Marley and Tosh Reunite To Burn Down Burbank
Bush Doctor: Peter Tosh at the Jamaica World Music Festival, 1982
Bob Marley and the Wailers: Paul’s Mall, Boston, 1973
Peter Tosh, Live at Convocation Hall, Toronto, ON 1979
Peter Tosh: Reggae Sunsplash III, July 2-5, Ranny Williams Entertainment Center, Kingston, Jamaica
Peter Tosh: The Bayou, Washington, DC, March 14, 1979
This interview by Colin Irwin appeared in the April 30, 1983 issue of Melody Maker:
Curtis wish he were as funky as Keith Hudson. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Mayfield man to the bone, but Hudson takes funky to the marrow. Wait, not “funky”…. Phonky! A man’s man with his swagger, and a ladies man with his looks, Hudson might fight you and record you on the same day. If he couldn’t beat you, ‘Stamma’ surely would. ‘Stamma’? As George Fully Fullwood once told me during an interview “Stamma was as his right hand all de time. Dem nuh cross Stamma.”
Hudson’s style? “Nuh skin up.”
No frontin.’
So natty he once “Broke The Comb…“
So sit back and have a listen to the phonkiest soul brotha, and oh what a mutha…hey watch yo mouth!
From the album ‘Playin’ It Cool’ (1981) I give you “Be What You Want To Be” w/ version and from the ‘Pick A Dub‘ album featuring the Barrett Brothers I give you “The Michael Talbot Affair.” Also check my review of Hudson’s ‘Rasta Communication’ which was re-released by Greensleeves last year.
And, seriously, where else on the web can you find vintage Melody Maker articles about the “Dark Prince Of Reggae“? Lucky for us it is a double-feature: Tosh and Hudson. Courtesy of MIDNIGHT RAVER’S own Peter van Arnhem.
This interview with Peter Tosh appeared in the June 13, 1981 issue of Melody Maker:
MIDNIGHT RAVER BLOG Co-Editor and world renown reggae broadcaster MIDNIGHT DREAD has allowed us to share a piece of reggae radio history tonight. On September 15, 1987, just 4 days after Peter Tosh was brutally slain in his home, Midnight Dread took to the airwaves on San Francisco’s KFOG and unleashed 60 minutes of pure, unadulterated truth and rights – word, sound, and power – a legendary broadcast to memorialize the Steppin’ Razor that sets a new standard for thoughtful, soulful, and righteous dialogue about reggae on the airwaves. JAH spoke through Dread for 60 minutes and the world was listening.
The show carries such a heavy vibe that it was never played again. UNTIL NOW!
MIDNIGHT DREAD has agreed to broadcast 11 minutes from this legendary broadcast on the MIDNIGHT RAVER BLOG just for our readers and fans. Know how special this is. Included in the segment is audio from MIDNIGHT DREAD’S interview with Peter Tosh in 1983 – the very same interview featured throughout the Steppin’ Razor Red X documentary.
Give thanks for the unveiling of this audio nearly 30 years after the original broadcast.
Please support MIDNIGHT DREAD’S archiving efforts and web site at www.midnightdread.com. The Sept. 15th 1987 “Peter Tosh Memorial Program” in it’s entirety is available for purchase on the site. There are also a ton of reggae rarities available through his Exclusives Online Store: http://www.midnightdread.com/online.html.
Below is the original poster from the U.S premiere run for STEPPIN’ RAZOR RED X at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco’s Mission District.
Also, here is a rare interview with Tosh from Record Mirror magazine, April 30, 1983.
