Peter Tosh Biography Film Screening: Stepping Razor : RED X
Peter Tosh Birthday Biography Free Screening
Location:
Culture Yard Seattle
120 N. 35 St.Seattle, Washington 98103
USA
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Reggae music and Peter Tosh fans, catch this Revolutionary Reggae Film, Stepping Razor : Red X projected on a big screen. A free community edutainment offering at the Culture Yard House of Music, Sunday October 18th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm
"Peter Tosh wasn’t just a reggae icon—he was a revolutionary voice for justice, equality, and liberation. While Bob Marley was the global diplomat, Tosh was the militant prophet, never afraid to speak truth to power." - Dubmatix
Peter Tosh OM was the enduring Revolutionary Reggae Musician known as "the Stepping Razor", born 19 October 1944 in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Tosh formed The Wailers in 1963, alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer. Departing the Wailers in 1974, Tosh launched his own politically charged solo career with his bombshell debut album Legalize It (1976), followed by Equal Rights (1977). Mystic Man came in (1979), Wanted Dread & Alive (1981), Mama Africa (1983), and his final album No Nuclear War won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording in 1987.
Tosh was tragically murdered at age 42 during a home invasion robbery that same year. That dark night September 11, 1987, three men forced their way into Peter Tosh's home in Kingston, Jamaica. Tosh was beaten, pistol-whipped and then shot several times. Five others were shot before the gunmen fled. The victims were rushed to the hospital, but it was too late for Tosh. He died shortly after.
Stepping Razor: Red X, the documentary, explores the life of the late Peter Tosh, reggae artist, Jamaican folk hero, prophet and radical political activist. Based on his personal taped diaries, the Red X tapes, the film reveals Tosh's inner thoughts. His closest friends and associates talk about the many sides of Peter Tosh, explaining his fiery career and dramatic death. Archival interviews with Tosh and rare concert footage fill out this picture of the Rasta visionary.
Inside the Documentary:
Rare live performances and concert footage
Tosh’s personal audio journals discussing politics, spirituality, and being a marked man
Interviews with family, friends, and musical peers
Government harassment, beatings, and surveillance
His unwavering message of equal rights, African repatriation, and marijuana legalization.
Due to the story coming straight from the source in many instances, few documentaries are as real and unfabricated as Stepping Razor : Red X.
As a fierce promoter of Rastafari, Tosh opposed political corruption, police brutality, nuclear proliferation, and South African apartheid.
Tosh was posthumously awarded Jamaica's prestigious Order of Merit in 2012
#Redx #SteppingRazor #PeterTosh #Reggae #Rastafari #CultureYardSeattle
"Peter Tosh wasn’t just a reggae icon—he was a revolutionary voice for justice, equality, and liberation. While Bob Marley was the global diplomat, Tosh was the militant prophet, never afraid to speak truth to power." - Dubmatix
Peter Tosh OM was the enduring Revolutionary Reggae Musician known as "the Stepping Razor", born 19 October 1944 in Westmoreland, Jamaica. Tosh formed The Wailers in 1963, alongside Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer. Departing the Wailers in 1974, Tosh launched his own politically charged solo career with his bombshell debut album Legalize It (1976), followed by Equal Rights (1977). Mystic Man came in (1979), Wanted Dread & Alive (1981), Mama Africa (1983), and his final album No Nuclear War won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording in 1987.
Tosh was tragically murdered at age 42 during a home invasion robbery that same year. That dark night September 11, 1987, three men forced their way into Peter Tosh's home in Kingston, Jamaica. Tosh was beaten, pistol-whipped and then shot several times. Five others were shot before the gunmen fled. The victims were rushed to the hospital, but it was too late for Tosh. He died shortly after.
Stepping Razor: Red X, the documentary, explores the life of the late Peter Tosh, reggae artist, Jamaican folk hero, prophet and radical political activist. Based on his personal taped diaries, the Red X tapes, the film reveals Tosh's inner thoughts. His closest friends and associates talk about the many sides of Peter Tosh, explaining his fiery career and dramatic death. Archival interviews with Tosh and rare concert footage fill out this picture of the Rasta visionary.
Inside the Documentary:
Rare live performances and concert footage
Tosh’s personal audio journals discussing politics, spirituality, and being a marked man
Interviews with family, friends, and musical peers
Government harassment, beatings, and surveillance
His unwavering message of equal rights, African repatriation, and marijuana legalization.
Due to the story coming straight from the source in many instances, few documentaries are as real and unfabricated as Stepping Razor : Red X.
As a fierce promoter of Rastafari, Tosh opposed political corruption, police brutality, nuclear proliferation, and South African apartheid.
Tosh was posthumously awarded Jamaica's prestigious Order of Merit in 2012
#Redx #SteppingRazor #PeterTosh #Reggae #Rastafari #CultureYardSeattle
