The Night Tosh & Marley Finally Made Peace

[@johnmurphy6556]

"Peace is a diploma you get in the cemetery." Peter Tosh.

[@1978O3]

Peace is the diploma you get in the cemetery' Tosh was the hardest, toughest, realest ever was

[@blazinchalice]

@@1978O3 Well, Bob got shot and went and did a concert the following day. He even knew who shot him but never went to the police. Bob was a real one, too.

[@chicfini]

Oh shoooo, awch, smh😢😢😢😢

[@chicfini]

​​@@1978O3FACTS FACTS and more FACTS,💯

[@stephenbwalya4352]

Deep down, after whatever had happened , i trust and believe they truly loved each other. Rest in peace Peter Bunny and Bob 💪🏾🙏

[@troymundy614]

Peter bunny and Bob. Three kings of reggae. R.I.P. will never be forgotten.

[@MsWildberry1]

Blessed love for including Bunny. Far too often he is not mentioned.❤️💛💚🖤

[@andregabrielbadji1373]

Peter once said there are so many flowers in the garden of eden but they do not compete and he peter was not born to be a background vocal peter was a man with different ideas

[@chicfini]

WAW,

[@chicfini]

I wish I could copy this statement. 🔥

[@paulbillerey1594]

Thanks for posting this video about Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. I saw both Bob Marley and Peter Tosh live. I saw Bob Marley and the wailers live in London at the Crystal Palace Park June 7Th 1980. And Peter Tosh live at the Dominion Theatre London October 1983. Nice One from South London.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

You were blessed to see them. I can only imagine the experience. Big up mi senior lion 🙌

[@paulbillerey1594]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety big up South London lion. Nice one.

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

U lucky bugger

[@gainorgrind]

Some will hate you, pretend they love you now. Then behind they try to eliminate you. But who jah bless no one curse. Thank God we're past the worse.

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

"Who the Cap Fit "...

[@Tony-b8n]

We be forever loving jah rip wailers ❤❤❤❤

[@Ajvb219]

I love videos like this. I wasn’t aware of this Burbank show with Bob and Peter and I am a giant fan/student of both. This warms my heart to know even for one night they were able to hug it out.

[@westyraviz]

They never truly made peace. Peter remained bitter, even after Bob passed. The source of Peter’s annoyance was of course the lingering distaste over Bob not resisting Chris Blackwell’s desire to make Bob the frontman of “The Wailers” and renaming the band “Bob Marley & The Wailers.” The other issue that grated Peter was that Peter was an integral part of Bob’s songwriting process in the 1960s and early 1970s, and Bob recycled some old material to use in his later hits with “Bob Marley & The Wailers.” Naturally, Peter felt he was owed royalties from these songs. Peter’s comments about Bob after Bob’s passing weren’t exactly “mournful.” But of course what he said and projected in public, might not be how he really felt in private. After all, the people who we feel hurt by the most, happen to be the very same people we love the most.

[@GhostRAOfficial]

Even in Rita's book she said she tried to have a meeting with Peter and Bunny after Bob's passing and Peter was taking down Bob's pictures saying he doesn't want to see a dead man

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@GhostRAOfficial That’s a Rastafari thing. Not disrespect.

[@westyraviz]

@@GhostRAOfficial Hearing some of Peter’s comments about Bob after Bob passed, even at a concert-coldly referring to him as “dead,” it almost sounded like Peter was gloating over Bob’s passing. But I think Peter truly believed that Bob danced with Babylon and Babylon got him. A man like Peter would not have believed that Bob’s cancer was natural, and that if Bob was indeed righteous, then he wouldn’t have been struck down and suffered so. But who’s to judge? Look at the violent manner in which Peter himself died just 6 years later.

[@blazinchalice]

Westy, truth! Just like that.

[@blazinchalice]

@@westyraviz I heard Blackwell got Bob on coke, so there's that

[@almostbeatlessongs]

Beautiful. Thank you for posting.

[@cristianocallini6481]

The best band of the world.......THE WAILERS.......JAH LIVE....❤

[@larrygottenberg853]

Blessed to have seen P Tosh at JFK opening up the Some Girls tour June 78

[@jonathanclary3992]

Peter Tosh 🇯🇲🎶🎵 earned a Grammy Award around (1988) for his last Album No Nuclear War. something that Bob Marley himself didn't earn.

[@stephenbwalya4352]

Grammy or no Grammy, we all know who's better than the other...

