RIP Toots Hibbert

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

 

 

 

 

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/toots-hibbert-of-reggae-group-toots-and-the-maytals-dead.html

[Chad Fuck 17697]

A true legend.  Got him to sign my ACLFest poster the year he played. 

[Chad Fuck 17697]

 

[4th&Five 41569]

Got to see them a couple years ago at MMJ’s festival in the DR. Sat on the beach with a piña colada in the afternoon nursing a hangover from the night before. Perfect. 
 

Covid takes another legend. RIP. 

[bmbmd 1027]

Smooth crossings.  The older I got, the fresher his music got.  

[Celery Man 20979]

Total legend, he's probably near the top of the list of people with high ratios of impact to recognition. Changed the shape of modern music, his influence is everywhere.

[Willfully Horn 8039]

Godspeed, Toots.

 The news made me think of Liberty Lunch.

http://www.michaelcorcoran.net/end-of-the-century-liberty-lunch-july-31-1999/

[staboner 4984]

tough morning waking up to read this. I had seen he was in the hospital (maybe with the VID) and was nervous. ah well.

true legend. saw him at LZR maybe a decade back. I was absolutely stunned at the power of his voice. he was holding the mic at his waist and just belting out some shit. man. 

top 5 musician for me. sad day

 

[bmbmd 1027]

As Jesse Rice points out

 

"Toots and the Maytals.  It's what the radio plays ya'll."

Edited September 13, 2020 by bmbmd

[4th&Five 41569]

Fox played some Toots going to commercial during saints game. Pretty cool to see on national tv.