Earlier this summer, The Expanders were asked to do two covers of classic Toots & The Maytals songs in anticipation of a month long tribute to Toots on Rootfire.com and other outlets celebrating the career of the Jamaican icon. Sadly, right as they were finishing up the recordings, Toots Hibbert passed at age 77, after contracting coronavirus. The band has decided to release these two tracks - "True Love" and "Love Is Gonna Let Me Down" - and donate any proceeds made from them to Toots' family.
The sheer beauty and joy of this music and the reverence towards its source literally makes me well up. I think DB would have loved it. As luck would have it, the day I bought this, I discovered that they are playing the Electric Ballroom the following month - I cannot wait!
rich ellis
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