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| ★★★★★眾星雲集的亞買加雷鬼祭現在開演★★★★★ 流行雷鬼的巨星Shaggy、Ska起家的樂團後輩No Doubt、 另類鄉謠界的金童Ryan Adams、鄉村搖滾前輩Willie Nelson、 多屆葛萊美獎藍調搖滾女將Bonnie Raitt、搖滾界之神Eric Clapton、 吉他天王Keith Richards、Jeff Beck …等等等齊聚一堂， 只為雷鬼樂教父級天師Toots And The Maytals歷年經典貢獻心力! 今日我們提及雷鬼樂，必定少不了要提及牙買加，即便它早已是一種風行全球的流行樂種之一。不少樂手及藝人仍不忘強調自己的原產地，彷彿那是一種正統化的儀式。但雷鬼的起源，其實是早年牙買加當地樂手深受美國節奏藍調啟發，先是形成一種被稱之為Ska的新風格，後來才逐漸又轉化出名為雷鬼的派別。 今日我們提及雷鬼樂，必定少不了Bob Marley，彷彿除了他，誰的雷鬼樂都顯得不夠道地夠味。可是如果稍事鑽研一下，便會發現有好幾位前輩，竟被流行大眾嚴重的忽略了，其中之一正是Toots And The Maytals 。根據Andy Bennett之著作[流行音樂的文化](孫憶南譯、書林出版)所引述Hebdige的說法︰「雷鬼樂是變形的美國靈魂音樂，配上隨手拈來的非洲節奏，再加入一點純粹牙買加式的叛逆而成…」，而這最初的變形過程，Toots And The Maytals就是幕後的推手之一。這夥全來自牙買加首都京斯頓(Kingston)的少年們，六零年代發跡後，不但紅遍家鄉，名聲還拓及英國；而原先帶著濃厚黑人靈魂及福音的風格，在Toots出獄後有了轉變，一曲以牢房號碼為名的單曲＜54-46 That's My Number＞成了熱門暢銷金曲；六八年他推出的單曲＜Do The Reggay＞更等於為日後的雷鬼風潮定了名；到了七三年，他們替一部以牙買加歌手為音樂亡命天涯為題材的電影、也是牙買加首部電影長片「The Harder They Come」所貢獻的單曲＜Pressure Drop＞，連同原聲帶全成了經典代表。 至今Toots也不為嘻哈潮流所動，繼續堅持他的牙買加草根。不過他的影響力，早已遠遠超過於此。這張《True Love》就讓我們見識到原來各方搖滾名人對Toots And The Maytals是這般的景仰，無論是玩Ska起家的樂團後輩No Doubt、流行雷鬼的巨星Shaggy、另類鄉謠界的金童Ryan Adams、鄉村搖滾前輩Willie Nelson、多屆葛萊美獎藍調搖滾女將Bonnie Raitt 乃至於搖滾界擁有如神般地位的Eric Clapton、Keith Richards、Jeff Beck 等吉他手居然齊聚一堂，只為Toots And The Maytals歷年經典貢獻心力、激盪驚人火花，這其中的敬意與大愛，非親耳聆聽不能體會！ 資料來源：福茂唱片 |
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| 曲序 | 曲名 | 演唱人 |
| 1 | Still Is Still Moving To Me featuring Willie Nelson | Toots And The Maytals |
| 2 | True Love Is Hard To Find Featuring Bonnie Raitt | Toots And The Maytals |
| 3 | Pressure Drop featuring Eric Clapton | Toots And The Maytals |
| 4 | Time Tough featuring Ryan Adams | Toots And The Maytals |
| 5 | Bam Bam featuring Shaggy and Rahzel | Toots And The Maytals |
| 6 | 54-46 Was My Number featuring Jeff Beck | Toots And The Maytals |
| 7 | Monkey Man featuring No Doubt | Toots And The Maytals |
| 8 | Sweet and Dandy featuring Trey Anastasio | Toots And The Maytals |
| 9 | Funky Kingston featuring Bootsy Collins and The Roots | Toots And The Maytals |
| 10 | Reggae Got Soul featuring Ken Boothe and Marcia Griffith | Toots And The Maytals |
| 11 | Never Grow Old featuring Terry Hall, the Skatalites and | Toots And The Maytals |
| 12 | Take a Trip featuring Bunny Wailer | Toots And The Maytals |
| 13 | Love Gonna Walk Out On Me featuring Ben Harper | Toots And The Maytals |
| 14 | Careless Ethiopians featuring Keith Richards | Toots And The Maytals |
| 15 | Blame On Me featuring Rachael Yamagata | Toots And The Maytals |
| 16 | Merry Blues featuring Manu Chao | Toots And The Maytals |
| 17 | Reggae Got Soul featuring Gentleman | Toots And The Maytals |
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