Since the 1980s, Oregon has had a strong reggae presence, especially in Portland, its largest city. Fans in the Pacific Northwest state get a taste of Jamaican culture on August 4 with the Summer Love.
As the child of a Jamaican, Boney Derrington heard a lot of reggae growing up in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. He belted out the chorus to Madoo's 1979 hit song Jamming So as an exam.