My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James remixes Bob Marley (MMJ playing XPoNential Music Festival/AmericanaRama Festival of Music in July)

Jim James frontman for My Morning Jacket has remixed a Bob Marley song for Legend Remixed, out on June 25. Legend Remixed is exactly what the title suggests; a remix/reimagination of Marley’s iconic 1984 greatest hits collection Legend. All of Legend’s 16 songs have been remixed by various DJ’s and producers including Stephen Marley, Pretty Lights, Thievery Corporation, Z-Trip with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Roni Size, along with a new rendition and remix of the Bob Marley’s classic “Redemption Song'” by Ziggy Marley. Jim James told the Wall Street Journal:

“I wanted to give the listener a sense of the same awe I felt when I first pulled up the multi-track masters and soloed out the vocals only. It was so unbelievable for me to finally be able to hear the voice I had loved for so long all by itself. So I built the opening around the vocal with minimal bass synth and percussion as well as adding some harmonies in myself.”

Go here to read more about James’ work on the album. My Morning Jacket appears at the AmericanaRama Festival of Music on July 28 with Bob Dylan, Wilco and Ryan Bingham, as part of the XPoNential Music Fetival. Below, listen to James’ remix of “Waiting In Vain.”