Andrew Tosh
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Andrew Tosh is a reggae
singer and the son of the late Peter Tosh
. He is the nephew of reggae singer Bunny Wailer
, also an original member of The Wailers. Andrew has strong resemblance of his late father and like his father he rides the unicycle.
. His first recording session was in 1985, produced by Charlie Chaplin
, and resulting in the single "Vanity Love". After his father was shot dead in 1987, he performed two songs at his funeral, "Jah Guide" and "Equal Rights".
He moved on to work with producer Winston Holness on his debut album, Original Man. This was followed in 1989 by a second album, Make Place For The Youth, which was recorded in the United States
and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
.
He toured with The Wailers Band in 1991.
In 2004, he recorded an album of songs by his father, Andrew Sings Tosh: He Never Died.
In 2007, he announced that he was working on his fourth studio album, Focus.
2010, he release an acoustic album dedicated to his father, Legacy An Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh produced by himself, his girlfriend Dawn Simpson and legendary Handel Tucker. The album features a duet with Andrew and Kymani Marley a rendition of Lessons in My Life and song entitle I Am which features Bunny Wailer. The album was nominated for 2011 Grammy.
In 2011, he announced that he was working on a new album, named "Eye to Eye", featuring Kymani Marley and a few other guest artists, expecting a 2012 release date.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer and the son of the late Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
. He is the nephew of reggae singer Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh...
, also an original member of The Wailers. Andrew has strong resemblance of his late father and like his father he rides the unicycle.
Biography
Tosh was exposed to the music of his father's group The Wailers from an early age, his mother, Shirley Livingstone, also being the sister of Bunny WailerBunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh...
. His first recording session was in 1985, produced by Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin (singer)
Charlie Chaplin is a Jamaican dancehall and ragga deejay and singer. It was common for Jamaican deejays of the era to name themselves after film stars or characters. Bennett, however, had been nicknamed after the comedian since his youth. His career began in 1980 when he began working with...
, and resulting in the single "Vanity Love". After his father was shot dead in 1987, he performed two songs at his funeral, "Jah Guide" and "Equal Rights".
He moved on to work with producer Winston Holness on his debut album, Original Man. This was followed in 1989 by a second album, Make Place For The Youth, which was recorded in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
.
He toured with The Wailers Band in 1991.
In 2004, he recorded an album of songs by his father, Andrew Sings Tosh: He Never Died.
In 2007, he announced that he was working on his fourth studio album, Focus.
2010, he release an acoustic album dedicated to his father, Legacy An Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh produced by himself, his girlfriend Dawn Simpson and legendary Handel Tucker. The album features a duet with Andrew and Kymani Marley a rendition of Lessons in My Life and song entitle I Am which features Bunny Wailer. The album was nominated for 2011 Grammy.
In 2011, he announced that he was working on a new album, named "Eye to Eye", featuring Kymani Marley and a few other guest artists, expecting a 2012 release date.
Albums
- Original Man (1987) AttackTrojan RecordsTrojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica...
- Make Place For The Youth (1989) Tomato
- Message From Jah (2000) Dressed to Kill
- Andrew Tosh (2001) Dressed to Kill
- Andrew Sings Tosh: He Never Died (2004) Paras
- Legacy: An Acoustic Tribute To Peter Tosh (2010) Box 10 Entertainment / Tuff Gong
- Eye to Eye (2011)
External links
- LL (2004) "Andrew Tosh - Fox Theatre, 5/15/04" (review), reggaemovement.com