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LONG BEACH, CA- Music festivals tend to run a tight ship. If a band thinks it’ll be able to play over their allotted time, the guy sitting behind the soundboard will pull the plug, even if the band is in the middle of a big hit. Five minutes after his set was time was supposed to start, I assumed that Barrington Levy’s 30 minutes set time would be cut short. Here’s the thing though … you don’t cut the sound of one of the original dancehall masters … especially when the crowd is on his side.

Five minutes turned to 10 minutes. 10 minutes turned to 15 minutes.  Just as thoughts of Barrington bowing out last minute entered my mind, the music started and the legend took the stage.

Barrington offered his apologies early stating, “I don’t like to be rushed, especially for my people.” He went on say that he was under the weather, but you could have fooled me. Barrington gave a lively and spirited performance that showed no signs of fatigue whatsoever, and he delighted the crowd with some of his biggest hits like “Under Me Sensi” and “Murderer”. His vocal prowess was on point and his spit out, in a rapid fire succession, lyrics that most humans couldn’t articulate even with hours of practice.

As the end of his allotted time ticked away, his band continued to play as his riffed on a call and response scat that went, “Can I go home now, Noooo, they want more!” As the rabid crowd yelled out at the top of its lungs to keep the music going, Barrington Levy did that just and made up most of the time he had initially given up at the outset.

His set was THE ONLY set that I experienced at the festival that started late and ran significantly over (which is a little odd considering all of the weed smoked that weekend). But when it’s a vertiable legend, and he’s got the entire crowd on his side, you simply let him do his thing. Everything worked out at the end.

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Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
Barrington Levy. One Love Cali Reggae Fast 2018 @ The Queen Mary 2/11/18. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.

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