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I feel that Peter was always frustrated that he couldn't achieve mainstream success, but he just wasn't a mainstream artist. His music and personality was too intense for the mainstream market.

I saw Peter Tosh with the Rolling Stones in 1978. It was an excellent show.

Pete Tosh didn't need validation from anyone...he was a legend. He remains.

I never knew this. Always a big Peter Tosh fan. Wore Bush Doctor out. "I'm the toughest " Thanks for sharing.

Legendary Peter Tosh! What a great musician. Definitely underated guitar player and song writer. Bless up! Thank you for the music.

I love old Roots Reggae. Great video sir. Thank you.

Peter Tosh’s Live in Boston 1976 Album is raw high level syncopated masterful instrumentation at its finest, with all those crazy over the top percussive guitar scratches, and featuring Sly and Robbie holding it down, I’ve found Peter Tosh’s later Live music sadly lacking in this regard as his music lost all of its raw mesmerizing Band of Gypsy’s Hendrix type of vibe and feel it lulls the listener to escape into. Eventually Sly and Robbie moved on from Tosh’s Word, Power and Sound band over to Gregory Isaacs and Black Uhuru. Sadly what what it had been Peter Tosh’s later live music regressed and fell off into absurdity, overfull of the all the unhip synth circus sounds, but before any that Peter Tosh’s band was really sending it, at the Jamaican One Love Concert mentioned here that stole, and dangerously ranted at, but Tosh Band really really got serious with Reggae as an astounding art form live at in Boston in 1976…8)

The militant Peter Tosh, simply a military minded individual who takes no shit from anybody, according to him books cannot contain the whole story of his life, rest on LEGEND🙏🔥💪.

I remember when Peter Tosh opemed for the Rolling Stones.. sometime in the early 80s. I went to the show.

Peter was the most hardcore of The Wailers. This was a great video!

Saw the Stones in 1978 and Peter Tosh was one of the warmup acts. He was great. Journey was the last warmup act and they had their sound system sabotaged so that they sounded so bad that they would not upstage the Stones, who came out to a prime sound system. Anyway based on this video, Peter and the Stones were still in good relations. Great musicians are notorious for not getting along, and also for not always having good PR skills, so some of this doesn't surprise me. But I liked Peter Tosh and the Stones very much.

What a sad story and state of affairs. Rest in peace Peter Tosh, legend and voice of an angel.

I read that Wanted Dread and Alive was the best selling album that Peter released in US.

I think Equal Rights is my favorite Tosh album, he really did some great stuff.

Great mini-doc! I love the Stones and all the action surrounding them. This also opened me to a couple Tosh records I need to get.

I worked with Peters cousin Cosmo(Bob) in Toronto Canada. He was a sweet and memorable man.

I am a big Tosh-and Marley AND Stones fan. I was a freshman in HS when my best friend’s older brother got back from 4 years on an nuclear submarine stationed in Hawaii-1977-and he turned us on to reggae with his Marley albums. I never got to see anyone but the Stones (in 82, 89, and 2005) I wonder if Peter hadn’t spent so much time-wasn’t it over a decade?-playing with Bob and instead, gone solo sooner, if he wouldn’t have gotten much bigger? I think about the Stones career and how they went from a “cover band” in the early sixties, and by the time Peter struck off on his solo career in the mid-70s, they were legit mega-stars with their 4 (imo) best albums Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street all recorded before Peter left The Wailers. Who knows. I’m just rambling. I sure wish he and Bob were still with us. 🤘🏼❤️

Ahh ...I was mistaken. I always thought Keith was instrumental in the Peter Tosh connection because of his close affinity for reggae music and culture. In the mid-seventies I was given a guitar capo of Keith's the colors of the Jamaican flag from when New Orleans own THE (Funky) METERS toured Europe with the Stones. I wish I still had it

R.I.P. Peter 🖤💚💛❤🙏

Sad story. Tosh was great... and yet, he passed so sad. It was... and is a mad world. Peace on earth.

Just found your video in my recommendation, I instantly subscribed because I love reggae music and love the history of these legends ! I must say your work is well researched and top notch presentation ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Just discovered your channel, it's excellent thank you.

Thank you! Lovely story

Great documentary

what an excellent post. The details are all new to me. I remember how happy I was when Peter was signed to the Stones label, having grown up on the Stones and knowing how powerful their music, reputation and influence could be...Big thanks for putting this together.

