Toots and the Maytals’ Toots Hibbert Dead at 77

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Toots and the Maytals’ Toots Hibbert Dead at 77 Sept 13, 2020 15:21:21 GMT

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Toots and the Maytals’ Toots Hibbert Dead at 77
The beloved singer, who led the reggae group to global renown, was hospitalized in Jamaica last month
pitchfork.com/news/toots-and-the-maytals-toots-hibbert-dead-at-77/

The Maytals released their third album, Funky Kingston, in 1972 on the Island imprint Dragon Records, which helped the record cross over to the United Kingdom. In 1975, another version of Funky Kingston was released in the United States that featured songs from In the Dark and only three of the album’s original tracks. The American version helped cement the band’s stateside popularity, and they toured with the Who, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles around its release.

Randy Meisner / Jackson Browne / Linda Ronstadt / Toots & The Maytals
Sep 25, 1975 Phoenix Municipal Stadium Phoenix, AZ

In 1975, Ronstadt performed shows with Jackson Browne, the Eagles, and Toots and the Maytals.
www.concertarchives.org/concerts/randy-meisner-jackson-browne-linda-ronstadt-toots-the-maytals

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Toots and the Maytals’ Toots Hibbert Dead at 77 Sept 13, 2020 17:09:51 GMT

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Nice segment on Toots. I know that Linda had counted him among her favorites back in the day. At first I heard reports he died from complications caused by Covid19 but then the narrative was the cause of death was undisclosed. Either way RIP.

Reggae Legend Toots Hibbert Dies At 77
www.npr.org/2020/09/13/912424778/reggae-legend-toots-hibbert-dies-at-77
September 13, 20207:53 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
ANDREW LIMBONG

3-Minute Listen ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesun/2020/09/20200913_wesun_hibbert_toots.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1062&d=217&p=10&story=912424778&dl=1&siteplayer=true&size=3471525&dl=1

Toots Hibbert, the co-founder and lead singer of Toots and the Maytals, was one of the most distinctive and important voices of reggae and one of its founding fathers.

OBITUARIES
Toots Hibbert, Reggae Ambassador And Leader Of Toots And The Maytals, Dies At 77
www.npr.org/2020/09/12/912245520/toots-hibbert-reggae-ambassador-and-leader-of-toots-and-the-maytals-dies-at-77
September 12, 202010:36 AM ET
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Toots and the Maytals’ Toots Hibbert Dead at 77 Sept 16, 2020 2:13:02 GMT

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Toots Hibbert & The Birth of Reggae (History Documentary) | Real Stories

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This is the never-before-told story of one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica, Toots Hibbert. It features intimate new performances and interviews with Toots, rare archive from throughout his career, and interviews with contemporaries and well-known admirers including Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Cliff, Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Marcia Griffiths and Paolo Nutini.

From his beginnings as a singer in a Jamaican church to the universally praised, Grammy award winning artist of today, this film tells the story of one of the true greats of music. With his group, The Maytals, Toots launched a unique, joyous sound whose appeal is universal and timeless, spanning generations and continents. Toots named the reggae genre – his 1968 song ‘Do The Reggay’ was the very first to use the word – and his music has across six decades defined, popularised and refined that genre, combining in his own inimitable style gospel, ska, soul, rock and American R’n’B. Island records founder Chris Blackwell states: “The Maytals were unlike anything else at the time. They were sensational, raw and dynamic”.

After years of success in his own country re-releasing Jamaican hits such as Pressure Drop, Sweet and Dandy, Do The Reggae, Monkey Man and Barn Barn, Toots and the Maytals released Funky Kingston, True Love Is Hard To Find and Reggae Got Soul to the world. Toots’ influence can be heard throughout the history of how ska became rock-steady and rocksteady became reggae.

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