Andrew Tosh
Andrew Tosh (born Carlos Andrew McIntosh, 19 June 1967) is a Jamaican reggae singer and the son of Peter Tosh. He is the nephew of reggae singer Bunny Wailer, also an original member of the Wailers. Andrew has a strong vocal resemblance to his late father and like his father, rides the unicycle.
Biography
Tosh was exposed to the music of his father's group the Wailers from an early age, his mother, Shirley Livingston, also being the sister of Bunny Wailer and half-sister of Claudette Pearl Livingston by Cedella Booker, the mother of the Wailers' third member, Bob Marley. His first recording session was in 1985, produced by Charlie Chaplin, and resulting in the single "Vanity Love". After his father was shot dead in 1987, he performed two songs at his funeral, "Jah Guide" and "Equal Rights".
He moved on to work with producer Winston Holness on his debut album, Original Man on ROHIT Records. This was followed in 1989 by a second album, Make Place for the Youth, which was recorded in the United States and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.
He toured with the Wailers Band in 1991.
In 2004, he recorded an album of songs by his father, Andrew Sings Tosh: He Never...
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