Reggae Sunsplash Crowd At Night
By: Brian Jahn
Tags: Bob Marley, Dancehall music, Deejay Music, Jamaica, Jamaican Music, Montego Bay, Portrait Photography, Reggae Legends, Reggae Sunsplash, Roots Rock Reggae, Sound System Reggae
Category: Bob Marley, City, Dancehall, Dancehall Reggae, Ganja, Jamaica, Montego Bay, Rasta, Rastafari, reggae, Reggae music, Roots Reggae, Sound System
Forgive my lapse in posting, hurricane Sandy mashed things up pretty good around here. No power for over a week. I was more fortunate than others who lost everything. For all those people still in need, hold tight and Jah guide.
This image was shot during a break at Reggae Sunsplash in Montego Bay, 1989. The crowds back then would get pretty large, Dancehall night would bring in 30-40,000 people. I remember when there was a band change it would become a real challenge to venture out through the crushing crowd to get food. Most of all you didn’t want to give up your cherished photo spot. To fight the long delays I used to keep a small camping hammock in my camera bag that I would hang up under the stage to rest when I could.
Blessings all over, seen ... 
1989 was a good year for reggae music. I found it very difficult to decide on the order of this year’s ‘best of’.