Earl “Paul” Douglas (born c. 1950) is a Jamaican

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, best known for his work as the drummer, percussionist and

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Toots and the Maytals The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. ...

. His career spans more than five decades as one of

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

's most recorded drummers. Music journalist and reggae historian David Katz wrote, “dependable drummer Paul Douglas played on countless reggae hits." Douglas has worked with artists including

Bob Marley and the Wailers Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as The Wailers, and prior to that The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and The Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

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. Douglas has also toured with artists including

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Early life

Paul Douglas was born in St. Ann, Jamaica. His career as a professional musician began in 1965 at the age of 15.

Influences

Douglas’ musical influences include

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, William Kennedy,

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Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

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, Leslie Butler,

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, David Garibaldi, and

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Affiliated groups

While Douglas has maintained an active career as a studio musician for

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artists since 1965, he has also been a member of several notable

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Toots and the Maytals

In 1969 Douglas joined

as a founding member of the band as it is known today, which up to that time had consisted of a vocal trio. Douglas has been the group's drummer, percussionist and bandleader from 1985 to the present day. Excerpt from "The Rise of Reggae and the influence of Toots and the Maytals" by Matthew Sherman:

"...Reggae was born. Toots (Toots Hibbert) heralded the new sound with the seminal, complex groove monster "
Do the Reggay "Do the Reggay" is a reggae song by The Maytals, written by Toots Hibbert, produced by Leslie Kong and released on Beverley's in Jamaica and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. It was the first popular song to use the word "reggae" and defined the ...
"...Toots could do no wrong recording for
Leslie Kong Leslie Kong (20 December 1933 – 9 August 1971) was an influential Chinese-Jamaican reggae producer. Career Leslie and his two older brothers Cecil and Lloyd ran a restaurant, ice cream parlour and record shop called Beverley's in Orange Stre ...
. With the consistent nucleus of musicians, the
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All-Stars (
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, Winston Wright,
Hux Brown Lynford "Hux" Brown (4 December 1944 – 18 June 2020) was a Jamaican guitarist who featured on many successful rocksteady and reggae records in the 1960s and 1970s, and was later a member of Toots and the Maytals. Biography Brown was born i ...
, Rad Bryan, Paul Douglas and Winston Grennan) and the Maytals’ brilliant harmonizing..."

Reggae is listed in the dictionary as:

''reggae'' eg-ey(noun) - a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest. Origin of reggae: Jamaican English, respelling of reggay (introduced in the song “
Do the Reggay "Do the Reggay" is a reggae song by The Maytals, written by Toots Hibbert, produced by Leslie Kong and released on Beverley's in Jamaica and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968. It was the first popular song to use the word "reggae" and defined the ...
” (1968) by Frederick “Toots” Hibbert).

Accompanied by Paul Douglas and Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan in studio, Jackie Jackson explained the formation of the group in a radio interview for Kool 97 FM Jamaica:

“We’re all original members of Toots and the Maytals band. First it was Toots and the Maytals, three guys: Toots, Raleigh, and Jerry. …And then they were signed to
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, Chris Blackwell. And we were their recording band. One day we were summoned to Chris’ house. And he says, “Alright gentleman, I think it’s time. Toots and the Maytals looks like it’s going to be a big thing”. By this time he had already signed Bob (Marley). So in his camp,
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, there was Toots and the Maytals / Bob Marley; we were talking about reggae is going international now. We kept on meeting and he (Blackwell) decided that the backing band that back all of the songs, the recording band, should be the Maytals band. So everything came under Toots and the Maytals. So we became Maytals also. And then we hit the road in 1975...we were the opening act for the
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. We were the opening act for
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for about two weeks.”

Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson and Radcliffe ‘Dougie’ Bryan are recognized as founding members who, along with frontman

Toots Hibbert Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, (8 December 1942 – 11 September 2020), better known as Toots Hibbert, was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he perform ...

, continue to perform in the group to the present day. The first Toots and the Maytals album released and distributed by Chris Blackwell's

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was ''

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.'' Music critic

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described the album in

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as “perfection, the most exciting and diversified set of reggae tunes by a single artist yet released.”Toots and the Maytals
. ''Contemporary Musicians''. Encyclopedia.com. October 6, 2016. As Chris Blackwell says, “The Maytals were unlike anything else...sensational, raw and dynamic.” Blackwell had a strong commitment to Toots and the Maytals, saying “I’ve known Toots longer than anybody – much longer than Bob (Marley). Toots is one of the purest human beings I’ve met in my life, pure almost to a fault.” On 1 October 1975, Toots and the Maytals were broadcast live on

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as they performed at

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in Los Angeles. This broadcast was re-mastered and released as an album entitled “Sailin’ On” via Klondike Records. President

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was quoted as appreciating the reggae music of

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listed the song “54-46 Was My Number” by Toots and the Maytals as one of their “15 Roots Reggae Songs You Should Know”; and in an interview with Patricia Chin of VP Records, Vogue listed the group as part of an abbreviated list of early “reggae royalty” that recorded at Studio 17 in Kingston, which included

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Gregory Isaacs Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127. was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in ''The New York Times'', described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".Miles, Milo (1992),RECORDI ...

