Remember when we asked in the brushes with celebrity thread who you had met? Johnny was living in Florida for a brief time on an island playground called Boca Grande in 1983. It was in the downstairs bar at an establishment called The Pink Elephant, known for celebrity clientele Johnny met Mr. Peter Tosh. It was only a quick handshake and a nod and a "Good to know you" and later a quick round of raised glasses around the bar but to a white kid who loved reggae music it meant the world. Early on it was Tosh who drove Bob Marley, forming bands with him, and teaching him to play guitar. Tosh was a Wailer of some import.
Here is his cover of the classic Chuck Berry standard, Johnny B Goode. It's utterly brilliant.
Tosh was shot in his home by robbers on September 11, 1987. The jury convicted his killer in eleven minutes.
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