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Saturday,
October 20
24th
Annual Peter Tosh Birthday Celebration Concert featuring Tosh 1,
Sister
I-Live, Nyabinghi Drummers and more
Doors: 7pm
Film: 8pm
Music: 9pm
$20 tickets
($17 for students)
All ages
Ashkenaz,
Berkeley CA
1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley CA
510-525-5054, 917/834-0330
24th ANNUAL PETER TOSH
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FEATURING TOSH 1, SISTER I-LIVE, AND MORE ON SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 20 AT THE ASHKENAZ IN BERKELEY
Out of Many
One Productions is proud to present the 24th annual Peter Tosh
Birthday Celebration commemorating the late, great reggae legend, icon Winston
Hubert McIntosh, aka ‘Peter Tosh’ on Saturday, October 20 at the Ashkenaz in
Berkeley. Performers include Peter Tosh’s son, Tosh 1, Peter Tosh’s cousin Sister-I-Live,
Nyabinghi drummers, plus special guests to be announced.
Tickets are $20
(student tickets are $17) and can be purchased in advance at the Ashkenaz.
Doors are at 7pm; an original documentary about Peter Tosh including
interviews, history and music is at 8pm,and the music starts at 9pm. This is an
all ages venue.
In August of
this year, the late reggae star Peter
Tosh was appointed a member of the Order of Merit (OM), receiving the country's
third highest national honor and joining Wailers band mate and reggae icon Bob
Marley as a recipient.Twenty-five years after his murder, Tosh, who had no national honor previously, headed a list of 119 Jamaicans national recognized for outstanding contributions to the country on JA Independence Day.
The concert
will feature Tosh 1, aka Jawara McIntosh, the youngest son of the reggae icon, who
was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1980. He moved to Boston in 1985 where he was
raised by his mother. Tosh 1 has performed all over the world and he does
especially well on the festival circuit. This October / November, 2012
Tosh 1 is doing a Western US / Canada tour.
Tosh 1 is now
set to release his highly anticipated album “Death to the Shitstem.” This album
is slated to drop on October 19th, his father's birthday. The album features
songs like “Get up Stand Up” his up-to-the time rendition of The Wailers classic,
“Babylon Burnin,” “Man Up”, just to name a few. This new album is a
revolutionary embodiment of Tosh 1's signature hip-hop meets reggae brand of
music, the best of both worlds!
In Boston,
Tosh 1 was introduced to rap and hip-hop, the flow and flavor of LL Cool J,
Public Enemy, Ice Cube and Run DMC. "That was when music was real,"
says Tosh 1, who started mixing the sounds of reggae with loops and samples of
hip-hop in high school. Tosh has a love-hate relationship with the hip-hop
genre, and believes many of its artists have gone astray, seduced by major
record deals, fast cars and expensive clothes. "The same revolutionary
spirit that once inspired me has been transformed into everything it once
detested," says Tosh 1.
In 2000, Tosh
1 decided to record a couple of tracks in the studio, creating a hybrid sound
that blended urban sounds, but still stayed true to the tenets of reggae and
its messages of social change, activism and spirituality. "It was like
second nature, like magic," says Tosh 1. "People just fell in love
with it."
Tosh 1 is a
revolutionary artist with an impetus to right wrongs. "I give people food
for thought," explains Tosh 1. "It's about waking people up. I am
going to expose the system for what it is. We have to be more conscious of our
life here on earth and stop complaining."
Also appearing on the bill is Bay Area favorite
dancehall queen, Sister I-Live. Born and raised in the Parish of Westmoreland Jamaica, West Indies, her
singing career began in her local parish church choir and school choirs and
youth clubs. This exposure inspired her to start writing her own songs. She and
her friends would frequently go to the beach side with guitars and drums
chanting music for hours.
From an early age she was interested in seeking a spiritual way of life. At
fourteen-years-old, she began visiting and reasoning with local Rasta bredren
and sistren and attending the Nyahingi groundations where Rastas would chant
together with drums. In 1973, she began to grow her dreadlocks and further her
commitment to Rastafari.
After moving to California in 1984 where she started singing as DJ, toasting
and singing over the local sound systems, she then began singing on stage
shows, backing up local reggae performers. In 1987, she began singing with a
band called the Chosen Few, comprised of some of the toughest reggae musicians
in the Bay Area.
Sister I- Live is a lively
performer whose dancing infectiously moves her audiences. She is called a Dance-Hall Diva because of her compelling live performances. A cousin to
the legendary Peter Tosh, Sister-I- Live has ability to pull the fire out of
the audience with her every sound. Each song brings a healing message surely to
touch the hearts of many. Her musical repertoire is varied with original
cultural lyrics as well as, classic reggae cover tunes.
The Peter Tosh Birthday Celebration
concert is slated to be a special treat for all those Peter Tosh fans that have
been waiting for Peter's next release, and for the younger generations who
never got to see Peter Tosh perform live in the flesh. Peter's youngest son,
Tosh 1 has now taken the torch and moved ahead with youthful strength and vigor
to carry on the work of his father.
For more information contact Out Of
Many One Productions, 917-834-0330 or for tickets go to
http://www.ashkenaz.com/. The box office is open every night when there is an
event for presale tickets.
