ついに、Tootsを見てしまった。仕事で行ったボストンで時間を見つけてHouse of Bluesへ。これがOrlandoのHOBとは違い、普通の小さな3階建てのビルでライブステージもほんと狭い。しかし、チケットは売り切れでがっかり。とりあえずウェイティングリストに名前を書いたが30人目ぐらい。「おれほどのTootsファンが見られないとは何事か!!」とかなりがっかりしていたら、ウェイトレスがやってきて、「チケットほしいんでしょ?誰にもいっちゃだめよ。」と1枚チケットを出し、定価で売ってくれた。なんだかよく分からなかったし、ひょっとしたら裏チケットかなんかかもしれないが、背に腹は代えられぬ。確かに会場は埋まりきっていたが、一人であることをいいことにじわじわと前の方へ。20分後に演奏開始。おお、これが実物のTootsか。結構背が小さいし、普通のおじさんだなあ、まだ声は出るのだろうか。などど、思っていた私が悪かった。いざ、彼が歌い始めると、まったく衰えのない超パワフルなあのToots節ではないですか。とにかくすごかった。結構熱心なファンが多く、私以上に歌を知っている人もいて驚き。RastaMan、Time Tough、Pressure Drop、Reggae Got Soul、Loui Loui、Take Me Home, Country Roads、You Knowと立て続けに代表作を熱唱。バンドもクオリティが高く、コーラスの二人の女の子も可愛かった。Maytalsといっても男性二人のコーラスではないのですね。Tootsは客の反応のよさに大喜びで妙なおどりをいろいろと披露。大体の曲は後半にテンポが倍ぐらいになり、Otisのように「Gotta、Gotta」とシャウトし、客が飛び跳ねるSka大会。古いビルの床がいつ抜けるかかなり心配でした。そして、おまちかねMonkey Man、Funky Kingston、54-46 That’s My Number。このころにはすっかり一番前で見てました。もうむちゃくちゃのりまくり、踊りまくりの怒涛のライブでした。もう一回みたいです。SINGLE:
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NEVER GROW OLD(COXSONE JBL1113),1962
LIFE COULD BE A DREAM (COXSONE NO NUMBER),1962
PRINCE BUSTER RECORD SHACK PRESENTS
THE ORIGINAL GOLDEN OLDIES VOL.3 (PB 11),1963
*THE SENSATIONAL MAYTALS (DYNAMIC),1964-1965
IT'S YOU
DADDY
NEVER YOU CHANGE
IF YOU ACT THIS WAY
IT'S NO USE
YOU MAKE ME FEEL THE WAY I DO
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND
MY NEW NAME
FEVER
SHE WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN
I KNOW
TELL ME REASON
DO THE REGGAE (ATTACK ATLP 103),1966-1970
(最近リリースされた編集物 TROJANの2枚と曲目の重なりなし)
*FROM THE ROOTS (TROJAN TRLS-65),1966-1970
A PEE PEE CLUCK CLUCK
LOVING SPIRIT
DR.LESTER(ALSO IN"MONKEY MAN"B1)
GOLD SILVER(ALSO IN"MONKEY MAN"A5)
KOO KOO
REVIVAL REGGAE(ALSO IN"MONKEY MAN"A2)
THY KINGDOM COME
B ONE EYE ENOS
A TIME TO LOVE
9 O'CLOCK
KNOW ME GOOD
GOT TO FEEEL
FEEL SO GOOD
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE(ALSO IN"MONKEY MAN"A4)
*MONKEY MAN (TROJAN TBL-107),1966-70
A PEEPING TOM
REVIVAL REGGAE
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
GOLD AND SILVER
THE PREACHER
BLA BLA BLA
B AFRICAN DOCTOR
MONKEY MAN
SUN,MOON AND STAR
PRESSURE DROP
SHE'S MY SCORCHER
I SHALL BE FREE
*FUNKY KINGSTON (DRAGON DRIS5002),1972-73
TIME TOUGH
IN THE DARK
FUNKY KINGSTON
LOVE IS GONNA LET ME DOWN
LOUIE LOUIE
POMP AND PRIDE
GOT TO BE THERE
COUNTRY ROAD
PRESSURE DROP
SAILIN' ON
IN THE DARK(DRAGON DRIS5004),1972-74
*REGGAE GOT SOUL(ISLAND ILPS9374),1976
RASTA MAN
PREMATURE
SO BAD
SIX AND SEVEN BOOKS
I SHALL SING
REGGAE GOT SOUL
EVERYBODY NEETS LOVIN'
LIVING IN THE GHETTO
TRUE LOVE IS HARD TO FIND
NEVER YOU CHANGE
PASS THE PIPE (MANGO 162-539 534-2),1979
*GET UP, STAND UP
*MY LOVE IS STRONG
TOOTS LIVE,1980
*HALLELUJAH
JUST LIKE THAT (ISLAND ILPS9590),1980
*CHATTY, CHATTY
*GEE WHIZ
