Toots Hibbert 1942 – 2020

Ah that's sad. The great Toots of Toots of the Maytals died yesterday, aged 77.

Reggae could tend to be on the heavy side sometimes, with all the Rasta Back-to-Africa Slavery-Days stuff, but Toots was always happy.

Pressure Drop, obviously:

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Even when he was jailed – for marijuana possession, a charge he always denied – he could come with up with the joyful sound of 54-46 Was My Number.

Or Monkey Man – for producer Leslie (King) Kong.

Guardian obit. 

Rolling Stone.

Wikipedia.