Unsung Reggae Heartbeat (Peter Tosh)
Artwork by KavionArt - www.kavionart.com Peter Tosh was born Winston McIntosh Oct. 19, 1944, in Westmoreland Jamaica. Tosh had a rough childhood. Abandoned by his parents, he moved around from relative to relative. He fell in love with music early & taught himself to play the guitar by watching others play. He moved to Trench town as a teen where he met two other aspiring musicians Bob Marley & Bunny Wailer in the early 1960s. The trio would form a group called the Wailing Wailers. Tosh was the key member in the group's early stages simply because he was the only one that knew how to play any instruments. Under the tutelage of Joe Higgs, the three developed their love for music. In 1964, the Wailers had their first success as a group with the ska song "Simmer Down". They would go on to record some of the first know Reggae songs. The 1970s brought the Wailers a major record contract with Chris Blackwell & Island records releasing their firs