Our beloved Toots Hibbert is dead from Covid 19

[malaise]

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It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica...


Toots was 77

[Demovictory9]

1. I'm sorry for your loss

[malaise]

3. From the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/12/toots-hibbert-pioneering-reggae-star-dies-aged-77
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Frontman of Toots and the Maytals helped make reggae globally famous

Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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‘If you give positive words, that song lives forever’ … Toots Hibbert performing with Toots and the Maytals in New Orleans, 2018. Photograph: Erika Goldring/Getty Images
Toots Hibbert, whose glorious songcraft as frontman of Toots and the Maytals helped make reggae globally famous, has died aged 77.

A statement from his family on Saturday read: “It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

“The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask that you respect their privacy during their time of grief.”

With his full-throated, anthemically soulful vocals and multi-instrumentalist talent, Hibbert made songs like Pressure Drop, Monkey Man, and Funky Kingston into all-time reggae classics, and even brought the very term “reggae” to wider attention with the Maytals’ 1968 song Do the Reggay.

[Generic Other]

25. I loved his music

He provided so many hours of enjoyment during sad times!

I will mourn his passing.

[MustLoveBeagles]

67. RIP

[Demsrule86]

2. I am so sorry.

[malaise]

7. We sing 4545 these days (for the Con's prison number)

Toots and Wiillie

Toots and Bonnie Raitt

[Ligyron]

64. Was that a big pile of weed in the back of the jeep?

The one in the “Worried Man” video of Toots and Willie Nelson jamming?

Had to be, makes perfect sense.

Athemetically soulful voice he certainly had.

[malaise]

72. Ha

Listening to a great tribute here
https://www.iriefm.net/

[MoonRiver]

4. So sorry for your loss

[mrs_p]

5. No. So sad.

[enough]

6. Many times his music has given me energy and spirit when I couldn't find it anywhere else. NT

[Cal Carpenter]

24. I feel the same way

[spanone]

8. ⭐️K&R⭐️

[malaise]

11. I was surprised that he survived this racist attack

https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/reggae-singer-toots-hibbert-files-21-million-suit-in-bottle-throwing-incident/article_a3829c9d-0ace-5a09-99e6-9c3d92fdd1c5.html

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert has filed a lawsuit seeking $21 million against a young Henrico County man accused of throwing a vodka bottle at the reggae singer during a recent concert in Richmond.

The lawsuit, filed June 4 in Richmond Circuit Court against William Connor Lewis, seeks $1 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages.

Lewis, 19, faces a felony criminal charge of malicious wounding in connection with the incident, which occurred May 18 at the Dominion Riverrock festival on Brown’s Island.

Hibbert was injured when the bottle struck him in the head as he was performing.

Hibbert, lead singer of Toots and the Maytals, was performing the song “Country Roads” at about 10:15 p.m. when he says Lewis threw a bottle of Grey Goose vodka “with great force and violence,” according to the complaint.

The bottle struck Hibbert in the upper left side of his face and caused a tear to his forehead and face, causing permanent scarring, according to the complaint.

The blow left the singer “disoriented and grievously injured in body and mind,” the complaint says.

Hibbert dropped the microphone and left the stage as the show came to a sudden end.

[spanone]

14. Good God. People are insane.

[malaise]

15. Toots was nicer than me

https://richmond.com/news/local/crime/man-gets-jail-time-despite-toots-hibberts-plea/article_6a440146-6349-11e3-9ad4-0019bb30f31a.html
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Frederick “Toots” Hibbert asked a judge not to put in jail the man who drunkenly threw a vodka bottle that struck the reggae singer in the head and seriously injured him as he was performing at a Richmond festival last spring.

“He is a young man, and I have heard what happens to young men in jail,” Hibbert wrote in a letter that was read Thursday in Richmond Circuit Court. “My own pain and suffering would be increased substantially knowing that this young man would face that prospect.”

But despite Hibbert’s letter, Richmond prosecutor Anne Lloyd argued Thursday that the seriousness of the defendant’s actions warranted a one-year jail term, the maximum sentence for a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.

Judge Margaret P. Spencer, after hearing testimony from several witnesses, ordered William Connor Lewis to serve six months in jail. The judge also denied defense requests that Lewis be allowed to serve his term later and to do so on work release.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. Cross gently, Toots

This is heartbreaking.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Oh no!

