When the sun rose on reggae
The original Reggae Sunsplash brought persons from all around the world to Jamaica to partake in the annual reggae festival to see the likes of Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Ziggy Marley and many others.
Don Green, one of the four founding members of Reggae Sunsplash, says it was born out of a vision to provide entertainment for foreign students coming to Jamaica.
“We put together a proposal for the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), but prior to that, Tony (Johnson) and I said we need to connect to people who were actively involved in the music industry in Jamaica because we were both away and had just returned. Tony mentioned his friend Ronnie Burke and when we went to meet.”