Despite not being present to celebrate their Grammy wins, musicians and producers who worked on the albums for Stephen and Ziggy Marley enjoyed the thanksgiving party that was held at Tuff Gong International Limited, Marcus Garvey Drive, on Friday evening.

The party took place in the newly added herbal garden. There, the guests partook in ital dishes, juices and liquor that were available. There were also some older musicians, who sat around a table chatting, smoking and drinking, while telling tales of how they got started in music.

Some of the persons present were Ronai Gordon, Denver Smith, Bongo Herman and Sticky Thompson, who worked on Stephen's Mind Control and Ziggy's Family Time albums.

Thompson was quite happy to be at the event and to have contributed to Mind Control.

"Mi feel good bout everything. Mi glad fi know seh mi work wid the father and come work wid the sons," said Thompson, who is a percussionist.

He said he worked with Bob Marley on and off from about the 1960s. He paused for a while, working and touring with Jimmy Cliff in the 1970s before returning to work with Bob Marley in the 1980s and later his children.

Throughout the small intimate party, the selectors played songs from Bob Marley's large catalogue including Three Little Birds and Get Up Stand Up. There were also songs from his sons.

The Tamlins were also present and got the opportunity to view the recently opened art gallery, which had paintings of Bob and Rita Marley, as well as depictions of Rastafari. Red Stripe Project Artist graduates like David Bruff, Tomoy Gayle and Rueben Johnson also gave short performances.