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 - 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 !
127 - kindo
peter tosh the man is the greve in peace of love with future carrier
128 - 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"
129 - 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..
130 - Vuyokazi
Peter Tosh's song titled "Fools die (for want of wisdom) is the best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
131 - richard (The Bush Dr.)
Peter Tosh music helps me to live my life
132 - 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]
133 - kike was irie
need more peter,s tosh bottlegs ---what,s happen to discographs dont do nothing ??
134 - 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
135 - 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?
136 - kikewas
coming in hot
137 - mamadou
Roulez pour moi une spliff de la taille d'une banane que je puisse croiser sprituelement peter tosh encore une fois
138 - 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...
139 - 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
140 - 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.
141 - 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
142 - dak
rasta live !
jah live!
so we live!
rastafari!!dak
143 - 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
144 - EmitFlesti
"I find it interesting that the exhortations left on this post are all of a positive naure. Yah mon!"
Yeah, because he comes across as a BS-ing con-man, who thinks he's God and the greatest musician ever. Methink's I detect a bit of jealously over the fact that his erstwhile bandmate and friend became a much greater and influenetial and lasting musician than he did! All he can say of Marley is "Bob Marley dead, mon"?
And then he complains about his US audience being mostly white, yet constantly talks of his need to make money, sell records...so, would he prefer whites not to buy them? Are only blacks supposed to buy his records? Will he return the money from white buyers?
tosh was talented, made a couple great songs (Legalize It, Pick Myself Up), but the bottom line is he can't hold a canlde to Marley..that is his regret and his tragedy. RIP
145 - Eric Olsen
excellent points - he was a man of contradictions. No question he was resentful, perhaps jealous of Marley. It's too bad because he's one of the small handful of reggae greats
146 - Neville Bardoli aka 'Steppin Razor'
Peter Tosh was and remains a legend in the genre of reggae music
147 - Neville Bardoli aka ' Steppin Razor '
" Despite his well deserved fame Peter Tosh accepted my friendship in the early eighties in New York city because and i quote; " you is a very intriguing man, yes, seen " and i too found his brand of music very electrifying and he struck me as being extremely eloquent with a strong Jamaican accent, always the consumate ladies man was peter, but above all he was loyal to those he trusted, and i really miss his presence, RIP my dear friend and confidant." Sincerely, Neville Bardoli ( aka ' Steppin Razor ' )
148 - Neville Bardoli aka 'Steppin Razor'
Neville Bardoli aka ' Steppin Razor ' said 1 month ago
" In Memory of my dear friend and confidant Peter Tosh, RIP, so deeply missed your friend in life." Courtesy of Neville Bardoli EMI Records Inc (c) 2010
149 - Neville Bardoli aka 'Steppin Razor'
Neville Bardoli aka 'Steppin Razor' January 10, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Peter Tosh was born on 19 Oct 1944 in Westmoreland, Jamaica. His birth name was Winston Hubert Tosh. His is also called Stepping Razor. Peter Tosh died on 11 Sep 1987.
Peter Tosh, was a reggae musician .He began to sing and learn guitar at a young age inspired by the American stations. After an illustrious career with The Wailers and as a solo musician, he was assassinated at his home during a robbery. In living memory of my dear friend and confidant The Legend that is Mr Peter Tosh a man i am extremely proud to call my friend, in ernest Neville Bardoli aka ‘Steppin Razor’ (c) ‘A Rastaman Prod Inc’ 2011.
Peter Tosh released the following albums inluding Black Dignity: Early Works of the Stepping Razor (2009), Playlist: The Very Best of Peter Tosh (2009), Best of Peter Tosh (2008), Live & Dangerous Boston 1976 (2008), Talking Revolution (2005), Can’t Blame the Youth (2004), 20th Century Masters â€" The Millennium Collection: The Best of Peter Tosh (2004), Best of Peter Tosh 1978-1987 (2003), The Essential Peter Tosh: The Columbia Years (2003), Mama Africa (2002), Wanted Dread & Alive (2002), No Nuclear War (2002), Mystic Man (2002), Complete Captured Live (2002), Bush Doctor (2002), Arise Black Man (2001), I Am That I Am (2001), Super Hits (2001), Honorary Citizen (2000), Peter Tosh Live at the Jamaican Music Fest 1982 (2000), Scrolls of the Prophet: The Best of Peter Tosh (1999), Equal Rights (1999), Legalize It (1999), The Best of Peter Tosh: Dread Don’t Die (1996), The Gold Collection (1996), Captured Live (1990) and The Toughest (1990).
150 - Neville Bardoli aka 'Steppin Razor'
To me personally my dear friend and confidant the late great legendary Mr Peter Tosh was extremely well educated, and spoke in such a fatidic manner which seem to flow naturally, to me he was more than a friend, we were like brothers from different mothers if you will, and yet privately he was a very compassionate person, occasionally shy which ironically was quite the antithesis to his extravagant outgoing onstage presence which i’d witnessed on many occasions, i so miss his presence, Lord have Mercy, In ernest Neville Bardoli aka ‘Steppin Razor (c) ‘A Rastaman Prod Inc’ 2011
151 - Nevillebardoliwalla
Bob Marley was a hero figure, in the classic mythological sense. His departure from this planet came at a point when his vision of One World, One Love ?" inspired by his belief in Rastafari ?" was beginning to be heard and felt. The last Bob Marley and the Wailers tour in 1980 attracted the largest audiences at that time for any musical act in Europe.
Bob’s story is that of an archetype, which is why it continues to have such a powerful and ever-growing resonance: it embodies political repression, metaphysical and artistic insights, gangland warfare and various periods of mystical wilderness. And his audience continues to widen: to westerners Bob’s apocalyptic truths prove inspirational and life-changing; in the Third World his impact goes much further. Not just among Jamaicans, but also the Hopi Indians of New Mexico and the Maoris of New Zealand, in Indonesia and India, and especially in those parts of West Africa from wihch slaves were plucked and taken to the New World, Bob is seen as a redeemer figure returning to lead this.
( Courtesy of Tuff Gong Universal (c) in Assocaition with Neville Bardoli aka ‘Steppin Razor’ (c) ‘A Rastaman Prod Inc’ 2011 )
152 - Nevillebardoliwalla
Bob Marley at The One Love Peace Conference said the following as he called the two politicians onstage, and while he held their hands above his head and said while improvising on "Jammin'":
“ Just let me tell you something (yeah), to make e...verything come true, we gotta be together. (Yeah, yeah, yeah) and through the spirit of the Most High, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, we're inviting a few leading people of the slaves to shake hands. . . To show the people that you love them right, to show the people that you gonna unite, show the people that you're over bright, show the people that everything is all right. Watch, watch, watch, what you're doing, because I wanna send a message right out there. I mean, I'm not so good at talking but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Well, I'm trying to say, could we have, could we have, up here onstage here the presence of Mr. Michael Manley and Mr. Edward Seaga. I just want to shake hands and show the people that we're gonna make it right, we're gonna unite, we're gonna make it right, we've got to unite . The moon is right over my head, and I give my love instead. The moon was right above my head, and I give my love instead.
( Courtesy of Neville Bardoli aka 'Steppin Razor (c) 'A Rastaman Prod Inc ' 2011 )See more
153 - YASUS AFARI
'Overstanding RASTAFARI - Jamaica's Gift to the World'
154 - Nii
Oh Jah Rastaria, Peter tosh is the greatest reggae artist with great sense ever. Bob Marley was good but Peter is the main man of Reggae Music which heals. RIP peter and bob