What Really Happened To Tenor Saw?

[@edwin1030]

I am a veteran journalist and I just want to say you guys did a great job with this mini-documentary. You explained his roots, his impact and untimely passing. You laid out the facts, didn't offer conjecture, and allowed viewers to draw their own conclusions. Also some great photos I've never seen before. Great job!

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

@@edwin1030 Thanks a lot 🙏

[@leethistlethwaite4381]

From a white kid on a council estate in Middlesbrough North East England, while my mates where flying high listening to the likes of Marley, Tracy Chapman, UB40 etc it was Tenor Saw that i repeatedly played, his death was Reggaes loss, such a talent and what a voice, RIP Tenor Saw 😢 Never Forgotten Ring the Alarm upstairs bro

[@Stancehall]

👊🏾

[@van84agon]

Ring the Alarm wow blew my mind when first I heard this song - raw powerful voice - no doubt he started in a church choir. everyone thinks they know how to handle drugs, here is one more reason to say No to drugs. Thank you for making this. awesome.

[@dexocube]

Ring the Alarm, Golden Hen, Fever, he was rolling out all time classics. He was just a kid when he went. RIP Tenor Saw, I hope they appreciate you better up there than they did down here.

[@positive___soul]

So sad he was so young. Very mysterious circumstances surrounding his passing. May he continue to rest in peace and hopefully someday his family will learn the truth about what really happened to him.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

He was only a kid. He didn't deserve that at all🙏

[@positive___soul]

@@ReggaeAppreciationSociety That's so true. Very unfortunate. 😔

[@daniellehilton4860]

I LOVED TENOR SAW SO VERY MUCH AFTER HEARING HIM SING YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH. LEGEND!

[@daniellehilton4860]

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DARK, MUST COME TO.LIGHT ONE DAY!

[@daniellehilton4860]

SOMEONE WAS JEALOUS OF YOUNG TENOR SAWS TALENT AND PREMEDITATED HIS MURDER!

[@pinncok3344]

You are a true gem to Jamaica and to the history of our good spiritual music I wish the most high to continue blessing you

[@jenn8459]

My favorite. I remember discovering Tenor Saw at 10 yrs old during Toronto Caribana. Voice of an angel & wisdom far beyond his years 💛💚🖤

[@TheAnnaFisher]

Earthstrong blessings on Tenor Saw's special day. Continue to rest easy, Clive Tenor Saw Bright. Learned so much. Love you, R.A.S., Jah Bless! 🙏❤💛🖤💚👑🎶👏🇯🇲🇻🇮🇺🇲💥💯🎤🌎

[@Hiprich]

I love Tenor Saw! He wrote some great songs. “Whose Gonna Help Me Praise Jahova” is my favourite song from his album “Fever”. Bad voice ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@alixsthilaire6403]

These videos of their history are great

[@DonTheking]

One of the saddest stories in the history of music

[@stuckintha90s]

This is probably the saddest story in reggae 😢

[@AS-wj1du]

Even though Tenor died before I was one I'm so drawn to him and it never stopped bothering me his case is unsolved. I love the oldies and reggae music back then. No one now has a patch on him, Nitty Gritty, Sugar, Bob, Peter. Maybe Sizzla and Buju. But a lot of people died back then like Rankin Toyan. His poor mother and family. The industry is very wicked and some will not sell their soul. Some choose to. You can barely find info on him. I recently found out he lay deceased in the morgue while everyone looked for him. Then one rasta sent his sister and she immediately recognised it was him laying there 😢 Still unsolved like so many others

[@daniellehilton4860]

I feel just the same as you do. We must be kindred spirits. Thank you for the updates on the part about the morgue. I did not know about that. Let us keep praying that one day soon the murderer will be found. God bless you for having a good heart. I myself was teenager when he died. I never listened to his songs until much later and I just fell in love with his voice spirit I was so proud of him on the way he pushed himself to become an artist. God bless the person who gave him a chance to become one of the greatest reggae artists ever!

[@daniellehilton4860]

Someone said that he would become more legendary than them and had him killed. How horrible is that

[@Commeunlion]

What's the name of the song playing in the background?

[@JorisSchweppe]

This background song will never get me bored man

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Glad to know 😃✌️

[@agomodern]

I'm from Houston and never heard that story.

[@robertmathurin739]

Blessed Love,, Rastafari,,🇱🇨👊🏼🇯🇲👍🏼♥️

[@sylwhile]

"Getting high and walk out and the high way" 😂

[@michelrood2966]

What?

[@vivienneforrester5578]

😢😢😢😢he would of gone on to be one of the great legendary sining artist if only he had good guidance such a young man 😢😢😢my he rest in peace 🙏🏽 I loved chill out and rasta never work on Sunday, pumpkin, roll call, abd many more ❤❤❤

[@anthonyv6962]

Great job as always.