*JUST LIKE THAT
KNOCK OUT (MANGO 162-539 670-2),1981
*CARELESS ETHIOPIANS
*NEVER GET WEARY
*SPEND THE WEEKEND
*BEAUTIFIL WOMAN
COUNTRYMAN (SOUND TRACK ALBUM),1982
*BAM, BAM
TOOTS IN MENPHIS (POLYSTAR ISLAND P30D-10008),1988
*(I'VE GOT) DREAMS TO REMEMBER
*PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS
*HARD TO HANDLE
*FREEDOM TRAIN
*TIME TOUGH-THE ANTHOLOGY(CHRONICLES 314 524 219-2)
DISC ONE
1 SIX AND SEVEN BOOKS OF MOSES (SINGLE BY THE MAYTALS OR THE
VIKINGS),1963
2 BROADWAY JUNGLE (SINGLE BY THE MAYTALS OR THE FLAMES),1964
3 IT'S YOU (SINGLE),1964
4 NEVER YOU CHANGE (SINGLE),1965
5 JOHN & JAMES (SINGLE),1965
6 54-46,THAT'S MY NUMBER (SINGLE),1968
7 DO THE REGGAY (SINGLE),1968
8 DESMOND DEKKER CAME FIRST (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED),1968
9 SWEET & DANDY (SINGLE),1969
10 MONKEY MAN (SINGLE),1970
11 PEEPING TOM (SINGLE),1970
12 ONE EYE ENOS (SINGLE),1970
13 SHE'S MY SCORCHER (SINGLE),1970
14 PRESSURE DROP (SINGLE),1970
15 POMP AND PRIDE (SINGLE),1971
16 FUNKY KINGSTON
17 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROAD
18 TIME TOUGH
19 IN THE DARK
20 REGGAE GOT SOUL
21 RASTA MAN
22 LIVING IN THE GHETTO
23 HALLELUJAH
DISC 2
1 GET UP, STAND UP
2 MY LOVE IS STRONG
3 CHATTY, CHATTY
4 GEE WHIZ
5 JUST LIKE THAT
6 CARELESS ETHIOPIANS
7 NEVER GET WEARY
8 SPEND THE WEEKEND
9 BEAUTIFIL WOMAN
10 BAM, BAM
11 SPIRITUAL HEALING (12"SINGLE),1983
12 B FOR BUTTER (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED),1983
13 PEACE, PERFECT PEACE (12"SINGLE),1984
14 YOU KNOW (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED),1983
15 (I'VE GOT) DREAMS TO REMEMBER
16 PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS
17 HARD TO HANDLE
18 FREEDOM TRAIN
*LIVE IN LONDON (TROJAN CDTRD 420Z-UK), 1999 (6/8/1998)
DISC 1
1 GET UP, STAND UP
2 TIME TOUGH
3 SPEND THE WEEKEND
4 HARD ROAD
5 PRESSURE DROP
6 SWEET & DANDY
7 MONKEY MAN
8 NEVER GET WEARY
9 REGGAE GOT SOUL
DISC 2
1 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROAD
2 LOUIE LOUIE
3 FUNKY KINGSTON
4 54-46 (THAT'S MY NUMBER)
5 GIVE IT UP
6 DOG WAR
*TRUE LOVE, 2004
1.STILL IS STILL MOVING TO ME - WITH WILLIE NELSON
2.TRUE LOVE IS HARD TO FIND - WITH BONNIE RAITT
3.PRESSURE DROP - WITH ERIC CLAPTON
4.TIME TUFF - WITH RYAN ADAMS
5.BAM BAM - WITH SHAGGY AND RAHZEL
6.54 46 - WITH JEFF BECK
7.MONKEY MAN - WITH NO DOUBT
8.SWEET AND DANDY - WITH TREY ANASTASIO
9.FUNKY KINGSTON - WITH BOOTSY COLLINS AND THE ROOTS
10.REGGAE GOT SOUL - WITH KEN BOOTHE AND MARCIA GRIFFITHS
11.NEVER GROW OLD - WITH TERRY HALL, U-ROY AND THE SKATALITES
12.TAKE A TRIP - WITH BUNNY WAILER
13.LOVE GONNA WALK OUT ON ME - WITH BEN HARPER
14.CARELESS ETHIOPIANS - WITH KEITH RICHARDS
15.BLAME ON ME - WITH RACHAEL YAMAGATA