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# Jammin’ at the pier
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/jammin-at-the-pier/
- Published: 2007-07-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T00:24:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Pier, #archive-import

*By REAGAN WHEELER Special to the Daily Press*

SANTA MONICA PIER — For those who never got to see the late reggae legends Bob Marley or Peter Tosh live in concert, tonight’s Summer Twilight show could help satiate that inner Rasta.

With “Tosh Meets Marley,” concertgoers will be exposed to a healthy helping of the Wailers and friends. The band’s two frontmen — Junior Marvin and George “Fully” Fullwood — both played with Tosh. Marvin also played with Marley and The Wailers for five years.

The band’s reggae sound has been heard on countless Marley and Tosh albums. Fullerwood played bass in-studio for many of Marley’s enduring songs, including “Sun is Shining,” while Marvin toured the world as part of the Wailers.

“Officially, I am still a Wailer,” Marvin said on Monday.

Fullwood and Marvin were both excited to be performing on the Santa Monica Pier tonight.

“I’ve heard about the pier,” said Fullwood. “It’s always been a popular place for people to play. It will be a nice experience for me and the other guys.”

“Tosh Meets Marley” also features Tony Chin, Vince Black, Georges Kouakou, Jawge Hughes, Claudio “Peppe,” Donovan Carless and Karl Wright, many of whom played with Tosh back in the ’70s and ’80s.

“One of our important main things is playing to a crowd that appreciates the music of these great legends,” said Fullwood.

Many of “the classics” will be performed tonight, including “I Shot the Sheriff” and “Get Up,Stand Up,”according to Marvin,who added the latter song, unbeknownst to most fans, was co-written by Marley and Tosh. The band will also be playing some of their own songs, many of which will be on upcoming albums from Fullwood and Marvin.

The songs are in tribute to the Jamaican-born musicians whose words were more than just words, said Fullwood.

“With Bob, his music was more like a passage,” he said.

Fullwood and Marvin got to know the men that made reggae what it is today. To them, smoking herb was not all Marley and Tosh were about. During the ’70s and ’80s, these musicians “were a voice for those who didn’t have a voice,” said Fullwood. With lyrics like “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery/None but ourselves can free our minds,” their songs featured messages about Africa’s wealth in contrast to the vast poverty and suffering that the people have suffered for decades.

Fullwood feels many listeners misunderstand the legends.

“If you bought one of Bob’s albums and really listened to his words,there are great messages in there,” Fullwood said. “These artists have so many messages that are so unique.”

Tonight’s concert, located on the west lot of the Santa Monica Pier, is expected to “make you wanna move your dancing feet,” just as Marley said in his 1971 song, “Sun is Shining.” The jam session begins at 7:30 p.m. and parking is available at 2030 Barnard Way. However, spaces are limited and attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, or take public transit. A free bike valet will be provided.

For more information on the Twilight Series, visit www.twilightdance.org or call (310) 458-8900.

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ISLAND SOUNDS: Fully Fullwood and Junior Marvin headline this week’s concert at the pier. (Photo: Photo courtesy)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 26, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)