I saw Marley in 1980 & Peter Tosh at the bottom line, NYC, 1973 ; 200 people capacity !

Lets be honest here-Nobody outside of Jamaica wouldve heard of Tosh if it wasnt for The Stones!

Great video and content. It is important to understand the full picture and story of what happened. Thank you Jah Bless~

“Rolling Stones Records” was really run by Atlantic Records who they themselves broke away from. Due to lack of experience or real time and interest Jagger and Richards didn’t really run the company.

I appreciate this video, I was just thinking about this relationship recently, youtube seems to read my mind not just my conversations. I was disappointed no mention of Tosh and that incident was made in Keefs autobiography

Thanks for your information on the Peter Tosh/ Rolling Stones fiasco. I had left Jamaica at that time and wasn't aware of the details. Keep up the great work and thanks.

I actually saw Peter Tosh and the Rolling Stones in Cleveland world series of Rock in 78ish

Great stuff R.A.S👍

I was at the concert, but left after Marley performed. It was amazing. I came over from the UK with a friend and stayed with my family. We didn't have tickets but somehow got in anyway..I remember Manley and Searga on stage and Bob saying legalise it and the crowed going made.

oh my god, i had no idea of any of this. thank you :)

As a Peter tosh fan from an early age the music business did him dirty both in his country and on a global level

Nothing but love

Don't know how you do it, but these are well researched and put together. Keep on pushing

Love and Eternal Life to the Stepping Razor !!! ❤🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏

Blessings....from Montreal Canada...amazing content brother..... keep up the great work ....king #jamesbond #roadwarriorsound #Jah #love

There is no denying, Mick Jagger is a cut throat business man.. That is why The Rolling Stones are rich, beyond anyones wildest dreams. Even Keith Richards appreciates and respects the fact that Mick was the financial genius in the band... If they did do Peter over, it's a black mark on their souls, to take advantage of a man who they could have helped, who they could have raised up, at no cost to themselves. That would have been the best way to conduct themselves, personally and professionally.

Excellent mini doc.. ❤💛💚🔥

The surprising part of this story was how gangster Keith Richards was. We already knew Tosh was a soldier.

Keith: Peter I’m coming home to my house Tosh : it’s my house now Keith:: No it’s not I’m coming and if you have any weapons you better know how to use them Keith comes home…no Peter Tosh to be found

His johnny be goode version is exquisite

Fascinating story I had no idea about.

Interesting stuff I didnt know. Stop that train and 400 years were always 2 of my favorite wailers songs

Peter’s underlying narcissism was his greatest enemy.

Brillent vid My brotherthank you These robbing B’s Always stitching up our brothers an sistas in all lanes FACTS😡💯 We got to wake up More voodum. 👏🏾❤️👏🏾💯

Jagger the stabber or back stabber used to be one of favorite tracks from a comp of Island bands from the 70$

I hear a bit of tosh and I'm back in London in early 8os , hot summers the buzz of the market and the tunes all around, mainly from the boomboxs on Rastafarian shoulders..good days

I know the story by decades, and it happened I write down in sine Facebook posts. No one seems to know this. Thanks for sharing this important document

Honestly peter was a revolutionary Musician and took no shit from no one. Peter was one of the most powerful man best reggae minister 👏

Wow thank goodness for the new generation way of making records now you can cut out the middleman and keep most of your money by using internet digital platform to put your music out so far I can say this is one of your best post Big bubba 🤜🏽🎶🤛🏽

This guy's adventures would make a great bio movie about his exciting life. I just read about his death. Wow! very tragic.

I love peter tosh r.i.p

macka b name checked him on a 7 inch i had that was the first i heard his name. th eproblem with reggae for a record collector is theres so much of it. it would take you a lifetime to get a decent collection together. maybe thats why all the famous selectors are old men now and me as well haha.

People fail to understand, Peter was a true rudeboy. Millitant .

What a story! How have I never heard anything about it before?