His voice revealed the genius of love.

54-46 is a number etched on my heart.

[malaise]

13. The genius of love

and herb

[Tanuki]

12. Aw, I am gutted to hear this.

[mtnsnake]

16. Very sad. Toots & the Maytals were responsible for turning me on to reggae music a long time ago.

I was a big fan of theirs forever and finally got to see them play at a small university in Northern New York about 10 years ago, give or take. Even so late in their career, they were fantastic, and Toots was so personable you couldn't help but love him.

[The Magistrate]

17. What A Shame, Ma'am

One of the very greatest.

I will have to play a few as the day wears on.

[HipChick]

18. May he Rest In Power...

[panader0]

19. So sad. I love his music. I'll miss you Toots.....

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[malaise]

74. Mick on Toots death

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-jagger-toots-hibberts-tribute-rolling-stones-ronnie-wood-1058757/
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Mick Jagger has paid tribute to Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, calling the death of the Maytals singer “a great loss to the whole music world.”

“So sad to hear of Toots Hibbert’s passing,” Jagger wrote on social media. “When I first heard ‘Pressure Drop‘ that was a big moment.”

The Rolling Stones singer added of Hibbert in a statement to Rolling Stone, “He was a great singer with a really powerful voice who influenced everyone in the early days of reggae. He was a great stage performer. So full of energy and vitality always giving a top class performance that I was lucky enough to witness.”

[panader0]

75. Pressure Drop is one of my favorite songs of any genre.

[malaise]

76. A friend of Toots called Irie fm a short while ago

and sang a verse - too good. Folks were calling in with tributes.

[marble falls]

20. Rock steady, Toots, rock on.

[MontanaMama]

21. ...

This hits just keep coming, don’t they? Very sad to hear this. It is a comfort to know he didn’t die alone. RIP Toots.

[Cal Carpenter]

22. Oh noooo

Toots was supposed to live forever. God I just bust out weeping at this thread title.

Awww, some of his songs are my all time faves, I have so many fond memories connected to his music.

Awwwww.....

[2naSalit]

23. ...

[happybird]

26. Oh no

[gademocrat7]

27. So very sad.

Love his music.

[augyboston]

28. Keep on Jammin Toots!

Just the best good vibes to Toots and his family.

[Paladin]

29. So sorry to hear it. RIP Toots. (nt)

[IronLionZion]

30. Sorry to hear that

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Country Roads take me home to West Jamaica

Almost heaven, West Jamaica
True ridge mountains, shining down the river
All my friends there, older than those ridge
Younger than the mountains, blowin like a breeze

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Jamaica, my ol' momma
Take me home country roads

I heard her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me
Said "Son you remind me of my home far away"
And drivin' down the road I feel a sickness
I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

All my memories, all gathered 'round her
My my lady swingin' through the water, water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, tears gone from my eyes

Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Jamaica, my ol' momma
Take me home country roads

[malaise]

40. Amazing how well he fit into Country while

being a critical part of the evolution of Reggae

Pure ska here

[nolabear]

31. I'm so sad. How do you know it was COVID?

Talk about an icon, who changed music for so many. Ach. Way too young.

[malaise]

33. Good question

That is what we were told on local radio but given that his family was with him at the end I too an curious.

[nolabear]

37. I did see in an article he'd gone to hospital and been tested.

So they at least suspected it. Said they hadn’t gotten results yet. *sigh*

[malaise]

43. CNN noted it as well

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/12/entertainment/jamaica-reggae-toots-hibbert-death-scli-intl/index.html
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Jamaican reggae legend Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died aged 77, his band Toots and The Maytals said in a statement early Saturday.

Hibbert "passed away peacefully" in Jamaica "surrounded by his family" at the University Hospital of the West Indies late Friday, the Twitter statement said.
While the cause of his death has not been announced, the band said on September 3 that Hibbert had been taken to intensive care and was waiting to receive the results of a coronavirus test.

[marmar]

32. RIP Toots....

[groundloop]

63. In my sheltered little world I'd never heard his music before...... Count me as a new fan.

Really good stuff.

RIP.

[AllyCat]

34. Oh no!

Didn’t his band just come out with a new album?

