Toots & the Maytals News

You don't get much more roots reggae than the Maytals. The group is credited with being first act to use the word "reggae" in song.

Toots of Toots & the Maytals recently joined the Playing for Change band and guests including Ziggy Marley at Club Nokia in LA for a special night to raise money for a learning centre in Jamaica.

28; doors open at 8 p.m. Where: Tahoe Biltmore, Crystal Bay Tickets: $25 Must be: 21 or older Web site: www.renegadeshows.com Calling Toots Hibbert's music old-school reggae would be an understatement.

Wednesday: While the world tries to figure out what's up with Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, the band's guitarist, plays a solo show at the Fillmore.

An Afro-beat roots reggae crew, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad tours nonstop and is known for its impressive, intense live shows.

ONE LOVE No matter how many great gigs we get to experience, the magic moment when a roomful of strangers forms a transcendent bond in music and movement never fails to excite.

Very few people can say they singlehandedly invented a musical sound known around the world.

The following shows recently were announced. Toots and the Maytals: The reggae artist and Rastafarian plays with opener Rey Fresco at 9:30 p.m. Nov.

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Radiohead should be blushing. Close on the heels of BBE 's collection of future-soul-tinged Radiohead reworkings, comes Radiodread , a surprising and impressive roots-style reggae remake of the band's entire landmark album OK Computer .

Island Records founder and hotelier Chris Blackwell was inaugurated into the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's Hall of Fame in a glittering ceremony held at the Kingston Hilton Hotel on Monday night which saw many of Jamaica's leading business personalities in attendance.

Tucson's proximity to Los Angeles seems to have made the Old Pueblo a regular stop for the SoCal reggae outfit The Aggrolites.

With Tip The Van, The Duppies, Live Now, Johnny 9 and The Racers and Stalemate. 7 p.m., Oct.

Summer's over but the local music scene's heating up for fall and we're introducing you to a couple local bands we think you need to check out as you plan your weekends.

Toots and the Maytals' D&F Music label has signed a new distribution deal with Tads Records.

THE KILLERS In January, the Las Vegas rockers were both human and dancer as they lit up Agganis Arena with their glossy pop anthems and bizarrely feather-festooned costumes.

His next move: an r&b album. Since he became the first singer to use the term reggae in a song , Toots has established himself and his backup singers the Maytals as one of the pivotal groups in the history of Jamaican popular music.

Drawing on musical influences as varied as reggae, ska, hip-hop, funk, afro-beat, and latin the sound is eclectic and upbeat.

I wouldn't make the mistake of calling them a tribute band, or labeling them unoriginal.

Few albums greet listeners with a song featuring the musical saw. Then again, few bands sound like the Pine Hill Haints.

Few albums greet listeners with a song featuring the musical saw. Then again, few bands sound like the Pine Hill Haints.