Big Up Peter Tosh! 👊🏽

I have read and heard many stories of how the bands often make chit even with several hits and successful tours. I recall an interview of the band Collective Soul back when they had several hits in the early to mid 90s. Basically, they were broke even though their songs were constantly played on MTV and the radio with successful tours. When a band would get their first record contract, they would have very little leverage to ink a good deal. Its either sell your soul to the label or continue to play in small bars while holding a day job. They are often stuck in that contract for a few years and albums before they can negotiate a new better deal. But most bands to not stay in mainstream very long so once they have fulfilled their original contract, their time and fame had passed. Groups like the Stones were so popular for so long they were able to make a ton of cash. But bands like Collective Soul's mainstream days had past. It's a dirty business where only a few have longevity to make good bank. And today, there are not good record deals. People do not buy albums. It's all streaming so you must constantly tour and become commercialized promoting things like soft drinks, clothes, etc... to get rich performing music.

stepping razor red x is the film to see about peter, really well made documentary.

If you read about Peter Tosh's relationship with Bob Marley you understand just how jealous and driven he was to be as big a star as Bob was. He felt marginalized by Marley's titanic success and felt that the Stones would make him as big a star. Obviously, he didn't deal well with it when it didn't happen. Reality was, while he was certainly a great and unique talent in his own right he still wasn't the songwriter Bob was, and his music didn't have the mainstream crossover appeal that Bob's did, something that his ego couldn't accept. The Stones actually did help his career tremendously, to stand in their spotlight was a huge boost to his career but he didn't seem to appreciate it like he should have. Music fans are fikkle, not everybody can be a superstar but Tosh still had more success and fame than most musicians ever experience. Except for the money issue, which may have been the records company, not the Stones themselves, I don't see how the Stones could be blamed for anything, they obviously admired Peter and gave his career a great shot in the arm, something they didn't have to do.

Most Americans watched the now despised Saturday Night Live and when Tosh appeared and Jagger walked out to sing with him on Don't Look Back, THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT TO SAY THE LEAST of the entire year in TV music spectacle!

Peter Tosh was ready to perform at the Dutch "Pink Pop" music festival in 1979. Jagger attended, but when he learned that Tosh's performance would be filmed, he decided against singing "Don't Look Back" with Tosh, much to the disappointment of everyone present.

Im reading these comments and its a bunch of lames hating on Peter Tosh. Only reason Bob got more pub time cause he's one of THEM and Peter is one of us

The music industry robbed the Reggae artists. Even Bob Marley has to struggle before he started to see the reward of his success.

Damn,I´m a BIG ROLLING STONES-fan AND love REGGAE...-Did Peter finally get his money...?!!!

The Stones brought Peter's work before a mainstream audience where he never would have come on his own because he refused to compromise. His jealousies may have diminished him just a little bit

It might have worked if Peter was a more calmer individual. Rolling Stones had the market.

Good to know😮

I know, Jah will be waiting there

Nice, but I do believe the Richards house was in Irish Town (up in the hills) and not in Ocho Rios closer to the beaches.

Wasn't he in the Stones "Waiting on a Friend" video? I think that was around 1981--things must not have been that bad.

Totally epic feud. I wonder if any of The Rolling Stones would know who the hell Peter Tosh was if they fell over him in the street

I saw Peter Tosh and the Outlaws open for the Rolling Stones in 1978 in Southern California. Peter Tosh was blown off the stage by The Outlaws..

What an excellent report, thank you! I started listening to the music of Marley and found the beauty of Tosh... and now I realise that I have far more Tosh albums than Marley's. I never understood why Peter got so involved with the Stones... they seem to change their flavour every album, whereas Tosh was solid and consistent. P.S. To this day that chicken strut of Mick's still looks ridiculous.

Peter Tosh was cool.....but crazy....he got killed by Posses he brushed shoulders with. Same types that came into the Bronx and killed Brad, owner of world's largest raggae store!

Peter had a very serious side to him that a lot of people felt puzzled by.

Not a reggae fan but the Stones made some great reggae songs. Luxury, Send it to Me, Too Rude, You Don't Have to Mean It. Whatever genre they were influenced by, they made better.

So if I've got this right: 1. The Stones put him on their label, boosting Tosh's recognition beyond Jamaica and reggae. 2. Jagger collaborates on a single that breaks new ground for Tosh. 3. The Stones let Tosh be the opening act on a world tour, exposing him to hundreds of thousands of fans. 4. Jagger performs with Tosh on SNL 5. His album sales increase exponentially and he has sold out shows. But some how the label isn't supporting him enough? How can he argue that there hadn't been much improvement in his "international visibility" when he was touring with the Stones and exposed to fans all over the world? The video tells us he had increased sales and sold out shows. What did he expect? Peter was no Bob Marley, so comparing him to Bob is crazy. Bob was a cross-over artist and Peter complains that his label is trying to make his music more commercial? He complains about the very thing that made Marley an international superstar. And rather than deal with payment issues with lawyers and accountants, Tosh instead threatens to "deal with the Stones," confronting Jagger in a studio and trashing Richards' house that he had graciously let Tosh use to write some new songs? Peter never met a person he couldn't fight with--from the Wailers, Island records, Jamaican politicians, and the Stones.

