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REEL BEGINS
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JUDY MOWATT INTERVIEW BEGINS. MOWATT, A JAMAICAN REGGAE ARTIST, WHO FROM 1974, WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE I THREE, TRIO OF BACKING VOCALISTS FOR BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS AFTER Peter Tosh AND BUNNY WAILER LEFT. MOWATT TALKS WITH UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT STARTING WORK ON THE FIRST ALBUM WITH THE I THREE AND THE MUSICIANS WHO WILL BE RECORDING WITH THEM. SHE DISCUSSES THE REGGAE SUNSPLASH EVENT AND THE WORLD TOUR, AND POSSIBLE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND NEXT STEPS FOR SUNSPLASH.
INTERVIEWER THANKS JOHN AND COREY FOR THE INTERVIEW. |
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JUDY MOWATT INTERVIEW ENDS
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DARK FOOTAGE PAN PEOPLE STANDING AROUND, MAN WEARING REGGAE SUNSPLASH T SHIRT.
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INTERVIEW WITH TONY JOHNSON BEGINS
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TONY JOHNSON, THE FOUNDER OF THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, REGGAE SUNSPLASH, DISCUSSES THE EVENT (#7) AND THE LARGE TURNOUT SIGNIFICANT FOR JAMAICA AND MUSIC LOVERS. HE DISCUSSES ATTENDANCE FIGURES OF AT LEAST 150,000 OVER THE FOUR DAYS, THE START OF THE EVENT IN 1978 , SCHEDULING ISSUES AND HOW THEY ARE WORKING TO MAKE IT BETTER BY POSSIBLY EXTENDING IT OVER 2-3 WEEKENDS. ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE SUNSPLASH WORLD TOUR INCLUDING LONDON AND THE USA.
JOHNSON DISCUSSES THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE DIRECTION OF REGGAE MUSIC AND HOW WELL KNOWN MUSICIANS FROM ALL OVER WITH WORLD ARE ASKING TO BE INVOLVED. ALSO DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC IMPACT SUNSPLASH HAS ON THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA. |
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INTERVIEW ENDS.
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REEL ENDS.
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