Peter Tosh

Jamaica

Born: 19 October 1944

Died: 11 September 1987

Years Active: 60, 70, 80

Genres: Reggae, International

Styles: Roots Reggae, Reggae/Caribbean, Reggae/Caribbean, Political Reggae

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Singer, musician, composer, and rebel Peter Tosh cut a swathe through the Jamaican musical scene, both as a founding member of the Wailers and as a solo artist. He toured with the Rolling Stones and had an international hit with a duet with Mick Jagger, then toured again to equally rapturous world audiences as the headlining act. His words would cause an uproar at the One Peace concert, but then unlike fellow Wailer Bob Marley, Tosh always made his true feelings known. He was born Winston Hubert McIntosh on October 19, 1944, in the small rural ...

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