Only yesterday I was discussing him with an older Jamaican lady from that generation. And two days prior to that, I watched “The Harder They Come” for the very first time ever. I recall when he passed in 2020. I remember being very surprised and sad, as it must have been earlier that same year that I’d read that he had a new album out. Sort of like Jeff Beck’s last tour, and then he was gone so soon after. And Tom Petty too. But Toots music and legacy definitely lives on forever more.
Toots earned his place as a legend the hard way - years of touring. I remember seeing him in a small club (maybe 300 capacity) in London, England in the mid 90s. And he put on the same amazing show he was putting on in arenas a decade later. Even here in Canada he was playing small venues like The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto all through the late 1980s.
Toots and the Maytals blew my mind back in the early 80s when i caught on to them,..Careless Ethiopians, Bam Bam, Monkee man....Wow..I HIGHLY recommend the albums Knockout (1981) In the Dark (1973), Funky Kingston (1971)... MAGNIFICENT 💥💫🔊🔊🔊
🌴🌞 🌍 † Rest in Paradise to.. all the wonderful Reggae Artist's and bless to all who are living.. yes i'm speaking to y'all! "One Love" 💚 ..Big Up RAS ..💥🎬 🙌🏿
There we go. Chris Blackwell has his finger prints all over the Maytals spilt. He split them from The Maytals to Toots and the Maytals, the same tactic he used to change the Wailers to Bob Marley and the Wailers! Take note
COSTER! YOU ARE RIGHT, AND I RAS CARDO CAN SHOW YOU HOW CHRIS BLACKWELL ROBBED THE GHETTO ARTISTS AND DESTROYED THEIR GROUPS INCLUDING BOB, BUNNY AND PETER TOSH. READ BUNNY WAILERS- TRILOGY= MURDER, ROBBERY, CONSPIRACY. I HAVE POSTED REGGAE COPYRIGHTS ONLINE SEE THAT AS PROOF TO WHAT I, RAS CARDO CAN SHOW THE WORLD. SO MANY TODAY ARE DECEIVED IN THINKING THAT REGGAE WAS CREATED AND OWNED BY -"THE WHITE MAN". THE DECEPTION IS DEEP.
The first reggae artist I heard was Toots when I was 13. My school bus driver played him and I was instantly blown away. After that I consumed all the reggae I could find like a hungry animal, which was sometimes difficult to find in rural America in the early '90's, before the internet as we know it now.
I can' thank you enough for creating these videos. The historical record of this incomparable music is to be treasured. God chose you to deliver it in this format. I'm so grateful for the time you put in to make this history available to the world. Bless!
Toots introduced me to Glenfiddich…in his ‘rider’, it was stipulated that a bottle had to b provided in his dressing room…this was in the 90s…sweetest person…growing up with his music n his wikked Festival Songs, it was a treat as an adult to work with him
Fantastic video and a tribute to a legend but i would like to share some corrections: Toots wrote 54-46 That's my number in 1968 after his arrest. 54-46 Was My Number is a similar but different song produced and released later with different people. Same with Bam Bam. 3 variations were released that year. Everyone knows the slow ska version these days but. It was the mento version released first. The one that starts out with Carl Brady on bongo. Also, while Byron Lee did back him, it was Ronnie Nasralla who was in the producers chair during those years before Leslie Kong. Random tidbits - even after being renamed "toots and the maytals" theyd still appear in ads as "the maytals" as late as 1975.
Toots and the Maytals played a concert in Lagos, Nigeria in 1977 I believe. They were 2 hours late due to the notorious traffic jam and one of the first major artists I saw play live in Lagos. (The other was Stevie Wonder at Festac '77, also known AKA the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture) They rushed through their sets and the music started to sound like the same song over and over. But they saved the last for Bam Bam. I mean, What a Bam Bam! It was an electric finale and I was one of those who was on stage dancing to it as the band played through.
Thanks so very much for sharing your wonderful videos with the world! Every one is certain to contain plenty of information that is new to me. I love how you thoroughly research and produce them with such high quality. I’m also thankful for the wide breadth of elements (e.g. performers, producers) that you cover. Best wishes for your continued success and thank you again for all your hard work and talent. 🇺🇸🏖🎧
I Love it. More than every second artist your channel features I have seen live in Hamburg or amsterdam. I am so happy that they tour so intense through Europe. Can you do a deep dive on tiken jah. That man is a real warrior!