[malaise]

45. Yep - Got to be Tough

Mentioned here
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/12/entertainment/jamaica-reggae-toots-hibbert-death-scli-intl/index.html

https://www.loopjamaica.com/content/toots-hibbert-turns-attention-towards-new-album

The full-length Toots and The Maytals studio album release – of the same title as the single – is set for global release via Trojan Jamaica/BMG Records on August 28.

Hibbert is throwing down an authoritative guide: how to survive and thrive among our earth challenges.

[Chellee]

35. This is heartbreaking.

I loved his music.

[hotdamn00]

36. He actually coined the term, "Reggae".

His song, "Do the Reggay" is the first song to use the term.
"Pressure Drop" has been one of my favorite songs for many, many years.

[iluvtennis]

38. ....

[Tom Rinaldo]

39. A true great. I am so sorry to hear this. n/t

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

41. chicago's big rock station has an hd station that plays blues and roots.

or did. just recently they have added their old djs, and is more rock now.
but for a while there it seemed like the playlists were meant for me.

twice toot's 'love and joy' came on when i rly needed it.
and ziggy's 'garden'

i have an old friend who is a drummer, and a reggae man at heart. he knew toots and all those cat. was a session man on a couple of burning spear records.
he always spoke so highly of toots.
crushed as he is by the news, he said this- if anyone has earned a higher plane, it's toots.

so sorry for you, and for jamaica today malaise.

[malaise]

42. Sweet

Nice post

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

47. hi backatcha.

sure hope i get to see jamaica one day.
i have a friend who was born there, now in texas, who desperately wants to return.
but she has grandkids now, and i wouldnt leave mine behind, either.

need to get her to go w me some day.

[crickets]

44. Oh, no. What a sad loss for us all.

I have such fond college memories of bundling into a car with friends to drive into LA to see Toots and the Maytals at the Roxy. It was an amazing show and one of my first introductions to reggae.

Peace to Toots and to his family and friends.

[malaise]

46. Lucky you

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Bummer!

Toots was my favorite reggae artist. Even above Bob. There was an edge to the music & his voice that really appealed to me.
RIP, Toots.

[malaise]

49. Sister Nancy's Bam Bam was a partial cover of Toots and the Maytals

first festival song win.
I post it for Nancy Pelosi every now and then

[electric_blue68]

50. RIP Toots : ( Thank you for your talent

[spooky3]

51. I am sorry.

[ancianita]

52. Rest in power, Toots.

[Withywindle]

53. I am so sorry to hear this

What a great performer, and a great man. He will be very much missed.

This is one of my favorites. Crying, sighing, dying to see the light.

[malaise]

54. One of their three winners in the Festival Song Competition

Lovely song

[StrictlyRockers]

55. Toots was such a legend

I got to see him twice.

Link to tweet

[malaise]

56. You nailed it

[malaise]

73. Watch this

[Initech]

57. That really sucks, I saw him live a few times.

I remember my brother and I actually got to meet him at a meet and greet after a show one time, that was pretty awesome.

Though you might want to edit the headline - this article doesn't say it was COVID:

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/12/912245520/toots-hibbert-reggae-ambassador-and-leader-of-toots-and-the-maytals-dies-at-77

[malaise]

58. I live in Jamaica

That is what those who supposed to know told me

[Initech]

59. Oh really? That is interesting!

Fuck COVID-19.

[Celerity]

60. RIP ........Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston

[shanti]

61. Such a reggae legend

RIP, Toots.

[wendyb-NC]

62. A very sad loss,

My heart goes out to his family and loved ones. R.I.P. Toots

[pecosbob]

65. I play his stuff every day in my market...RIP

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His tunes will play on for my customers.

[flibbitygiblets]

66. Heartbreaking.

[Paka]

68. Such sad news.

I've been a fan of Toots & the Maytals for over 45 years. It brings me pain to hear of this great loss.

When will the horrors of 2020 end? Due to the pandemic I'm trapped in Thailand where we are now Covid free, but I couldn't leave to go be with my brother when he died in June. I'm now watching the horrors of my family members fleeing the fires in Oregon and the loss of family heirlooms and memoribilia.

[SunSeeker]

69. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

An amazing talent. He was one of pioneers of reggae. Love him so much!

[betsuni]

70. I usually think reggae sounds the same, like hard rock and pop music.

But my husband is playing Hibbert's music right now and it's really good. He was an artist.

[malaise]

71. BBC Tribute

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54129368

Irie fm has a live tribute which just started

https://www.iriefm.net/