[@jonathanclary3992]

​​@@stephenbwalya4352 it's funny you mentioned that cause we all know who's the Best and that's Peter Tosh when you start looking at Tosh's life and how the Reggie Legend struggle all those years to finally get the respect he deserved then you'll know for yourself who's the Best. Cause Tosh was more of a Rasta than Bob Marley. That's why now theirs even more Peter Tosh Fans out there then ever. And even though Peter Tosh is not as famous as Bob Marley was he's still considered One of Reggie's greatest of all time

[@fredvan6043]

Yea, sure: the corporate music business Grammy awards for reggae albums only came into existence in 1985; as you may probably have heard, Bob died in 1981... 🙄

[@stephenbwalya4352]

​@@fredvan6043 imagine hiw many of those grammys bob would have won if the category existed in the seventies 😊

[@fredvan6043]

@@stephenbwalya4352 Definitely so! Although, on the other hand, in those days the competition would have been much more fierce! Let's be honest: in 1987 there was only one really great reggae album that still stands the test of time (but by then was sadly overlooked by the grammy industry board) - Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate's "Time Boom X de Devil Dead".

[@sechabadiphoko6465]

Dis video made me emotional 😭. Forever loving Jah cause we gonna legalize Marijuana

[@sonnydiaz170]

Who the cap fit was originally recorded in 1971 or 1970 with Peter and Bunny but was reworked for the Rastaman vibration album in 1976

[@talibabdur-rashid6519]

Excellent ❤

[@jonathanjohnson3999]

Two true Legend of Reggae music.

[@ammabeee7952]

Would also be nice to see 1 just about Peter Tosh please..

[@miltonsterling1036]

Peter Toash: The power of love for mutual motiff and motive. Great!

[@rolandpritchard1731]

Peace , love, god, Jah is all.

[@lionzion9810]

Love❤️ is better than fighting, we all should let lead and peace will reign.

[@MustangBoss1973]

All wailers RIP big love

[@henrycastle1]

❤️ Thank you In the garden their are many special flowers All three Wailers totally understood this Blessings too all your families Hallelujah Times

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Bless up 🙌

[@tb22k]

Sad 😔 ❤that they broken up

[@easternsunguitarist5791]

Most detailed and best interpretation of this story. thank you.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Big up mon ✌️ Thanks for watching

[@zurimoore2545]

Thanks for makeing this

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

My pleasure Rasta. Thanks for watching ✌️

[@richardgarnos6715]

Thank you RAS, these are the stories I & I love. Forgiveness is the hardest lesson to learn. .🥴💭💭💭

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

💯 mi lion

[@sir10lee]

In the moment a true sign of respect. Peter and Bob are like Martin and Malcolm in terms of their messages. Also, in terms of polarizing the fans in terms of support. I like both, Peter's (and Bunny's) resentment is understandable as is Bob's opportunity to break out and become the megastar that he is to this day and forever. Neither were saints and I do believe those stories and them and drugs. I have spoken to people who rolled with Bob. In the end that stuff is irrelevant to the LEGEND of BOB. Heartwarming!!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon 👍 lovely perspective

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

I would huv been pissed off as well

[@fredvan6043]

Tosh embodies the struggle of black people. Bob embodies the struggle of Mankind.

[@chicfini]

​@@bigtoelittlefinger6133Thank you, it's only human to be pissed off.

[@miltonsterling1036]

Good stuff. Encouraging-light of hope despite.

[@dorrettbutler973]

ONE LOVE ❤💛💚🔥

[@ShakaRoot]

Good video! You forgot to mention there was a very young Ben Harper watching the whole show.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Woooooooow😮 I didn't know that

[@BatmanBoss]

Thanks

[@andrewreid5040]

I heard peter on an interview with dermott hussy saying that he regretted breaking up with bob marley.

[@avondaledyer8837]

nice breakdown.

