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:

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.

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