Sunday night,Burning Spear, the recently reunited Wailing Souls and Sly and Robbie, showed Hollywood showed the range of emotions and sounds that drew rock fans to roots reggae in the '70s and '80s.

I started listening to reggae music on my local college radio station when I was in high school without really knowing what it was. For me, it was exotic, a place I wanted to find out about, welcoming ...