[@farai6047]

Thanks for the memories

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon 👍 thanks for watching

[@davidemazibuku8578]

Jah love never end

[@BlakkAngle-m5s]

❤wanlov

[@onlyjoetee]

Good Chanel, very good research 👍🏾

[@dariusbaji8895]

Excellent channel and beautiful anecdotes ... Thanks R.A.S.. I think there are some big misunderstandings in this whole story. First of all, I don't see all this bitterness in Peter's statements after Bob leaves his body. According to Rastafarian beliefs, Peter did not believe in death at all and even less in funerals. He also wrote the song Burial and has said millions of times that we are reincarneted souls. I remember an interview where he referred to Bob as a spiritual being and I can bet that wasn't the first or last life they spent together. He was certainly very disturbed by being continually compared to Bob but this was a problem he had with the press and with public opinion...as he repeatedly said and sung, he felt belittled. The point is that, since the beginning with the Wailers, Peter has been relegated to being a background vocalist. As Peter himself said, he and Bunny had decorated Bob's tunes with beautiful harmonies for nearly a decade... But Peter wasn't just a background vocalist and when he realized there was no room for another lead singer in the Wailers, he rightfully embarked on his solo career. We might think there was a lack of friendliness in the group as Bunny said when he left Blackwell but Peter and Bob didn't follow along… But who knows what Jah said to Bob? In the end we have three incredible artists and three great solo careers, lots of music, lots of gigs… would it have been possible if they had stayed together? p.s. The first versions of Who the Cap Fits and The Thoughest were released long before they split

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Thanks for watching. Nice perspective 👍 Sure Who The Cap Fits and Toughest were old songs but when they were re-released, there were misconceptions by fans that they were digs at each other

[@fredvan6043]

Well, Bunny didn't exactly leave Blackwell when he left the Wailers, as his first two solo albums were also released (and massively promoted) by Island records.

[@Lugaladam]

Both Bunny Bob and Tosh said their were gonna reunite after the end of Island record. Check the song togethet again.

[@Prof_Tad]

The Pope died the next day after this show when Bob and Peter clap hands and say 'The Pope feel it!'.

[@cifundobingala2240]

😂😁...them dirty youths clapping hands for dead pope🤔

[@slashpiff8946]

JAH BLESS

[@TeezyK]

Peter and Bob fist fight would be a sight to see 😂 they should've let them get it on for a few minutes

[@oloriegbe]

Yes, no one can unearth the mystery behind "together we are strong and divided. We fallen, " Only GOD ALMIGHTY. Your works will be appreciated by many generations to come 🙏

[@planetfeelgood17]

Great video! Bless Up! JAH Bless ✨✨✨

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon ✌️ Thanks for watching

[@TheBluesmanBlue]

Thank you for the education lesson of the Wailers 🤜🏽🎶🤛🏽

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon ✌️ Thanks for watching

[@TheBluesmanBlue]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety I don't know if you have done a lesson on Mr. Lee scratch Perry I was told he passed away in 2021 and that's something I did not know so baba if you had one on that reggae giant let me know ✊🏽

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

@@TheBluesmanBlue not yet but coming soon

[@TheBluesmanBlue]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety thank you 👍🏽

[@ericlong9085]

Great story and I'm happy to know they snorted it out, we can only imagine what music they would have made if Bob had lived Msgic

[@marvelsoza6058]

Peter, Bunny and Bob had one mission to fullfil however they had to do it separately since they were all reggae greats,But Bob Marley as Prophetic, charismatic and spiritual as he was he understood dread got a job to do and he's got to fullfil his mission,but to see his hurt will be their greatest ambition but no matter what they do dread keep on coming through and no matter what they say dread be there every day and from the mystics of tomorrow natty dread rise again, have no fear have no sorrow all I know is that I've won is the fight against the rastaman

[@joseywailer7624]

YESSSS Ihah....everyday is WORK. Berhane Selassie. Light of The Trinity

[@gugundlovu7866]

The devel tried to separate them from their mission unfortunately he failed to those Guys who believe in Love and peace

[@keepitreal888-gnc]

Peter Tosh height make Bunny and Bob looked like dwarfs.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

😄

[@JJShalashaska]

Beautiful video. They were the greatest artists ever. I Wonder if is there a video of this performance

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

I've been looking for it. There's an audio recording on KZbin though

[@princesamuels5981]

It is true Peter taught bobs a lot” also yes I hear it was a lot with the Wailers behind the scenes “ Ppl try paint Tosh as the bad guy” But his belief an morals may have been deem aggressive “ I think he sit it as Bob was a bit influenced by outside parties in which they force themselves on bobs with pear pressure “

[@isabellegiorgis2975]

Despite their disputes in the past, Bob gave money to Tosh to release his ( first ) album. When Tosh spoke ill of Bob in a radio show, he drove with his wife and was crashed in a car accident, came out seriously injured.

