with special guest "Wailers Historian" Roger Steffens

Venue:	The Independent
Location:	San Francisco, CA
Show Date:	Thursday, February 7
Show Time:	9:00PM
On Sale Date:	Friday, December 7
Ticket Price:	$30 *plus applicable service fees Tickets available at The Independent (628 Divisadero, SF) for no service charge.

Together with Bob Marley, the Wailers have sold in excess of 250 million albums worldwide. Like Marley, new singer Koolant spent his formative years in the Jamaican countryside. He was raised between Bath and Wilmington, some thirty miles outside Kingston. After singing in school he was inspired by Bushman, who lived nearby. Local fame beckoned but it's Koolant's dynamic performances with the Wailers that have reaped most acclaim to date. As enthusiastic audiences have already discovered, Koolant brings his own personal expression to Marley's songs, revitalizing them for young and old alike. Yet there's a great deal more to the Wailers than reliving the past.

Reggae historian Roger Steffens invites you to join him for an exhilarating journey into the musical history of the royal family of reggae, The Wailers. The evening will begin with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into Bob Marley & The Wailers? Survival Tour (1979-1980), which ended up being their second-to-last tour together. Steffens is the only historian to join Marley on the road, and he is now generously opening his vault to share exclusive tour photos and rehearsal footage. Steffens will share his experiences of being on the road in 1979 and give insights into Bob Marley's phenomenal hypnotic power which has endured for more than four decades. If you are a music lover, this is a unique opportunity to get a first hand glimpse into the inner workings of the life and personality of a legend.