Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, frontman of the pioneering reggae outfit Toots and the Maytals and one of the greatest voices in popular music, has died at the age of 77.
The group split in the early Eighties, and while Hibbert continued to tour regularly as a solo artist, he didn’t cut another album until 1988’s. The record paired him with the storied Jamaican duo of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, and earned Hibbert his first Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Recording. In the mid-Nineties, Hibbert reformed Toots and the Maytals — though this time without co-founders Matthius and Gordon — kicking off another prolific period of touring and studio work.
of Hibbert. “His voice reminds me very much of the timbre of Otis Redding. When you hear him do ‘Pain in My Heart,’ it’s an uncanny resemblance. I think he knows himself. He’s his own man, and he knows the contribution he’s made, which is why he’s still around. You know, whenever I get a call from Toots, I go running.”
Hibbert continued to tour regularly, though in 2013, a fan threw a vodka bottle onstage during a Virginia concert that hit Hibbert in the head. He suffered a concussion and canceled his remaining shows. In June 2016, Hibbert finally returned to the stage, while he also threw himself into his work at his home studio — the so-called Reggae Center — even as he continued to grapple with headaches and anxiety related to the injury.
Hibbert’s work in the Reggae Center culminated in a wild, two-day recording session late last year that resulted in Toots and the Maytals’. The album was produced by Zak Starkey, and features contributions from Starkey’s father, Ringo Starr, as well as Sly Dunbar, Cyril Neville, and Ziggy Marley, who joins Toots on a cover of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.
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