‘When I got out of jail, I had a sense of injustice. This is a song about revenge: if you do bad things to innocent people, bad things will happen to you’ Credited with coining the term reggae … Toots in 1976. Photograph: Echoes/Redferns Interviews by Dave Simpson—-  Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, singer-songwriter After independence in 1962, Jamaica had a new energy. Music started springing up all over the island. People told me I had a good voice, so after leaving school I practised in church, made my own guitar, then started doing gospel, ska and rocksteady. I came up with the name Maytals and worked with hot producers, such as Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster. Then I was suddenly arrested and thrown in jail for a year. I don’t like to talk about it – it … Read entire article »