Overview
- Author:Totlyn Oliver
- Reviewed by:Ceil Tulloch’s
Like many Jamaicans, what I know about Peter Tosh has been learnt in bits and pieces over the years by listening to his music and via old interviews he gave to both local and international media. The overriding image presented as always been of a musical giant who challenged the system and took no nonsense from both the powers that be and the executives who controlled the music industry.
‘Remembering Peter Tosh’ therefore is a welcomed introduction to a man long misunderstood as being sour, serious and a rebel without a cause. Ceil Tulloch’s compilation is one of anecdotes and stories about Tosh told by the very people who worked, interacted with and grew to know him on a personal level. ‘Remembering Peter Tosh’ is a blessing for a generation that has been robbed of the opportunity to see Tosh live in concert and be exposed to an icon who was the consummate wordsmith, taking every day words and phrases and adding significance that was both witty and poignant.
With remembrances from Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Herbie Miller, Dennis Thompson, Dr. Omar Davis, Roger Steffens, Dermot Hussey and several others, we gain insight into a complex individual who had an awesome sense of humour and who was widely read.
Peter not only valued cannabis for its spiritual and medicinal purposes but its culinary enhancement to his dishes. A gifted musician who played other instruments like the harp and piano apart from his trusty guitar, he also had a generous and playful spirit with an abiding love for animals and humanity.
A conscious and inspired songwriter with an outspoken disdain for the oppressors of the poor and disenfranchised, his message at times got lost as some, turned off by the expletives and the cannabis smoke,could not see past their own prejudices to listen to the words that inspired people all over the world to seize their destinies with both hands.
Compelling and thought provoking, Remembering Peter Tosh is a dynamic portrait capturing the life of a man gone too soon. A bonafide page turner, each remembrance holds delightful idiosyncrasies about the ‘Steppin Razor’ whose performances and words impacted the lives of those who came in contact with him.
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Overview
Like many Jamaicans, what I know about Peter Tosh has been learnt in bits and pieces over the years by listening to his music and via old interviews he gave to both local and international media. The overriding image presented as always been of a musical giant who challenged the system and took no nonsense from both the powers that be and the executives who controlled the music industry.
‘Remembering Peter Tosh’ therefore is a welcomed introduction to a man long misunderstood as being sour, serious and a rebel without a cause. Ceil Tulloch’s compilation is one of anecdotes and stories about Tosh told by the very people who worked, interacted with and grew to know him on a personal level. ‘Remembering Peter Tosh’ is a blessing for a generation that has been robbed of the opportunity to see Tosh live in concert and be exposed to an icon who was the consummate wordsmith, taking every day words and phrases and adding significance that was both witty and poignant.
With remembrances from Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Herbie Miller, Dennis Thompson, Dr. Omar Davis, Roger Steffens, Dermot Hussey and several others, we gain insight into a complex individual who had an awesome sense of humour and who was widely read.
Peter not only valued cannabis for its spiritual and medicinal purposes but its culinary enhancement to his dishes. A gifted musician who played other instruments like the harp and piano apart from his trusty guitar, he also had a generous and playful spirit with an abiding love for animals and humanity.
A conscious and inspired songwriter with an outspoken disdain for the oppressors of the poor and disenfranchised, his message at times got lost as some, turned off by the expletives and the cannabis smoke,could not see past their own prejudices to listen to the words that inspired people all over the world to seize their destinies with both hands.
Compelling and thought provoking, Remembering Peter Tosh is a dynamic portrait capturing the life of a man gone too soon. A bonafide page turner, each remembrance holds delightful idiosyncrasies about the ‘Steppin Razor’ whose performances and words impacted the lives of those who came in contact with him.
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