Toots was really great, he has left an indelible Mark as a raggae artiste
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Leanne kenny
5 years ago
Grew up listening to his music.
Very talented gentleman xxx
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Legend never to be forgotten or compared to. SO MUCH energy till his last show.
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Adrian Roberts
5 years ago
The man is a legend.
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Peter Blass
5 years ago
Toots should have already been in. Should be added this year for sure
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Samuel Weisman
5 years ago
Toots is iconic and belongs
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Michael Martin
5 years ago
Much respect Toots!!
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James McGurn
5 years ago
Hell, yeah! 5446!
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Simon Faulkes
5 years ago
Toots is definitely a music legend worthy of being listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
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Romae Gordon
5 years ago
What a Bam Bam, Romae Gordon Reflects on a Reggae Great.
As published in the Jamaica Gleaner September 18, 2020
On the day we learned of Toots Hibbert’s death, I got into an impassioned discussion with my Mom about Bam Bam. Her opinion surprised me, especially since she was closer to Toots’ generation than I am. Because she grew up to the early beats of Reggae, with musicians like Toots, I thought it would be natural for her to embrace everything about such a remarkable song from that time. Short on lyrics, and with no reference to the independence celebrations, she felt the song was not the right fit for ‘Festival’. For her, Bam Bam should not have won the Festival Song Contest in 1966.
Her words were jarring to my ears and I took great affront to the fact that they were coming from my own mother. Anyone, anywhere in the world who heard that song should immediately feel a connection to it, whether it was meant for our Jamaican Festival Song Contest or any other music competition. As far as I was concerned, the song is so powerful that on first hearing it, the judges in 1966 must have instantly deemed it the best song of the lot. The strength of that opening, the sound of that voice, the music and composition must have been like nothing they had ever heard. Toots’ voice had a certain pulse, no song would have contested it. How could she not instantaneously be connected to the song, its depth and pull on the emotions, even its transcendent nature? It was perfect for Festival and beyond!
My mother could not have been more wrong in declaring her position. Thankfully, the discussion transformed into an enlightened and hilarious one as I drowned her out in song, trying to just let the happiness of the music overcome the moment. So infectious is the song, everyone in the house joined the chorus, including her. Mom is brilliant in this way, quick to stir outrageous controversy but even quicker to add humour so as to calm the flames of disagreement. She loves Too
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Radcliffe Bryan
5 years ago
Toots is one of the greatest that has blessed this planet.
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Darryl Annable
5 years ago
toots was a living legend give him the respect he deserves and put him in the hall of fame
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Rory
5 years ago
Can’t believe we need a petition for this. The man was an absolute legend, will be missed. Best live performer ever
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Javier Grant
5 years ago
5446
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Daniel Schneider
5 years ago
Toots is a legend. Played 54-46 for my students the day after he passed, and eyes were opened.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
❤️
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AineRzl
5 years ago
Fly High Granpa Toots
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Joel Miskolcze
5 years ago
Toots Rest in Power
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Toots Hibbert is easily one of the greatest musicians from Jamaica who made a indelible mark with his career in Reggae music and all other forms of musical expressions from the island of Jamaica, he is morethan deserving of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
"Duh" - B.E. RIP TOOTS!
Toots was really great, he has left an indelible Mark as a raggae artiste
Grew up listening to his music. Very talented gentleman xxx
Legend never to be forgotten or compared to. SO MUCH energy till his last show.
The man is a legend.
Toots should have already been in. Should be added this year for sure
Toots is iconic and belongs
Much respect Toots!!
Hell, yeah! 5446!
Toots is definitely a music legend worthy of being listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
What a Bam Bam, Romae Gordon Reflects on a Reggae Great. As published in the Jamaica Gleaner September 18, 2020 On the day we learned of Toots Hibbert’s death, I got into an impassioned discussion with my Mom about Bam Bam. Her opinion surprised me, especially since she was closer to Toots’ generation than I am. Because she grew up to the early beats of Reggae, with musicians like Toots, I thought it would be natural for her to embrace everything about such a remarkable song from that time. Short on lyrics, and with no reference to the independence celebrations, she felt the song was not the right fit for ‘Festival’. For her, Bam Bam should not have won the Festival Song Contest in 1966. Her words were jarring to my ears and I took great affront to the fact that they were coming from my own mother. Anyone, anywhere in the world who heard that song should immediately feel a connection to it, whether it was meant for our Jamaican Festival Song Contest or any other music competition. As far as I was concerned, the song is so powerful that on first hearing it, the judges in 1966 must have instantly deemed it the best song of the lot. The strength of that opening, the sound of that voice, the music and composition must have been like nothing they had ever heard. Toots’ voice had a certain pulse, no song would have contested it. How could she not instantaneously be connected to the song, its depth and pull on the emotions, even its transcendent nature? It was perfect for Festival and beyond! My mother could not have been more wrong in declaring her position. Thankfully, the discussion transformed into an enlightened and hilarious one as I drowned her out in song, trying to just let the happiness of the music overcome the moment. So infectious is the song, everyone in the house joined the chorus, including her. Mom is brilliant in this way, quick to stir outrageous controversy but even quicker to add humour so as to calm the flames of disagreement. She loves Too
Toots is one of the greatest that has blessed this planet.
toots was a living legend give him the respect he deserves and put him in the hall of fame
Can’t believe we need a petition for this. The man was an absolute legend, will be missed. Best live performer ever
5446
Toots is a legend. Played 54-46 for my students the day after he passed, and eyes were opened.
❤️
Fly High Granpa Toots
Toots Rest in Power
Toots Hibbert is easily one of the greatest musicians from Jamaica who made a indelible mark with his career in Reggae music and all other forms of musical expressions from the island of Jamaica, he is morethan deserving of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.