17 Chapters Of Culture CD

If you start out with his words, you end up with his Power. Long ago sometime in the 80's, late one night, I was heading from San Fransisco to Santa Cruz. I was listening to Spliff Skanking, a DJ from Palo Alto, on my car radio. Spliff mentioned that Peter Tosh would be performing at the Watsonville Fairground. I said to myself, 'Should I go?' I remembered seeing Peter one time in the late sixties or early seventies, in the ska rock steady days, when he was with the Wailers. The next morning I woke up early, and I said to my kids' mother, 'Come on girl, let's go and see Peter Tosh.

You never can tell...' It's sad for me to say this, but I knew this could be the last chance I would have to see the brother. Well, I got my money, and my camera, and I got into my car, and headed for the show. First thing, as I got into the Fairground, I saw the great Ras Midas of Ras Midas & the Bridge. We talked for a little bit. I said to him, 'This is a good day.

' And I said to myself, 'This will be a great show.

' The setup was a rock band playing Jimmy Hendrix' covers, and the second band playing was the late Dennis Brown. The truth is, I knew Dennis Brown personally from the early sixties or seventies. He was a frequent performer at Birds Isle, Belize, where I started my own career.

I saw Don Kingsley, Peter Tosh's Guitar player by the fence. He got me back stage. He told me that Peter was in the bus next to the stage, six feet away from where I was standing. The door was closed. I couldn't see Peter. But I could feel his vibes. At that time Dennis Brown was off stage . Dennis and I had a nice talk, catching up on old memories.

Then Peter Tosh was on. I hurried up front to see him. As always, his African robe was so right for him.

And his Indian Mocassin shoes. He went from one song to another. Then he made a stop and said, 'This one I'm going to Rock and Reg.