Word, Sound and Power

Word, Sound and Power are a Jamaican reggae band, formed in 1976 as Peter Tosh's backing band after Tosh left The Wailers.

History

It is believed that each word in the name stood for parts of the ensemble, Word – vocals, Sound – guitars, and Power – percussion. It is also a Rastafarian concept regarding the power of words.

Word, Sound and Power toured with Tosh in America in 1976, Europe in 1978 and 1979, and backed him at the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica. For this concert, their line-out was Sly and Robbie, Al Anderson, Mikey Chung, Robbie Lyn, Keith Sterling, Uziah Thompson and Noel Simms.

Carlton "Santa" Davis (drums) and George "Fully" Fullwood (bass) replaced Sly and Robbie, when they began touring with Black Uhuru (Mykal Rose, Duckie Simpson and Puma Jones).

Although the band has switched in and out of members fairly consistently throughout the years, the band generally consisted of Sly and Robbie, Mikey Chung, Keith Sterling, Robbie Lyn, and male background singers The Tamlins and three other unnamed female background singers.

From around 1978 through 1981, the role of the lead guitar would change several times with Darryl Thompson and Al Anderson. In 1978...

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