The Wailers’ Julian Junior Marvin at The Paramount

The Wailers’ Julian Junior Marvin at The Paramount

Born in Jamaica, Julian Junior Marvin moved to London as a child, where his love of both acting and music was well nurtured by his family and the UK theater community. He appeared in The Beatles’ film “Help” which was followed by a number of other successful appearances on British Television. Junior was also a member of the London cast of the musical “Hair” and can be heard on the Original London Cast Recording.

After playing in various London-based bands, including Blue Ace Unit, Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers, White Rabbit and Salt & Pepper, Junior continued his musical apprenticeship in America, playing with the likes of Blues and R&B legends T-Bone Walker, Billy Preston and Ike & Tina Turner. He quickly earned a reputation as an innovative and expressive blues/rock guitarist.

Junior was later invited to join the Keef Hartley Band, who were pioneers of the burgeoning British blues/rock scene. Junior made a significant contribution as a writer, singer and lead guitarist to their acclaimed “Seventy Second Brave” album and also appeared on the follow-up release, “Lancashire Hustler.”

Junior then formed his own rock band, Hanson, which was quickly signed to Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Manticore label by Mario ‘The Big M’ Medious (the label manager). Their debut album “Now Hear This,” featured Junior Marvin (Lead Guitar & Lead Vocals), Jean Roussell (Keyboards), Conrad Isidore (Drums) and Clive Chaman (Bass). This was followed by the album “Magic Dragon” on which Junior was joined by Glen LeFleur (Drums), Neil Murray (Bass) and Brother James (Percussion).

Junior had also become a much-in-demand session guitarist, particularly for recording artists on the Island label, contributing to albums by Reebop Kwaku Baah, Toots & The Maytals, Stomu Yamashta, Sandy Denny, Remi Kabaka, Eddie Quansah, Rico Rodriguez and Steve Winwood.

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