Written by Kieran Prasch & Alex Lubinsky, Pictures by James Orr
Another real burst of positive energy radiated off the Mountain Jam crowd as Toots & the Maytals started their set. The smiles spread, and the mountain really started to fill up to witness the founding father of the word "reggae". The crowd began dancing to the rhythm as the rising dust got so thick I could barley see the stage as the band performed "Higher." Toots enjoyed winding up the tempo which in turn produced even more dust as they raged into double-time ska.
As the band played one of their most recognized songs "Reggae Got Soul", the mountain began to rock 'on its dancing feet'. You couldn't look anywhere and not find someone at least slightly bobbing their heads - it's truly one of those kind of songs. Gospel-style harmonies had the mid-forties hippie mother to my left dancing like she was in her early twenties.
Today they also performed the infamous "54-46 Was My Number" which when heard live still rings true as it had in its original era.
When the band was in their last five minutes of playing, we met Toot's brother at the top of the hill, and we all agreed that (without any bias) Toots is one of the greatest live reggae performers we've ever seen.
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