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Toots and The Maytals
Sometimes It's Rough
Album: MUSICBLITZ Exclusive
Genres: Reggae
Rastafarian inspiration for the modern day from the 'Pressure Drop' originals. |
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Frederick "Toots" Hibbert's career reads like a history of Jamaican music.From ska to rocksteady, from roots reggae to more modern, digital productions, Hibbert has weathered every trend, without ever losing sight (or sound) of his roots in R&B and gospel. The singer formed The Maytals in the early 1960s with friends Raleigh Gordon and Nathaniel Mathias, and the group was produced by heavy hitters like Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster. But the band's promising career was derailed when Hibbert was arrested in 1966 for smoking marijuana and served a year-and-a-half in prison. On his release The Maytals reformed and teamed with producer Leslie Kong to offer a string of hits like "Monkey Man" and the well-known "Pressure Drop," which got worldwide exposure on the soundtrack of The Harder They Come.
The red-hot group signed to Island Records and continued working with Kong until his death; Hibbert then assumed top billing, and the original Maytals disbanded in 1981. However, new members have since been added to compliment Hibbert's powerfully soulful vocals, and the group has continued to be a popular concert attraction, touring regularly to bring The Maytals' nearly 40-year musical legacy to old and new fans alike.
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Dan LeRoy |
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Dan LeRoy is the music and entertainment writer for the Charleston Daily Mail. He serves as an associate editor for Grafitti, a statewide entertainment newspaper, and has also written for several music-related publications including Launch.com, Boston Rock, and Lexicon.
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I thinkToots and the Maytals are reggae icons and should be recongized as higly as Bob Marley ,But Toots is a man just as simply as that.I think this site diserve a 5Star and Toots is a true liberator for me. I especially like his song Bam Bam. Natoya
Natoya Ellis
Ska and reggae are here to stay and Toots knows it. His legendary rocksteady beat lifts the spirits of any rudie out there!
Gorgeous
pretty good!
Svente
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