A sold out crowd welcomed Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and his two brothers Julian and Stephen, to Boulder’s Fox Theater on Wednesday, February 26.  Coming straight from Kingston, Jamaica and recently winning a Grammy for his newest album “Halfway Tree,” Jr. Gong brought his signature brand of musical fire to the eagerly awaiting packed house.

Colorado’s own Wailer B opened the evening showcasing many of his original tunes as well as a few Marley covers. Wailer B’s energetic style of roots and dancehall pumped the crowd for the coming two hours of non-stop one-drop tunes, Marley renditions, and dancehall favorites.  The infamous Ghetto Youth Crew band set the groove for the evening backing each Marley as they took turns singing praises to the audience.

Julian Marley came out first giving praises to His Majesty and touching on some of his original favorites such as “Lion in the morning,” and classic Marley tunes like “Slave driver.” Julian  delivered a lengthy seven or eight song set and paved the way for younger brother Damian to turn up the heat on the boulder crowd.

Introduced as “Jr. Gong,” Damian Marley came storming onto the Fox stage opening with a heated dancehall tune that set the crowd and his band a blaze.  Marley continued to keep the energy high by touching on many crowd favorites such as “More Justice” and “Me Blenda.” Marley also played many of his older classics including “Me Name Jr. Gong” and “Raggamuffiin.” Jr. Gong led his band into strong roots and dancehall style rhythms that kept the crowd on its feet the entire night.

Celebrating his father Jr. Gong touched on many solid Bob songs such as “Soul Rebel” and the infamous “War” which samples some of the exact words of Emperor Haile Selassie I.  With its strong relevance to present US affairs, this song was a crowd favorite and paved the way for younger brother Stephen Marley to come out and do “And It was written,” one of Damian's hits off  “Halfway Tree”. Leading into an encore medley of “could you be loved” and other original favorites, Stephen, Julian, and Damian were all on stage together ending the evening in extremely high spirits.

Singing another solo tune off  “Half way Tree,” Jr. Gong ended his performance by thanking the Boulder crowd and Telling them that “Rastafari Guide and protect the I dem.” Taking the band into a short instrumental groove to finish the set, Jr. Gong truly set the fox theater a’ blaze. Once again he brought some of the hottest and youngest talent that modern reggae has to offer. The influence of the Marley family is stronger than ever and teamed up with the Ghetto Youths the message Rastafari continues to shine bright on Bob Marley’s legacy.