The legendary Peter Tosh talks about his hopes and plans - and the problems coming from the shitstem
August, 1983: Peter Tosh was the most popular reggae singer in the world (Bob Marley was dead). His credentials were myriad and impeccable. He was a founding member of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer in 1964, in the Trenchtown slum of Kingston, Jamaica. He taught Bob Marley to play guitar. He left the Wailers in 1975 to pursue a successful solo career which was peaking with the Mama Africa Tour of 82-84, which played every continent of the world except Antarctica.…
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126 - NERO
Peter Tosh thought everybody owed him something. Always complaining about being "ripped-off". Maybe some of it had merit, but I doubt all of it.
127 - ManoBR
É um pena perdermos o Tosh tão cedo ... ele tinha uma visão superior, esta que nos permite afastar desse mundo falso e materialista. Ele continua brilhando num lugar melhor. Obrigado pela aula Mr Tosh.
Tosh rules !
128 - kindo
peter tosh the man is the greve in peace of love with future carrier
129 - fortune
I appreciate that even from time immemorial Saints were never loved by all.Its not surprising that you get people criticizing Tosh and giving their conclusive deductions and hypothesises of him being an egotist and all the obscenities etc.We shall all fight and quarrel if we want to be judgemental coz that is not our position.Lets applaud whats good and detaste the bad without being judgemental and spiteful,the man deserves props "give unto Ceasar wht belongs to Ceasar and to Tosh what belongs to Tosh"
130 - Billy Boy
I wish I could find a full biography in form of a book..there are many bob marley books...so why there are no peter tosh books???? I would be happy to find a real good book of course this will need a good author..
131 - Vuyokazi
Peter Tosh's song titled "Fools die (for want of wisdom) is the best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
132 - richard (The Bush Dr.)
Peter Tosh music helps me to live my life
133 - MOSES THONGOANA
PETER TOSH WAS A DEMI GOD,REGGAE KING,MY MAN AND THE ONE WHO TOUGHT MARLEY GUITER.I NEED TOSH'S ALBUMS,MON.PLEASE. [Personal contact info deleted]
134 - kike was irie
need more peter,s tosh bottlegs ---what,s happen to discographs dont do nothing ??
135 - Halwaytree
Yes I and I liveth and I give thanks to Eric for posting this fantastic interview.
First, Why do we never hear the name of this so called "associate," of Tosh that took a rap for him in exchange for support of his family. This is also briefly mentioned in the Stepping Razor, but also quickly dismissed as lies. It also seems highly unreasonable. The only name surrounding the murder I have ever seen is Leppo..let this unamed avenger step forward. I am very interested in the other two Unamed gunmen that gunned down Peter execution style.
But Babylon the joke is on you as Peter no Dead.
Second, Africa is the central part remaining of Pangea, the earths orginal land mass...sooo "No matter where you come from, you are an African"
Give thanks and praises to Both Bob And Peter they have both decorated the entire earth with beautifull spiritual music for the heart!!
Jah Rastafari Ever Liveth
136 - Halfwaytree
I have been thinking more about this. SO the story goes like this...."According to him, many years before his death, Peter Tosh had some sort of run in with the law. Sorry, I have no specifics concerning what for. The cops and authorities however were apparently coming down hard and looking to put PT away for a while. Because of this, an associate of PT's, who was apparently much less fortunate, offered to take the fall for whatever it was. In exchange, all he asked was that PT take care of his family while he was away and treat them as his own. The story goes that the man went to prison and emerged 15 years later only to find that..."
We are to believe that someone would go to jail for 15 years thus leaving his wife and children for a crime he did not commit in hope that his wife would be taken care by another man. And his children, who would be more than likely adults when he emerges, would be abandoned for their entire childhood. Wow, quite the guy, and what is this mans name, it should be easy to find if he did 15 years in jail.
Peter was a revolutionary and was cowardly executed...what else can you say about being shot face down in the back of the head?
137 - kikewas
coming in hot
138 - mamadou
Roulez pour moi une spliff de la taille d'une banane que je puisse croiser sprituelement peter tosh encore une fois
139 - Mystic Man
Peter's whole life reads like a conspiracy theory...he even predicted his own death just weeks before. A definitive biography has never been released although it was written but stopped at the last minute...why ? For Peter's memory the truth must be revealed by all of his fans - we gotta come togetha to right this wrong.
Jah ! Rastafari...
140 - rasta
JAH flows through all of us
rasta can save the world, true respect for nature
rasta no need THE MAN, only need MOTHER EARTH!
G.A.N.J.A
R.N.A.A.L
A.D.T.H.W
S.....U... A
S.....R.....Y
.......E.....S
141 - queensheba
what a mistic man.
if i had lived in his time, i would have travelled all the way to hear his words of wisdom and had a seed from him to keep the descendant alive. exactly like queen of sheba did to king solomon.
Great respect Peter Tosh.
142 - Steppin Razor
This thread is active for 6 years man!That bway william is now 20-21, seen?!Bombo claat..This is only to testify that Peter Tosh and Free I live for ever, and they are as solid as a rock still..Jah Bless and keep the fire burnin!Eric u are trully blessed to have been able to speak with the mystic man
143 - dak
rasta live !
jah live!
so we live!
rastafari!!dak
144 - faisal
though i was not born during the great era of tosh but i've used the internet to learn alot of things about this wonderful man.oh yes he was the man with the guitar the greatest ever reggae musician and also a great thinker.He was,he is and will forever remain the best.We LOVE U father PETER