Toots and the Maytals are true pioneers. In 1968 they released the song ‘Do The Reggay’ - “reggay” being the dance you did to the ska music coming out of Jamaica at the time - and the name stuck, giving birth to a whole new style of ska-inspired music, reggae.
Kool and the Gang will head to Australia with Roy Ayers early next year for what promises to be the funkiest thing to hit this part of the world in years.