Saw toots and maytals last night at small upstate NY venue. All I really need to say is sweet and dandy! Go see this show and support a truly great hero who has scripted and shaped the soundtracks of our lives. The rainbow beams
. from the pressure drop
. to the one drop
. into that lovin' cup
or so it seems

were you at the show in niagara falls?, i was there too and it was awesome

@harroldHOOD said:

is this an acoustic tour? why does every single tour date say acoustic next to it?

A four time Grammy nominee, Toots & the Maytals won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Reggae album with True Love. His current album, ‘Unplugged on Strawberry Hill’, the first ever acoustic renderings of his massive hits such as Sweet and Dandy, Monkey Man, Time Tough, Bam Bam, 54-46, Pressure Drop and Do the Reggae -the 1968 single widely credited with coining the word ‘Reggae’ and naming the genre. It was recorded and filmed live on the iconic Blackwell property Strawberry Hill, framed by the Blue Mountains overlooking Kingston at sunset. This unique CD/DVD release is also in contention for a Grammy nomination this year, and it includes the filming of this historic recording session, along with the first ever official documentary of his legendary life titled “Reggae Got Soul: The Story of Toots & the Maytals”.

Toots & The Maytals are embarking on a 20 city US tour in support of this release, performing his hits acoustically for the time ever, with his son Hopeton on bass, drummer Paul Douglas on percussion, backing vocalists Chantelle Ernandez , Elenore Walters and special guest Anders Osborne opening the shows and sitting in with Toots.on all shows except November 2 thru 5. The tour begins October 30th in Ridgefield CT and travels through 20 unforgettable evenings ending on November 21st in San Juan Capistrano, California. Toots will also be performing electric with full band in New Orleans at Voodoo Fest October 27th.

@Blackeydsloth said:

@harroldHOOD said:

is this an acoustic tour? why does every single tour date say acoustic next to it?

A four time Grammy nominee, Toots & the Maytals won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Reggae album with True Love. His current album, �Unplugged on Strawberry Hill�, the first ever acoustic renderings of his massive hits such as Sweet and Dandy, Monkey Man, Time Tough, Bam Bam, 54-46, Pressure Drop and Do the Reggae -the 1968 single widely credited with coining the word �Reggae� and naming the genre. It was recorded and filmed live on the iconic Blackwell property Strawberry Hill, framed by the Blue Mountains overlooking Kingston at sunset. This unique CD/DVD release is also in contention for a Grammy nomination this year, and it includes the filming of this historic recording session, along with the first ever official documentary of his legendary life titled �Reggae Got Soul: The Story of Toots & the Maytals�.

Toots & The Maytals are embarking on a 20 city US tour in support of this release, performing his hits acoustically for the time ever, with his son Hopeton on bass, drummer Paul Douglas on percussion, backing vocalists Chantelle Ernandez , Elenore Walters and special guest Anders Osborne opening the shows and sitting in with Toots.on all shows except November 2 thru 5. The tour begins October 30th in Ridgefield CT and travels through 20 unforgettable evenings ending on November 21st in San Juan Capistrano, California. Toots will also be performing electric with full band in New Orleans at Voodoo Fest October 27th.

Ok so this is more of a Toots show minus the maytals. Love Toots seen them a bunch now. They played UVM Springfest back in 05 with Gov't Mule and Soulive - their 'True Love' record is incredible. Its a bunch of their hits re-imagined with different artists like Ryan Adams, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Trey, Bootsy Collins, The Roots -- so many more. The album is sick and should be checked out by all

@Jayem... he has been known to play Toads Place in New Haven often. I'll keep my ears open

I'm a huge toots fan - been seeing him since the days of Tramps in NYC back in the late 80's.
I saw him about 3-5 years ago at the old TLA in Philly and he seemed to have lost a step.
I mean shit so did I since then.

The Toots I remeber was the hardest working man in show biz - he literally gave James Brown a ruin for his money. How was the energy - I noticed he was in Jamaica for Peter Tosh's Coronation of sorts. I will always love Toots