Ras Alan & The Lions' drums and percussion section at AVL Sounds Fest 2026 on the French Broad Stage, Asheville, NC
Ras Alan sings another Appalachian Reggae story
Original Lion (1992) Frank Southecorvo on the sax!
Ras Alan's 2025 album MOUNTAINTOP on Red Pepper Records
Great players... Great music! Dennis Berndt, Frank Southecorvo, RA, Michael Rhodes and Nethali Percival
Ras Alan on the Mountaintop
RA & The Lions performing and recording the Mountaintop album live at the Down Home, Johnson City, TN
Brother Bob, New Taters, RA, Jahremy and Firehouse
RA at Lyrics on the Lawn, Greeneville, TN
RA sits on the porch and picks one of the guitars he built
RA at the Big Guitar, WOPI AM, Bristol, TN, during Country Music Television interview
RA on Bob Marley Day!
RA and Dub Kartel at Echo Mountain, Asheville, NC
RA on the Appalachian Travels radio program with JP Parsons live from the Birthplace Of Country Music Museum, Bristol TN/VA WBCM. (Photo by Foster Galleries)
RA leads The Lions in Greeneville, TN (photo by Foster Galleries)
RA rockin' the barn!
Barn Dance
RA @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots
RA, Billy O and Brother Bob... Drums and Bass!
Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingston) and Ras Alan backstage
Pickin' with Doc Watson at Denver's shop outside Boone, NC
RA & The Lions live!
Vibes! With Ras Dave and Cris Coleman
Echo Sessions
Lyrics On The Lawn, Greeneville TN
Echo Sessions, Asheville, NC
Rockin' de riddim!
Ras Alan and WNC's reggae family
Beauty and Love on a lovely afternoon...
Asheville loves live music! (Photo: Jonathan Welch)
RA&L with guest Ras Nethali bringin the vibes to Asheville!
Billy Owens on the reggabilly One Drop, Bele Chere
Ras Alan, Billy Owens and Brother Bob bring Appalachian Reggae to the "Paris of the South"!
Organic!
Ras Alan performing live in Green Island, Jamaica
Family Camp on the beach in South Carolina
Heading to the beach with the youth!
Ras Alan performs in his "Appalachia to Zimbabwe" program
Ras Alan, Billy Owens and Robert "Brother Bob" Franklin perform at the Blue Plum Festival in Johnson City, TN, 2011
YES!
Don Eanes, Billy Owens, Ras Alan & Brother Bob @ Bristol (TN/VA) Rhythm & Roots
Don and his classic rig- Original sounds!
RA tells another Appalachian story...with drums and bass!
Right from the garden...
Cannin pots
Organic salsa...from fifty feet away!
Ras Alan, Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Mike Guggino (Steep Canyon Rangers) perform "Appalachian Man" at the Bristol Rhythm and Roots midnight SuperJam in the Paramount Theatre, Bristol
Ras Alan, Mike Guggino (Steep Canyon Rangers), James Nash (The Waybacks) and Al Caldwell (Travelin' Black Hillbillies) crank up RA's "Days Gone By" at the Paramount
Ras Alan and Mike Guggino incite James Nash's inner reggabilly!
Ras Alan & The Lions close out the Flatrock Music Festival!
Young reggabilly dancers makin some dust...
Carl's interpretive dance to Ras Alan's lyrics..
RAS ALAN Appalachian Reggae Musician
Ras Alan, Skye, Dennis, rockin at CHNY2K7 in Green Island, Jamaica
Ras Alan, Dennis, Skye and Zan on Nethali's porch at Elvis and Laura's on Love Lane, Negril, Jamaica
Tona of Chaos Sound System works with Zan @ CHNY 2K7 in Green Island, Jamaica
Load-in for the show, Jamaica style, Half Moon Beach, Green Island, Jamaica
Bluegrass in Jamaica?!
Appalachia or Jamaica?
Rain comin...
Tia with a necklace made by 13 year old fan David from Tennessee
Bluefields, Jah-Mek-Ya
Session on Nethali's porch, Negril, Jamaica 2-15-07
Jim, Deb, Carly and Steve @ Selina's sunday Web Cast
RA gets his "tone"
Larry Keel and Ras Alan bring the Blue Ridge Mountains to Jamaica
View from de yard
Live session @ Selina's 2-18-07
LOVE INNA YARD- Rough House, Negril, JA 2-19-07
Larry Keel, Ras Alan and Jenny Keel live at Negril Escape, West End Road, Negril 2-20-07
Ras Alan rehearses in the studio
RA&L rehearsing for the 2007 Highlands to the Islands Tour
The Lions stop for half a minute for another live session on Studio One, WETS, Johnson City, TN 1-20-07
Martin Andersen, The Lions and Dennis Jones in Studio B 2-2-07
Ras A live in "World Famous Studio B", WNCW.org, Spindale, NC 2-2-07
Dennis Jones mixin The Lions live in Studio B 2-2-07
The 2007 Tour comes to the AcousticSeen @ the Coffee Underground, Greenville, SC 2-2-07
Appalachian reggae tour style!
The Lions land in Asheville, NC @ the Emerald Lounge 2-3-07
Ras Alan and The Lions live in Boone, NC 10-13-06
In the sweet spot!
The FOLKLIFE album, recorded live at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC (photo by Nesta Childres)
Ras Alan's crew at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Ras Alan and his One Heartbeat program for children
A girl speaks with a donno drum
Recording students recording live
A young drummer feels the One Heartbeat
Tia with The Lions in Boone, NC, 10-13-06
RAS ALAN Rasta music in Appalachia!
Ras Alan performs for 1200 students at Rusea High School, Lucea, Hanover, Jamaica, 2006
Blue Hole beside the road to Negril, JAH-MEK-YA
Ras Alan live at The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
I-ric, Brother Bob, Ras Alan, Dubbie Gray, Sir Mike- The LIONS 1990's
Ras Alan, Jay Sanders & Jeremy Saunders @ Smilefest 10
Ras Alan and Michael Ogren jam reggabilly, Boone, NC
Ras Alan pickin with family
Lions on the porch, Zionville, NC
Ras Alan and Chuck Sammons groovin' at Red Pepper Records' "Bob Marley Videofest", featuring Reggae Historian Roger Steffens, in Boone, NC
Ras Alan's CD LETTER FROM APPALACHIA
RA & The Lions STONE TOUR Live CD
RA & The Lions' first Appalachian reggae CD NATIVE
Ras Alan and Wildman Steve- On the air in Alabama!
George, Ryan and Tiller film the CMT video, Sept 2005
Tiller, Ryan, George, Ras Alan & Amy Cron film the CMT "Guitars" segment
Ras Alan, Don Eanes, Jay Sanders & Brandon Renfro @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots 2005
Brandon pops a reggabilly One Drop
Brandon & Jay transmute the Appalachian Reggae energy
Don channels a dreadlock Floyd Cramer
Ras Alan sings about Life in the Southern Appalachians
Don Eanes, Brandon Renfro, Ras Alan and Jay Sanders in the Tree Studios' sessions in Atlanta, Georgia
Brandon fine tunes the drums for the recording
Don itches to get on Tree Studios' SSL console
Ras Alan and his ONE HEARTBEAT students make positive noise at A R Lewis Elementary in Pickens SC.
Mus' be in tune...
Ras Nethali and Dennis Berndt join Ras Alan at the 2006 Bele Chere Festival in Asheville, NC.
Lions spread positive vibes thru Appalachia at the One World Innernational Music Celebration at Deerfields in western NC.
One World Love Cata-pilla!