JamaicaMusic OFFBEAT

OFFBEAT means unconventional; not conforming to norm. JamaicaMusic Offbeat presents music unconventional to popular Jamaican music which is largely traditional reggae and its dancehall derivatives. It places in the spotlight Jamaican musicians, home and abroad, who are creators/players/performers of improvised and other non-traditional music, the venues and shows that indulge in improvised music. It also features similar musicians and jazz related entities beyond the Jamaican shores.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Reliving Peter Tosh live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Offbeat travels back in time to July 16, 1979, 30 years past, to figuratively relive reggae legend Peter Tosh performing a devastating live set at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
The concert was performed in The Casino which is mostly known for having been burnt down eight years earlier and memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water."

Watch the concert live via You Tube video 1 -16.
Peter Tosh Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival!

The band:
Lead Guitar: Darryl Thompson
Rhythm Guitar: Mikey Chung
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Drums: Sly Dunbar
Keyboards: Robert Lynn
Keyboards: Keith Sterling
Backing Vocals: The Tamlins

JamaicaMusic OFFBEAT

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Reliving Peter Tosh live at the Montreux Jazz Festival

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