Toots, of the Maytalls fame, died last night.
I saw him with the Maytalls in Leeds a couple of years ago, he walked off stage because the sound was so dreadful and only came back when the crew had sorted it out. Turned into a great gig.
RIP Fredrick Nathaniel Hibbert.
Toots Hibbert
8 December 1942 - 11 September 2020
R.I.P.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54129388 (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54129388)
Obituary:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54129368 (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54129368)
That's sad news. I saw Toots and the Maytals in 1975 when they opened for The Who, which was an odd combination of music styles for a concert. I didn't know who they were at the time but I remember they were quite good. They were the first and only reggae band I ever saw live.
RIP Toots. Got introduced to a lot of reggae during the punk era and Toots and the Maytalls was a band I enjoyed a lot.
RIP, Toots Hibbert. I was introduced to Toots and the Maytals via the Clash when they covered this song around 1980 or so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw66FA6OTqA