Legacy, an acoustic ten track opus will feature covers of the elder Tosh’s more popular recordings.
Ky-Mani Marley is featured on Lessons in Life, while Bunny Wailer makes a guest appearance on I Am.
In a release to the media, Tosh outlined the reasons behind the creation of Legacy.
‘While I was in the middle of working on my album I to I, my manager Dawn Simpson came up with the idea of doing a tribute to my father and submit it in time for the Grammys. Over a period of time she would write down in her diary my favorite Peter Tosh songs as I would just start singing songs at random. When the idea came around to do the album she had six songs and I came up with three more. The track Creation was a request from a family friend’, Tosh explained.
Tosh felt it was important to cover his father’s material at this time, as the time was more appropriate for the message of his late father to be heard. Said Tosh ‘We are in a time of dire need for musical messages with a purpose. Now is the time for Peter Tosh's message to be heard’.
A high profile list of names worked on Legacy. They include Mikey Chung, Winston ‘Bo Pee’ Bowen, Daniel ‘Danny Axeman’ Thompson and Ranoy Gordon. The album was produced by Handel Tucker in collaboration with Simpson and Tosh.
Said Tosh ‘The album took us thirteen days to complete. We were on a mission and we pulled through even when we were told we couldn’t do it. Dawn is no joke she is one determined manager, when she says we are getting something done consider it done’.
Legacy will be released by Box Ten Entertainment Group in association with Tuff Gong.
Andrew’s previous sets include Original Man, Message From Jah, Andrew Tosh: Dressed to Kill, Andrew Sings Tosh: He Never Died, and the Grammy nominated Make Place for the Youth.
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