[@MsWildberry1]

Peter did not accept the money from Bob because of the terms and conditions imposed on the loan.Try again with your car crash theory.

[@chicfini]

​@@MsWildberry1Ha ha ha ha, you're heavy, what a clap back💯💯❤❤😄

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

Putting in mildly...A COMPLEX relationship‼🤑

[@MFS1001]

Hey man I love your videos very informative and interesting I have a question tho..what is the song in the backround? I really like it a lot it is such a happy tune

[@iansholylordinquisitor4271]

when bob passed, peter was qoetd as saying." now the rest of us can make sum money"

[@timmusumba5846]

Good history of events back then of the Wailers!

[@hailemikael]

We had to hear, how, Bob manages to be reconciled with Peter on this or any possibility. After C.Blackwell and island nearly ruined the 3s friend ship.

[@Fen534]

Talking blues interview cd bob said peter had money issues and bunny didnt want to tour their last performance in Jamaica was 1975 Micheal Jackson stevie wonder show national stadium included bunny wailer

[@rastafaritv573]

Actually , I'm the toughest is not a peter tosh song but a joe higgs song that had been recorded by peter tosh previously before he re-recorded it on Bush doctor album ....bless up

[@onyebuchinwachukwu3678]

Why couldn’t you show that most important moment when Tosh came on stage and sang ?

[@munirmukri2872]

Boyyy Dee pope feel daata godayusallam Ras Tafri.

[@lamainquiparle683]

❤❤❤

[@anthonyakatonysmiff2461]

the wailers have solidified their place among musical groups that changed music forever, with a new and unique genre of music: reggae. even the greatest musical acts, like michael jackson, led zeppelin, or tupac, cannot make the claim that they trailblazed a completely new style and genre of music!!!! regardless of anyone's taste of music, if people don't acknowledge this fact, then they are ignorant!

[@Changoleon1100]

Name of the song please

[@Changoleon1100]

PLEAAASSEEEE

[@glenoneill3950]

Bob and Peter had fist fight ?......Never heard of that.....

[@hernancortez5995]

Mr Whitewell was a true damager

[@fredvan6043]

Why? His role was pivotal for the worldwide acceptance of reggae music. Fact.

[@hernancortez5995]

@@fredvan6043 I am not talking about reggae music or some charts or money I am talking about the damage he instigated and inflicted between the friendship of Peter and Bob he tore them apart

[@fredvan6043]

@@hernancortez5995 That's just nonsense.

[@hernancortez5995]

@@fredvan6043 that's your opinion you're entitled to it but fact is he damaged the connection and bond those two great brothers had through music

[@fredvan6043]

@@hernancortez5995 This connection was bound to break, not because of Blackwell, but simply because of conflicting egos. Tosh wanted to be in the spotlight too, which was pretty difficult in a group with Marley as the shining star (who was considered the Wailers' leading figure long before they signed with Blackwell, by the way). So no, the only fact is that Tosh was frustrated in his sideman role, which was not due to Blackwell but simply to Bob's extraordinary talent.

[@zacharyhazard6646]

Thought Tosh wrote Who The Cap Fit?

[@ronkali5365]

one of the wailers wrote that not Bob

[@fredvan6043]

@@ronkali5365 I rather think it was Lee Perry who co-wrote it with Bob. Definitely not Tosh.

[@ronkali5365]

@@fredvan6043 Wrong, it was written by the drummer & bassist.The Barrett brothers

[@fredvan6043]

​@@ronkali5365 Oops, indeed: you're right! But at the time it was written (originally titled 'Man to man') the Barrett bros. weren't actually Wailers yet, but still Upsetters - so that might have confused me, especially since several other songs from that era were co-written by Perry and Marley... but not this one; my mistake!

[@ronkali5365]

@@fredvan6043 It's credited to them on the album..looking at it right now the Barrett brothers also wrote, Want More...& War

[@samabeka3023]

"And the Great DRAGON awaits the MAN CHILD that is to be born,so as to kill HIM the moment HE comes out of the womb!"

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

This is sugar coating the relationship between both men...Peace was a matter of convenience. Acrimony still remains seen by some of Tosh's cynical comments about Bob after he died.

[@timothydraper3687]

I've friendships from childhood which 'go way back' like Bob and Peter's did, sometimes the acrimony can be because of deep hurt and exists alongside deep love.

