Toots and the Maytals are a Jamaican music group and one of the best known ska and rock steady vocal groups. They formed in 1963 when ska was hot. The sound of Maytals is a unique, original combination of gospel, ska, soul, reggae and rock. The frontman of the group is Frederick Toots Hibbert, he grew up singing gospel music in a church choir. He formed the band at first with Henry Raleigh Gordon and Nathalien Jerry Matthias. The rest members are Paul Douglas, Carl Harvey, Jackie Jackson, Leba Thomas, Marie Twiggi Gitten, Norris Webb, Charles Farquarson, Radciffe Dougie Bryan and Andy Bassford. The past members are Hux Brown, Harold Butler, Michelle Eugene, Winston Wright, Winston Grennan, Gordon and Matthias. The band won in 2005 a Grammy award for the best reggae album True Love.
Discography: Never Grow Old (1963), The Sensational Maytals (1965), Sweet And Dandy (1968), From The Roots (1970), Monkey Man (1970), Slatyam Stoot (1972), Funky Kingston (1973), In The Dark (1974), Original Golden Oldies vol.3 (1974), Roots Reggae (1974), Reggae Got Soul (1976), Toots Presents The Maytals (1977), Dance The Ska vol.2 (1980), Knockout (1981), Reggae Greats (1984), Toots In Memphis (1988), Do The Reggae 1966-1970 (1988), Bla Bla Bla (1993), Experience (1995), Recoup (1997), That's My Number (1998), Ska Father (1998), Jamaican Monkey Man (1999), Fever (2001), True Love (2004), Rythm Kings (2005), Light Your Light (2007), Flip And Twist (2010).
Links: tootsandthemaytals.com/
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