[Dr G]

https://apple.news/A30g1kEpYQWe1-fv9FkOvvw

 

[10mfan]

Legend!!!!

Love his band and his music.
Horrible news.

I’m going to put on his music now. Thank you for the heads up, Doc.

 

[B Flat]

Man this is tragic.
He was an absolute legend.
We had tickets to see Toots and the Maytals here in Melbourne this past January.
but they cancelled the concert due to poor air quality.
This was at the time of the massive bush fires here in Victoria.
Spent my teens dancing along to Toots and Jimmy Cliff etc.
This really is sad news.

 

[Dr G]

Toots dropped a new album, "Got to be Tough", just a couple days before he went into the hospital. <sigh>

Please enjoy some Toots.

 

[ZootTheSim]

Sad. My guitarist dropped by to listen to Toots over a distanced backyard beer. We used to play Pressure Drop in our ska band, when we could play together.

 

[B Flat]

I remember commenting to a friend of mine who was going to go to the same concert in January, that Toots looked and sounded just the same as he did back in the early 80’s.
Kind of like the Rolling Stones of Ska.

 

[tomonsax]

great stuff- RIP

 

[ZenBen]

Sad news. Such a legend.

 

[DarrellMass]

Geez, I didn't realize they went back, so far. A classic voice, to be sure. RIP

 

[BrianMitchellBrody]

I was sad to hear the news that Toots had passed on. One of the best reggae performers I have seen this side of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh all of whom I saw in the late 70's.

 

[nvilletele]

I spent all day yesterday listening to his music. Saw him in concert a number of times. Once even was involved in preparing his post-concert (vegetarian) meal for a show out on Long Island (NY) sometime around 1978. Great show, small venue. His shows were always great.