[@dannie2712]

Yeah him and Bunny refused to go to his funeral. How cold was that! Bunny also had no nice things to say about Bob when speaking to his late wife

[@thomasmiller5252]

I think Peter was just annoyed with people always bringing him up and the nerve of anybody telling him how to mourn HIS brother. He told Esther Anderson Bobs ex and friend of both that he was very sad. I also read that even after the break up they still saw eachother in Jamaica quite a bit and when Peter was beat by police Bob went immediately to get him released and ended up getting locked up himself and Peter then immediately went to do the same. They were just tough homeboys who didnt bow to eachother and Peter didnt want to always answer questions about Bobs greatness when he himself was just as good but due to his refusal to compromise at all was never elevated. He had reason to be bitter but he blamed Chris Blackwell for using Bob. He had to go solo eventually he was too great a singer and Chris wanted to keep him in back. But imagine your brother whom you were closest too dies and everyone, who didnt know him or not like you did, is judging you on your reaction. Your gonna respond angrily cuz you really knew the real person when he had nothing but his brothers support. Plus a man like Peter isnt gonna cry in front of anyone especially the media who tried to break them up. He put on his tough face like always and only let his close friends see him vulnerable. Thats how Trenchtown made him.

[@bigtoelittlefinger6133]

Well said man much move fae bonnie Scotland jah lives

[@fredvan6043]

Well, it's not exactly true that Chris wanted to keep him back; if Tosh had been patient enough, until he was able to come up with an entire album of good songs, Blackwell would definitely have released it (just as he did with Bunny Wailer). But Tosh wanted everything immediately - although finally, even after leaving the Wailers and Island recs. it still took him until 1976 to come up with an album's worth of material (that is, just 9 songs, partially consisting of remakes of older work, and besides some great tracks also including a few fillers). Note that on the Wailers' first two Island LP's, 'Catch a Fire' has two Tosh songs (both being already - albeit very good - remakes of older tunes), and 'Burnin' only one (a new one, but of slighty lower quality already). So it turned out that, at the time he broke up with Blackwell, being a much less prolific songwriter than Bob, he simply didn't have enough song material (yet) to be launched as a solo artist.

[@biblereadingoutreach2284]

The Pa✝️hway of Peace🕊 Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 👇 Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify ano✝️her. 👇 Ephesians 2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of ✝️wain one new man, so making peace; 👇 James 3:18 And the fruit of righ✝️eousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

[@roni32]

Any body knows why peter was murder ?

[@3rdeyemindz]

3:11

[@3rdeyemindz]

Qi-Gong

[@philbis2774]

Before Bob tries to say “ism skism,” Peter takes the mic and sings the original line “Bullshit Game to die and go to heaven in a Jesus name.” Chris Whiteworst, the manager & 'damager' of the Wailers told Bob changed the lyrics after Peter left the group.. Not many people know that Peter Tosh owns the Copyright & Song Royalties to Get Up Stand Up

[@MtlRedAtheist]

I’m not crying. You’re crying.

[@MsNooneinparticular]

Bob = better songwriter; Peter = better singer. Shame they both died so young along with Jacob Miller. That whole era was golden. 🇪🇹

[@blazinchalice]

Don't you forget Dennis Brown, perishing at only 42

[@robertkahacho6438]

Wasn't really a reconciliation.Bob was clearly excited about the event and extended a handshake but Peter clapped it instead.I'd say there was mutual respect but Peter's heart never really softened.

[@trevorstine8647]

Thanks for this story! I had never known about their reconciliation at the concert in Burbank before. Here's the full show. At 1:40:35 Peter comes in to sing his part of Get Up, Stand Up. Great post and thanks again! One Love kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnXVd4lup9GZr5I

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Blessings mon ✌️ Thanks for watching.

[@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4]

Joe higs taught bob Marley to play the guitar he taught all 3 of them how to play instruments

[@paulbillerey1594]

You alright Joe higgs was the mental for the Wailers.

[@Prof_Tad]

He taught them to sing not play instruments. Joe Higgs was their vocalist coach. Peter Tosh taught all of them to play instruments

[@jahlanclaps21]

When Peter meet joe he was a professional instrument player Peter teach bob how to play Gituar not joe give them vocal training

[@tatu8663]

Vocals, not guitar. Peter was the guitar man.

[@zillogullu33]

you dont know what you are talking about

[@joace8575]

Bob and Peter throwing fists at each other? Seriously doubt it!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

It's in plenty of books about the wailers.

