Toots Hibbert: The Man Who Would Be God
Penny Reel, NME, 21 February 1976
Rasta revelations courtesy of FREDERICK "TOOTS" HIBBERT of Toots and The Maytals, who'd rather incarnate here and now than talk about old times with PENNY REEL who goes ahead and traces the group's lengthy history anyway.
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