CaledonianGonzo Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 You hate to see it 😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue6field Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Shite news!! RIP toots! Thanks for all the memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 minute ago, blue6field said: Shite news!! RIP toots! Thanks for all the memories! yup, and thanks for that voice and those tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebeedoobee Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Sadly could see this coming as he moved from being admitted to hospital in Jamaica, then into ICU. So glad I got to see him a good number of times and recently too. Will never grow tired of his tunes. RIEP sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterdeep Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 So sad. RIP Toots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 If there's a more joyous noise in recorded music than Sweet and Dandy then I've no idea what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 A couple of times I saw him were as good as music (and therefore life) gets. Celebrations of joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 This is not the news I wanted to wake up to 😢 I will always remember my parents taking me to see them at the UEA years back and it starting a real love of both him and the genre. RIP Toots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutarsky Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Rest easy Toots, I forgive you for keeping me hanging around the West Holts in 2017 - your tunes made my life better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestripe Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, blutarsky said: Rest easy Toots, I forgive you for keeping me hanging around the West Holts in 2017 - your tunes made my life better. Yeah me too! Monkey Man is the ONE tune guaranteed to get me off my sorry ass and dancing like a fool. Thank you for the music Toots, RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Chris Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Sad news, brought so much joy to so many people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 A true Glastonbury King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBurns Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Terrible news. Saw him a few times and he never disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCountryGirl Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 😭😭😭 I never got to see him live (the West Holts no-show in 2017 was of great disappointment to me and now great sadness) but still have so many great memories to his music. God bless, Toots. Rest easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonker Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, blutarsky said: Rest easy Toots, I forgive you for keeping me hanging around the West Holts in 2017 - your tunes made my life better. Oh man, I'm so gutted that he never showed up that year What was the reason in the end? I heard differing stories, that it was his crew's fault or that there was a blockage in movement and he just couldn't get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Just remembered his ace Radiohead cover https://youtu.be/m-obkMBXmqE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattiloy Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Gutting. Never saw him at the festival But caught them a couple of times elsewhere. I half expected them to be on next year. His wiki saying it was corona. Well tired of it by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh69 Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Had really hoped to catch him someday, but never got the chance. I saw Foo Fighters on the Saturday of '17, but my friend went and saw Dead Kennedys followed by a secret set from Toots & the Maytals instead. From what she's told me, it sounds like it was a great night and I definitely was in the wrong place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparx Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Awful news to wake up to 🙁 Very sad stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 That 2010 set was one of the best things I've seen at Glastonbury. Bought his new album the other week, he was still making good, good music. The full 2010 set is on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted September 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 Toots then Stevie. Bangers galore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmoman Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, wonker said: Oh man, I'm so gutted that he never showed up that year What was the reason in the end? I heard differing stories, that it was his crew's fault or that there was a blockage in movement and he just couldn't get there. They got on site late for some reason, actually saw them in a Range Rover going towards West Holts as I was walking away, far too late by then for them to play, luckily went to The Dead Kennedys that night and so saw Toots afterwards, so lucky to catch him, RIP Toots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 30 minutes ago, gizmoman said: They got on site late for some reason, actually saw them in a Range Rover going towards West Holts as I was walking away, far too late by then for them to play, luckily went to The Dead Kennedys that night and so saw Toots afterwards, so lucky to catch him, RIP Toots. I left the Pyramid to beat the rush, went to the naughty corne, saw him playing (having been there for his no-show at WH) then got a 'thanks and goodnight' at the end of the song. Bah! Saw him at Bestival though v good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney McGrew Posted September 12, 2020 Report Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said: Just remembered his ace Radiohead cover https://youtu.be/m-obkMBXmqE This cover is awesome! Gutted, RIP, Toots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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