2013 - Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh - John Masouri

Title : Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh
Author : John Masouri
Foreword : Roger Rojah Steffens
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN : 978-1-84772-836-4
Year : 2013

Book by John Masouri, released by Omnibus Press in 2013, 486 pages.

John Masouri, journalist, writer who did the excellent 'Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers' in 2009.
It was a long time research , it took John Masouri 10 years of work.

He's also journalist and published articles inside 'Mojo', 'Black Echoes', 'New Musical Express', 'Riddim Magazine'
'Reggae Vibes', 'The Guardian' magazines.

He was co-author of ' the Guinness Book Of Reggae' and 'The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Reggae' .

There's not a lots of books based upon Peter Tosh, John Masouri took this to another level with this one.

The books is presented in chapters :

Foreword by Roger Steffens

Part I - Rasta Shook Them UP

1 - didnt it rain
2 - no sympathy
3 - climb the ladder
4 - the toughest
5 - stepping razor
6 - arise black man
7 - go tell it on the mountains
8 - fussing and fighting
9 - rod of correction
10 - mark of the beast
11 - talkin' blues

Part II - Dont Look Back

12 - there's one in every crowd
13 - legalise it
14 - word , sound and power
15 - equal rights
16 - peace treaty
17 - bush doctor
18 - some girls
19 - when the whip comes down
20 - mystic man
21 -lessons in my life
22 - oh bumbo klaat

Part III - Iam That Iam

23 - wanted, dread and alive
24 - mama africa
25 - youth consciousness
26 - midnight dread
27 -heavy manners
28 - swatziland
29 - no nuclear war
30 - vampire
31- why must i cry ?
32- the legacy

Index

The book do includes photographies by :

- Peter Simon
- Ashtley Chin
- Lee Jaffe
- Chuck Krall
- Fikisha Cumbo
- Michael Putland
- Kim Gottlieb-Walker
- Adrien Boot
- Ron Galella
- Georges Chin




Additional Informations And Comments :

- Quite clearly 'THE' book about Peter Tosh
- Must have