[@sambanelly25]

Chris Blackwell ruined The Wailers. Look at what he said to Bunny Wailer when Bob Marley was sick. Do your research and you'll find out.

[@fredvan6043]

Yaaaaawn

[@bernardopokuappiah3012]

Put the many glory the whites bestowed on Bob Marley aside and you will see that nobody would have heard about him as we hear about Peter Tosh today. Though they hated Peter and tried to cover his capabilities,they failed because Tosh is the king. They couldn't cover the real king of reggae even though they tried so hard!

[@fredvan6043]

🤣 Not kidding, are you? If it wasn't for his former Wailers membership, thus for having been Bob Marley's bandmate, Tosh would never have had the international exposure he did get, and would have been long forgotten by now.

[@bernardopokuappiah3012]

@@fredvan6043 That's ridiculous, go and ask the rastas and they would tell who is the greatest. Who would have heard about Bob Marley without Peter Tosh who taught him how to play the guitar?

[@fredvan6043]

@@bernardopokuappiah3012 As far as I know, Bob was not especially renowned as a guitarist but mainly as a singer/songwriter, so who taught him how to play the instrument (which was Rita's father, Papa Roy Anderson, by the way) is not that important. Moreover, before Tosh had ever set foot in a recording studio or even had joined the Wailers, Bob Marley already had released a couple of singles as a solo artist ("Judge not"; "One cup of coffee",...), so this whole "teacher-pupil" thing Tosh kept on bragging about (that is, only after Bob's death) is just nonsense. And who exactly were those whites who tried to cover up Tosh' capabilities? After all it was the Rolling Stones who took him to the international stage, if I'm not mistaken...

[@bernardopokuappiah3012]

@@fredvan6043 you got it completely wrong. It was known on record that Peter Tosh taught Bob Marley how to play guitar before Bob died, and Bob knew about this truth. And like you admitted, Tosh didn't take any interest in telling this secret until bob's death when those who knew about the truth really began talking about it. And so Peter Tosh had to say what he knew. And again your claim that Bob Marley was a complete icon when he joined the group is a mere falacy. Bob was just like Hip pop star when he first joined the group, and as such, the influence of Tosh would serve as a catalyst to quicken the soft Bob. That being said, songs like "Get up stand Up was 75% written by Peter Tosh when Both were together and yet Bob took the song as though it was his. To me Tosh and Bunny wailer were robbed and they were denied their rightful royalties. Chris Blackwell, did all that he could to get Bob overrated and hated Tosh and Bunny with passion. It is on record that bunny and Tosh were curtailed from performing their own songs when the three were together, Bob would always play the leading role even though Bob wasn't better than the two. So I say let's strip off the designed mainstream support bob had from the whites and you would know that Tosh is the greatest!

[@fredvan6043]

@@bernardopokuappiah3012 Well... It's hard to reply to so much ignorance without getting too lengthy... But still. 1° I never said Bob was an icon before the Wailers got together, I just said that unlike Tosh he already had experience as a recording artist. And that, being far from an accomplished musician by then, Tosh would have had very little to teach, except for some basic guitar chords (unlike Bob's father in law, who gave him his first guitar and - himself being a professionally trained musician - taught him how to play it properly). Still, there's no denying that as a guitarist, Tosh' influence on the group's songwriting process was important (but that doesn't make him a 'teacher', as just like the other guys he had to learn along the way). 2° Even Tosh himself never claimed (not even after Bob's death) to be the main author of "Get up stand up" (like he falsely did with Joe Higgs' "Stepping razor", btw). You seriously believe that, having written such a massive song that finally might have given him his part of the stardom he was so desperately seeking, Peter would have come up to his bandmates, saying “look, Bob, I’ve got this great tune that might become a big hit, so I suggest you sing the leading part and take the credit for it”? Yea right! 🤣 3° It was not Blackwell who put Marley to the fore at the expense of Peter and Bunny, since Bob was already considered the group’s leader (being the most gifted and prolific songwriter of the three) long before they joined Island records. Not only Bob wrote most songs, but already from the start of the 1970’s Tosh - wanting to pursue solo success - also tended to keep some of his best material for himself instead of releasing it under the Wailers’ imprint (hence “Can’t blame the youth”, "Arise black man" or “No sympathy” never made it onto an Island Wailers album). Moreover, it was (black producer) Lee Perry who in 1970 changed the group's name into "Bob Marley & the Wailers" (after which Blackwell re-named them The Wailers again). 4° Where do you get Blackwell “hated” Peter and Bunny? Undoubtedly the mistrust was mutual but nevertheless in 1976 Island launched and promoted Bunny’s solo career with the album Blackheart Man (and two subsequent albums): not really a sign of rejection, imo. And of course, Tosh also had white mainstream support from the Rolling Stones (ever heard of them, have you?) to push him internationally, in an attempt to become an crossover pop reggae star (after which he quickly went downhill, artistically speaking)... Funny though, how many clueless Tosh fans tend to believe in unfounded allegations and conspiracy theories - a bit like Trump supporters, really… But anyway: whatever.

