Toots and the Maytals

A London concert by Toots and the Maytals, the Jamaican band whose music spans rocksteady, ska and reggae, now fronted by Leba, with special guests on the bill.

Toots and the Maytals is a Jamaican band formed in Jamaica in 1966 and linked to the label Beverley's Records. The group began as the Maytals and adopted its current name for the debut album Sweet and Dandy in 1969. Among the ska and rocksteady groups of that period, it is one of the best known, and the 1968 single Do The Reggay is recorded as the first song to use the word reggae.

Frederick 'Toots'Hibbert is regarded as a reggae pioneer, and Rolling Stone named the singer among the 100 greatest singers of all time. The band's catalogue includes 54-46 Was My Number, Monkey Man, Pressure Drop, Funky Kingston, Broadway Jungle, Bam Bam, Time Tough and Reggae Got Soul.

The current line-up is presented as Toots and the Maytals featuring Leba, Toots'daughter, who has released her own recordings and has worked with Sly & Robbie and Jimmy Cliff. The concert takes place at 229, a London concert venue, with special guests.