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ImageOctober is celebrated as Heritage Month, a month in which we honour heroes and cultural icons past and present. One such icon is Peter Tosh.

The annual Peter Tosh's Tribute which for the past three years was held at Independence Park, Savanna-la-Mar, West-moreland, will be held this year at his birthplace in Belmont at the site of his mausoleum.

 

The main feature of the tribute, which takes place on Saturday, October 18 (the eve of his 64th birthday), will be the appearance of three performers belonging to the second generation of the Wailers. These are Andrew Tosh, son of Peter Tosh; Sensi Love, the daughter of Bunny Wailer and Akila Barrett, the son of the late Wailers' drummer, Carlton Barrett.

 

"So you see, the Wailers will be there," mused Worrell King, promoter of the 18-year-old event. Other acts include Lutan Fyah, Bushman, Little Hero, Natural Black and the ever present Edi Fitzroy. There will be no charge for the all-day affair beginning at 10:00 am with fun and games activities for children.

 

According to promoter Worrell King, the concert has been relocated because he was told by the Westmoreland Parish Council that Indepen-dence Park was scheduled for renovation, however, this is yet to begin. Taking all of that in stride, King sought to put a positive spin on it when he told Splash: "Quite fittingly, this year patrons will have the opportunity to interact with his (Peter Tosh's) mother who is still living there at Belmont where Tosh is resting. And they will also get to view the mausoleum, as well as the splendid scenery provided by the trees and the birds."

 

One of reggae's strident voices, Winston Hubert McIntosh, a guitarist and original member of the Wailers, was born on October 19, 1944, and was brutally slain at his Barbican home on September 11, 1987.

 

For his lyrical stridency, short-fuse temperament he dubbed himself 'The Stepping Razor', and for his staunch, unapologetic advocacy of the Rastafari worldview, he saw himself as 'The Mystic Man'.

 

At the 2007 symposium in honour of Peter Tosh, his former manager Herbie Miller called for the establishment of a museum for the purpose of archiving the musical legend.


There will be no symposium this year, as the lecture forum initiated by King of Kings Promotions in collaboration with University lecturer Dr Clinton Hutton, will now be held every other year. The next one will be in 2009, possibly looking at the life and works of another Wailer, Splash understands.

 Source: Jamaica Observer


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