Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00D3LRRNG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 193 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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. About the Author JOHN MASOURI, an experienced writer on music of black origin, has been a contributor to Echoes since 1990 as well as to several radio and TV programs about Jamaican music. He is the author of Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers and the co-author of The Guinness Book of Reggae and The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae. His work has appeared in Mojo, Music Week, the Guardian, and Britain's New Musical Express
. JOHN MASOURI, an experienced writer on music of black origin, has been a contributor to Echoes since 1990 as well as to several radio and TV programs about Jamaican music. His work has appeared in Mojo, Music Week, the Guardian, and Britain's New Musical Express. He is the author of Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers
Goode’; Tosh’s infamous appearance at the 1978 One Love Peace Concert; and his now legendary adventures with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.One of reggae’s most extraordinary stories, the life of Peter Tosh came to an end when he was brutally murdered in 1987 amidst rumours involving the supernatural and Kingston’s criminal underworld. A fiery advocate of Rastafari and African nationalism as well as the legalisation of marijuana, his uncompromising political stance won him a reputation as Jamaica’s Malcolm X.Now revered second only to Bob Marley among reggae audiences worldwide, Tosh was awarded the Order of Merit, Jamaica’s third highest honour, as the nation celebrated 50 years of Independence.Based on hundreds of interviews with those who knew Peter Tosh best, including Bunny Wailer and close associates, here are the stories behind hits like ‘Legalise It’, ‘Equal Rights’, ‘Get Up Stand Up’ and ‘Johnny B. The very first biography of Peter Tosh, rude boy, founder member of The Wailers and a compelling recording artist in his own right.Tosh was Jamaica’s most controversial reggae star. This is his story.
Tosh meets up with Babylon and kristen227 This is an excellent and eye opening bio of the much maligned reggae singer/songwriter Peter Tosh. Masouri shows how the music industry, at every turn, works to stifle true artists in exchange for pushing bubble gum music and commercial pop-rock. In so many instances the book shows how unfairly Tosh's music was reviewed by the so-called critics in both the US and UK.I found the book very interesting in exposing the recording process that cover 7 albums in 10 years, and the incredible musical line-up that Toshgathered to complete his vision. The o. Biography and Data Dump Makes It Tough on Readers Amazon Customer John did step up to take on a tough, first-time biography of a hugely complicated person/subject. Peter was the sort of person who was larger than life, and so virtually everyone (except, perhaps, John himself) had or has a range of opinions on him. So this book is basically an amalgamation of stories, opinions, perceptions and details, some of which are presented without description (or sometimes misidentification) of where or from whom such information or data had come from, and much of which is conflicting. John leaves the reader to make up he. "Five Stars" according to Brian Pallas. If you like Peter Tosh, I think you'll like this book. I enjoyed it a lot.