Several generations of the family of Peter Tosh assembled for an Observer photo at the Peter Tosh Earthstrong Concert.
October 30, 2013
Peter Tosh Earthstrong Concert marks 69th anniversary of singer’s birth
FAMILY members and devotees of late reggae superstar Peter Tosh gathered at Natty’s Entertainment Centre at Farm near Belmont, the birthplace of the ‘Stepping Razor’, as he was also called, to mark the 69th anniversary of his birth with a Peter Tosh Earthstrong Concert, on Sunday, October 20, 2013. This was the event at which Ras Puddler, self-confessed ganja farmer and Tosh devotee, of Westmoreland, called for decriminalising and not legalisation of the weed. The annual celebration was previously organised by Worrell King, but this year’s event is the first to be organised by the Tosh family. Today the Jamaica Observer presents a photo story of the event, courtesy of photographer Karl McLarty.
Remember the song Two White Girls on a Minibus? This is onewhite girl on a bike, with her ‘Rasta’ rider, arriving for the PeterTosh concert.
A Rastaman quenches histhirst with a jelly coconut.
Three Peter Tosh devotees, who travelledto Jamaica to celebrate their hero, pausefor a refreshing Red Stripe beer.
One-legged baller Lionel Monteithof Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland,shows he has not allowed the loss of aleg to stop him enjoying a gameof football, at the Peter Tosh EarthstrongConcert.
Two Tosh devotees examine this camera at the Peter ToshEarthstrong Concert.
A group of musicians from the East Kingston-based Cave ManInternational Studios gathered to remember Peter Tosh. Fromleft: Isha Bel (formerly Natalie Walsh of Fourth Street Sister);Wild Life aka The Voice of Thunder; Vivian Jones; MikeyGeneral; Empress Itilafeya; and Cave Man.
Two of Peter Tosh’s granddaughters, AlisonDawkins (left) and Akaya McIntosh, who wereat Farm to celebrate their late grandfather.
A couple chilling on the beach atthe Peter Tosh celebratory concert.
This man (at left) cuts up ganjaalongside his brethren at the Peter ToshEarthstrong Concert.