[@BigMo101]

Peter Tosh's reaction to Bob's death wipes away this photo of them together, he was a very mean person 😡

[@andra8367]

Kmt

[@soulrebel2006]

Big Facts.

[@ronkali5365]

Then you really don't know rasta

[@Troy-g3q]

Trouble was they didnt practice what they preached . False prophets all for the money .

[@Troy-g3q]

I think peter.had the Christ complex. He was persecuted along the way.beating.Robbed and murdered . Sound familiar.

[@zillogullu33]

I love the wailers as a trio group... I am disappointed in Bob Marley for making himself be used like a pawn and couldn't see the infiltration and also he wanted to be a superstar more than carry out the mission.. shouldn't allow Chris Whitewell to come between them.... Bunny and Peter was willing to walk away to preserve their integrity Bob wasn't.

[@christinagraham2915]

Bob had a family tho.

[@tinostephens6990]

Shut up bro. Peter is the man

[@djibinlokoydjo2553]

@@christinagraham2915 Only Peter TOSH the guide, the Master and the teacher... TOSH the toughest and brillant musician and arrangered all music and songs of the Wailers...Chris Whitehell made Bob for white and commercial audience... Peter TOSH the Man, emperor of reggae music and History...

[@jafarparkes]

@@djibinlokoydjo2553 Only thing is, you possibly wouldn't be here saying that if Blackwell/Whitehell hadn't promoted BMW to the extent he did. I have no doubt they all wanted to be successful in the music/entertainment industry. I dont know for sure the reason for the decision to rename/ the band, but I would guess its something to do with the way the industry moguls thought the intended audience would most likely recieve the band according to the times. Record labels did thst kind of thing all the time. They were very focussed on what they see as the best chance of success and financial payoff. As for "whitening" the music and/or the message, well I guess you can't have it both ways - Bob Marley the universal "prophet" versus some sort of perceived purity of the "message". Look, they had something to say but they also wanted to be stars, just like everyone else who walked into a recording studio asking for an audition.

[@NoLefTurnUnStoned.]

@@djibinlokoydjo2553 Half true. You’re forgetting that Peter was not an outstanding musician. He was a solid guitarist and a disciplined man. Bunny was a very talented man. Bob was a musical genius. Songs fell out of him. People said he would write 2 or 3 songs in a day. So on one hand it’s true that Blackwell exploited the situation. At the same time, with or without Blackwell,Tosh or Bunny…Bob was unstoppable. Up there in the top 5 singer/ songwriters of the 20th century.

[@eriqeasy9273]

Love will always be love a yo thé man dim Ina zion ah like sum box side riddim,, ,,, and I can only think bout the session dim we ah keep,, with man like General écho culture Bobby dee brown and this list could go on and on and on lol for days

[@RH421939]

Marley was a phony tosh was the real deal

[@BigMo101]

Obviously you know nothing about Bob !!

[@RH421939]

After over 20 years of studying bob and Peter I think I have learned quite a bit actually

[@BigMo101]

@@RH421939 Peter was a very mean person, forget the militant appearance, he was just mean

[@djibinlokoydjo2553]

@@BigMo101 Peter TOSH was the teacher, the Master and the Big musician into the Wailers..'He made all music and arrangered all Wailers songs...Bob was Only the market and commercial face for Chris Whitehell and thé white and international audience... TOSH the toughest..'Master of true reggae History..'Go to liste The day the dollars die...Bob and Chris Whitehell Never talk or Say that... TOSH the only one...

[@daviddavie2331]

@@djibinlokoydjo2553 Aston Barret had a big hand in the Wailers songs

[@KiantraHall]

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