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Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh was a Jamaican musician and reggae singer. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he established himself as a successful solo artist and a promoter of Rastafari. He was murdered in 1987 during a home invasion.
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entertainment · Jamaican reggae musician (1944–1987) · guitarist · singer-songwriter · recording artist · keyboardist · singer · composer · musician · also Peter Tosh, Peter McIntosh, Winston Hubert McIntosh, Tosh
Born 19 October 1944 · Died 11 September 1987 · Q273049
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2024· 1 entry
2023· 2 entries
The Jamaica Observer: Nine things to know about Peter Tosh on his 79th birthday
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Tosh was posthumously bestowed with the Order of the Companions of O
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2021· 4 entries
AllHipHop: BLAZE UP!!! 4/20 Renamed to ‘International Peter Tosh Day’
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The Cheat Sheet: Why the Rolling Stones Signed Peter Tosh in His Post-Wailers Years
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Rolling Stone: Peter Tosh Master Tape Rediscovered in ‘Studio 17’ Doc Clip
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Released album “Time Is Now (Live 1979)”.
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2020· 1 entry
Yahoo Finance: Meet PT Capital: The Company Behind Peter Tosh's Cannabis Brand
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2017· 2 entries
Billboard: Jamaican Artists at Inaugural Peter Tosh Music Festival Reflect on the Late Reggae Icon
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Billboard: Inaugural Peter Tosh Music Festival Seeks to Expand Late Reggae Icon’s Legacy
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2015· 1 entry
Tosh's daughter – the administrator of the Peter Tosh Estate – deemed that April 20 should be celebrated as International Peter Tosh Day, in honour of his "philosophy of responsible cannabis consumption for medicinal and
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2014· 3 entries
Released album “Original Album Series”.
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Released album “Live At My Father's Place 1978”.
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Released album “Lee Scratch Perry Presents Peter Tosh & Friends”.
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “1978–1987”.
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Released album “Bush Doctor / No Nuclear War”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “La Collection”.
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Andrew Tosh said that the guitar was in the custody of a close friend, awaiting the opening of a museum dedicated to Peter Tosh
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Playlist: The Very Best of Peter Tosh”.
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “The Best Of Peter Tosh”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “The Very Best of Jimmy Cliff & Peter Tosh”.
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That Tosh's common-law wife Andrea "Marlene" Brown would auction it on eBay
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2005· 2 entries
Released album “Talking Revolution”.
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Released album “Black Dignity: Early Works of the Steppin' Razor”.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Peter Tosh”.
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “The Best of 1978 - 1987”.
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Released album “The Essential Peter Tosh: The Columbia Years”.
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Released album “In My Song”.
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival MoBay ’82”.
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2001· 5 entries
Released album “Super Hits”.
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Released album “Live and Dangerous: Boston 1976”.
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Released album “I Am That I Am”.
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Released album “Les Indispensables de Peter Tosh”.
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Released album “Arise! The Best of Peter Tosh”.
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “Arise Black Man”.
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Released album “Essential Peter Tosh”.
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Released album “Live at the One Love Peace Concert”.
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “Best Of”.
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Wisdom”.
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Honorary Citizen”.
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("Man in Business Suit Levitating emoji" in the Emoji system)
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Released album “Peter Tosh”.
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1996· 3 entries
Released album “The Best of Peter Tosh: Dread Don't Die”.
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Released album “The Gold Collection”.
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Released album “The Toughest”.
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1995· 1 entry
Lobban's sentence was commuted and he remained in jail
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1993· 1 entry
Stepping Razor: Red X was released, a documentary film chronicling Tosh's life, music, and death
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “Remedies for Babylon”.
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Released album “Collection Gold”.
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Kings of Reggae”.
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1987· 3 entries
Died 1987-09-11.
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Released album “No Nuclear War”.
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Tosh seemed to be having a career revival
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1984· 2 entries
After the release of 1983's album Mama Africa, Tosh went into self-imposed exile, seeking the spiritual advice of traditional medicine men in Africa, and trying to free himself from recording agreements that distributed
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Released album “Captured Live”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “Mama Africa”.
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At the Los Angeles stop on Tosh's Mama Africa tour, local musician Bruno Coon went to the hotel at which Tosh was staying, with a gift for him: a custom-built guitar in the shape of an M16 rifle
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1981· 2 entries
Released album “Wanted Dread & Alive”.
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Released album “1981-09-10: Hoch Auditorium at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA”.
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1979· 4 entries
A 1964 photograph of Tosh in sunglasses and a suit, also featuring Bob Marley and the Wailers, was the inspiration for the logo of 2 Tone Records
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Released album “Mystic Man”.
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Released album “Island Zorro”.
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“Bob Marley interview on Marijuana”
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1978· 2 entries
Released album “Bush Doctor”.
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The Rolling Stones' record label, Rolling Stones Records, contracted with Tosh, on which the album Bush Doctor was released, introducing Tosh to a larger audience
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Equal Rights”.
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1976· 2 entries
Tosh organised a backing band, Word, Sound and Power, who were to accompany him on tour for the next few years, and many of whom performed on his albums of this period
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Released album “Legalize It”.
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1974· 1 entry
Tosh and Bunny Wailer left the Wailers, citing the unfair treatment they received from Blackwell, to whom Tosh often referred with a derogatory play on Blackwell's surname, 'Whiteworst'
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1973· 2 entries
Tosh's girlfriend Evonne was killed in a car crash in 1973.
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Tosh was driving home with his girlfriend Evonne when his car was hit by another car driving on the wrong side of the road
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1972· 2 entries
Danny Sims assigned the balance of the JAD Records recording contract with the band to Chris Blackwell and Island Records company and released their debut album, Catch a Fire, in 1973, following it with Burnin' the same
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Released album “Can't Blame the Youth”.
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1970· 1 entry
Bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett and his brother, drummer Carlton Barrett, joined the group
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1967· 1 entry
Tosh had ten children including Carlos Andrew (1967), Gamal "Tosh 1" Jawara McIntosh (1980-2020) (mother Melody Cunningham), Aldrina Michelle and his youngest, Niambe, who has since 2009 been the administrator of her late father's estate.
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-10-19.
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