-ROY & THE VIBES (NEW ORLEANS,LA)
• TRUTH & RIGHT(ASHEVILLE,NC.)
• TULASI FEATURING J ROSS-PARRELLI (LONG BEACH, CA)
• TUNDE OBAZEE & CODE RED, (NIGERIA, DALLAS, TX)
• UNITED SOULS, (NEWPORT NEWS, VA)
• WAILERS (JAMAICA)
• WAILING COYOTES, (TEMPE,AZ)
• WATUSI (FORT WORTH, DALLAS, TX)
• WAZOBIA(GHANA,W.AFRICA,NIGERIA,HOUSTON TX)
• WINNSLOW (MCALLEN, TX)
• YABBA (JAMAICA)
• ZEMA (LOS ANGELES, CA; ROOTS REGGAE)
• ZIGGY MARLEY & THE MELODY MAKERS (JAMAICA)
• ZION REGGAE BAND
• ZION WAVE, (WILMINGTON, DE)