[@RebelsInc969]

Shame he didnt listen to his own words "Life is one big road with lots of signs on both sides", could have done so much more Jah Bless 🙏✌

[@coolcole1467]

Why is it that no one every suspected Dr. Dread in the death of Tenor Saw? Based on this video, he may have exhausted resources, including initial payments to Tenor, only to be later disappointed with Saw’s no show.

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

😲🤔🤔🤔

[@AS-wj1du]

Who is dr dread? Very devious

[@coolcole1467]

@@AS-wj1duDid you watch the video? I ask because he was featured in the video; see his photograph @ the 7:09 mark. He is credited as CEO of RAS Records and struck an album deal with Tenor that ended in failure because of the latter’s disrespectful no-show. Let’s just say “Dr. Dread” isn’t Jamaican or black.

[@187philly]

Interesting 🤔

[@adventure_2030]

BRO I DO APPRECIATE THIS INFORMATION ..BECAUSE IM ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD AND STILL ASKING ABOUT IS DEATH ON NITIGRITY 😢😢😢SAD SAD 😔 😟 JAH BLESS THEM SOUL

[@muzikdepotart]

so sad...Peace RAS, can you touch on Barry Brown's legacy? whenever the time's right for that, he was great and deserve some appreciation

[@wraynephew6838]

I heard it was a drug debt. Tenor Saw did not pay the people he owed. They beat him up somewhere and dumped him off at the road side where he died of exposure. This happened in the United States

[@simeonanderson2437]

Big ups ☝🏿thanks for this one major 1 jah guide

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

Welcome Back Again & again and again etc‼🌞🌿🌿

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Welcome 😄

[@NoahSpurrier]

21 years old.

[@barbarafindley8421]

I heard his voice coming from a next man in a studio years ago

[@celmac74]

Awww Sugar took him on ❤️ ❤️

[@botengu5728]

With all the respect I have for Supercat's skills, what he said in 2019 really doesn't help his image. He was a suspect in the murder of Nitty Gritty, rumors pointed to him for the death of Tenor saw, and then he says that Yami Bolo, the only surviving member of the group of friends should have died instead of Tenor....

[@killintours]

And the people in the dance were affraid to booh the fuck outta him

[@paulamos2817]

Brilliant work, keep it up

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@nigeriaroberts678]

I dont understand why Supercat was being blamed for the murder. Was there a fued between them?

[@joediboss3425]

Yow..supercat was blame for nitty gritty murder and not tenorsaw's....nitty gritty approach cat in his studio with gun drawn so cat shot and kill him first hence the jury justified the killing and cat never took jail

[@Ibnafrika]

@@joediboss3425 I thought Cat's brother had a dispute with Nitty Gritty - something about damaging Gritty's rental car - and when Gritty went to Cat's record store & was berating Cat's brother; Cat involved himself in the dispute; shooting & killing Nitty Gritty. Cat may have beat the case but will still have to meet his maker.

[@AS-wj1du]

Super cat killed nitty gritty and people saw it. Apparently self defence. They accused nitty of killing Tenor although he was in England when Tenor died. No way he did it. It could be hit and run, promoters or fake friends. But they want to blame someone so because super cat killed nitty and nitty and Tenor were friends they came up with that.

[@AS-wj1du]

As Jamaicans would say Tenor Saw son kill him bad. He truly looks like his dad

[@jaythomas9018]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🔥🔥🔥❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Tony-b8n]

Ring the alarm another sound is dieing ❤❤❤❤rip

[@keithgray4891]

The brother went to Texas, and ended up dead … come on now .. really…….sounds like he got caught up in a sundown Town.. 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@gabrieldavis121571]

A great possibility

[@jtrealfunny]

Ring the Alarm!

[@romeusdracul9531]

The rumors are to much … was he RAN over by a Car? … Or was he shot? … Where? … State some FACTS! And solve his murder. WHY would the Cat have to kill his friend? … Who has a Motive to murder Tenor??

[@JESUS_KING_LORD_]

So whatever you want you got to work very hard to gain hey!

[@alirezazoka]

Great artist

[@kuristofa1]

Isn’t little John’s voice similar to tenor saw’s??

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

@@kuristofa1 Nobody sounded like Tenor Saw in my opinion. I'd say Little John sounded like a dancehall toaster version of Dennis Brown

[@gregoryspevack2263]

dam

[@jccjjccj3305]

George Phang is pronounced as George Pang

[@jeshecadouglas4847]

He was killed set up hit and run

[@michealbaskerville8832]

🤘🏿👑👑👑👽🤘🏿 HUWA

[@UTG-uptown]

Phang not fang 😂

[@ReggaeAppreciationSociety]

✌️😆

[@lwright1554]

The best one I saw was "Sugar Mine Nuts".