Toots donates guitar to Music Museum

  • 07 Feb 2020
The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) accepts a donation from Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, to the Jamaica Music Museum.  The Director of the Museum, Herbie Miller (left) looks on. The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange (right) accepts a donation from Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, to the Jamaica Music Museum. The Director of the Museum, Herbie Miller (left) looks on. MCGES/Oliver Watt

Kingston, 7 February 2020 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has congratulated the Reggae legend, Toots Hibbert, who has donated a guitar the Jamaica Music Museum.

Presenting the guitar to Minister Grange, Toots said it was “one of the first guitars that I bought on my first tour of America; and I feel like I’m doing the right thing just to give this guitar [to the Jamaica Music Museum]”.

Minister Grange thanked Toots for his important contribution to the Music Museum.

“I’m inviting other Jamaican singers, songwriters, musicians, artistes to contribute artefacts and items to the Jamaica Music Museum,” said Minister Grange.

Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert is a pioneer of Reggae music.

Toots and the Maytals have produced some of Reggae's most popular hits including 'Pressure Drop', 'Monkey Man' and '54-46 (That's My Number)’.

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