Peter sounds like a pain but a brilliant man Why on earth did Island not keep him?

But he is one of the original wailers. So RIP. Peter bunny and Bob

Very interesting story about Peter Tosh and the Rolling stones. Peter Tosh got Ripped off by the Rolling stones. Nice one from South London.

Thanks for your input about Tosh & how he was ripped off by the gangsters- as their version is a different story - no amount of sugar coating can disguise their contemptible behaviour towards Peter Tosh & Brian Jones.

It's kind of weird, to me, that I never heard any of this at the time, or since, until just now. Seems to me that musicians starting their own labels are very often not the right people to be running a label, and the mistakes they make often cause people they're supposed to be working with to get screwed over. I'm not saying it's all, or even most, but it's a common enough problem that I tend to be a bit skeptical when a famous musician starts a label. I definitely need a lot more Peter Tosh music in my collection. More reggae in general would help, but I can't afford to buy much right now, so I'll have to wait until money isn't so tight.

I hope one day my people realize when artist like themselves talk about having their own labels, that it’s false advertisement. An Artist cannot pay another Artist because the parent company (the Boss) has the money. The Artist has no money, all they have is fame (which they are already born with). The parent company give their Artist an illusion of a label, to bring bodies to them, to enslave them and literally offer them as blood/human sacrifices. I just hope one day my people understand the concept of an unrighteous system that wasn’t designed for us and to stop signing these blood contracts with the enemy. All Peter did was leave one demon (Island Records) hoping that the other demons (Atlantic Records/The Rolling Stones) was gonna offer something better. They are all demons, they all have the same deal(s), which leads to death.

That was interesting 🤨. RIPower Peter Tosh.

And in more important and personal news I stopped consuming marijuana because I thought I'd become a fan of raggae if I did too much of it.

In response to the comment below about Peter’s alleged jealousy of Bob’s success, this is not true. Peter was a hugely talented musician who taught Bob, Bunny and other musicians to play musical instruments. He was also a formidable song writer and stage performer which Mick Jagger realised at the One Love peace concert. There was no jealousy, Peter and Bunny were justly frustrated about the way the breakup of the Wailers was agreed behind their backs. You have to put this in the context of these three young men who lived and operated on the basis of all for one and one for all, throughout the previous years of their journey to being acclaimed musicians and singers. Every decision was jointly made between them, yet Marley had no hesitation in reaching an agreement about the future of the band with Chris Blackwell, while the other two members of the band were excluded from this decision-making process. The second problem is Bob's desire to always sing his songs and be the lead singer, even when a song was written or co-written with Marley. All Peter wanted was his fair share of exposure. I listened to an interview with Peter and the question about musical rivalry was put to Peter who replied that 'there were many flowers in Jah’s Garden, each contributes to the beauty of the garden. The point that many people conveniently forget is that Peter had a strong commitment to speaking up about the never-ending oppression and injustices of the poor man and woman in Jamaica, Africa and the world, therefore his lyrics would be different and, in many respects, far more hard hitting that Marley's and he made no apology about this. Here is an example of this contrast - Peter sings 'I don't want no peace, I want equal rights and justice', This was a profound statement, anyone could promise peace, but if you remain oppressed, empty promises about peace does not mean anything. This is in contrast to Marley's One Love for example where the same people who continue to oppress other are singing one love. It is therefore inevitable that these two artists would have different fans, so with good marketing Peter would have his share of the market and Bob his share, different flowers in Jah's garden. Peter was recently honoured by South Africa (2023) for his immense contribution to South Africa's fight for freedom, Yet he is frequently being put down in his own country.

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That look at 1:40

Sounds to me like Peter Tosh was acting very entitled. He was wrong to damage personal property of a collegue

Is that Tosh on the stoop in the Stones' "Waiting on a Friend" video?

Great doc, but no mention of drugs, which surely played a part.

Not mentioned in this (at all) is that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were not getting along AT ALL during this same period, and both had (very) serious drug issues they were dealing with themselves.

Peter was the man heading for great things

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