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. In 2017, Toots and the Maytals became the second reggae-based group to ever perform at the

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, after

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in 2016.

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Douglas contributed to several of Bob Marley's albums, including '' Small Axe'' and ''Soul Shakedown Party'' which were released on the

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label, and performed live with

in the early 70s. The Wailers worked with reggae producer

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, who used his studio musicians called

All-Stars (Jackie Jackson, Paul Douglas,

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, Rad Bryan, Hux Brown) to record the songs that would be released as an album entitled “ The Best of The Wailers”. The tracks included “Soul Shakedown Party,” “Stop That Train,” “Caution,” “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “Soon Come,” “Can’t You See,” “Soul Captives,” “Cheer Up,” “Back Out,” and “Do It Twice”. Excerpt from an interview of

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by Carter Van Pelt:

"...Chris Blackwell say, 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. I give them the money to make this record.' But at that time they was forming the band. Bob (Marley]) came to me, figure it was me, Gladdy, Winston Wright, Jackie and Hux to be the band. That was the band that Bob did really want, but those guys didn't want to get involved. You know that the situation around Bob was pretty hectic...They turned it down. So right away, I couldn't get involved, because I didn't want to leave the guys. We was doing all the sessions.

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we play for them.
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came down we played for them. We were the guys... we could read music. If I leave, I feel it would be a bad vibes. When Hugh Malcolm joined the group, he couldn't keep up, so they got rid of him. A little later on a drummer came along name Paul Douglas, every so often we would bring him in, because I couldn't play on a session. Paul was about the only guy, that these other guys would trust to really come and play amongst them."

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that sampled a song from

called, “Do It Twice”, which is a drum beat from Paul Douglas. Paul Douglas Grenoble France 1

Lee "Scratch" Perry and Leslie Kong

Excerpt from the book “People Funny Boy - The Genius Of

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by David Katz:

"On the instrumental front, Perry (
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) began more serious experimentation, exploring diverse influences and styles with a range of musicians. ...Perry also started working with Paul Douglas, an occasional Supersonics member and mainstay of
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's productions."

Alton Ellis

Douglas is credited as the drummer on

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' "Girl I've Got A Date". "Girl I've Got A Date" is recognized as one of the first songs to define the rocksteady genre.

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics

Douglas was a member of

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& The Supersonics from 1968 - 1969, during which time the group released three LP's.

The Boris Gardiner Happening

Between 1970 - 1973 Douglas was the drummer for ''The Boris Gardiner Happening'', completing five LP's with the group. ''The Boris Gardiner Happening'' recorded a version of "

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" in 1973 with Paul Douglas singing lead, and

playing

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, for the album ''Is What's Happening''.

Leroy Sibbles

Douglas worked as a

for the

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band.

John Holt, The Pioneers, Eddy Grant

Douglas toured the UK with

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in 1974. This was the first major reggae tour that was accompanied by a major orchestra, a 15-piece orchestra out of England. The members of this tour included six veteran session musicians: Hux Brown (Guitar), Jackie Jackson (

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), Paul Douglas (Drums), Rad Bryan (Guitar), Winston Wright (

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), and Gladstone Anderson (Piano). Douglas also joined and played with The Pioneers band which featured

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from

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that same year in England.

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

In 1975 Douglas joined

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as a

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, and later became a band member, as the group's drummer on the Sparrow Dragon Again LP.

Touring

Douglas has toured with many artists over the course of his career, including: *

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On June 24, 2017 at the

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, reggae group Toots and the Maytals were slotted for 17:30 with BBC Four scheduled to show highlights from their set. When they did not show it was suspected they missed their time slot, and

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broadcaster Mark Radcliffe apologized on their behalf stating, "If you were expecting Toots and the Maytals – and, frankly, we all were – it seems like they were on Jamaican time or something because they didn't make it to the site on time." The group credited with coining the term "reggae" in song was subsequently rescheduled by the Glastonbury Festival organizers giving them the midnight slot, with all other acts being shifted by one hour. On July 29, 2017 Toots and The Maytals headlined the 35th anniversary of the

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UK festival.

Studio work

Douglas’ work as a

crosses several genres. His talent on the drums earned him recognition and respect from producers Excerpt from an article on "

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released Clancy (Eccles)’s productions...The finest musicians available were used, with the core of his regular session crew,
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, featuring the talents of Hux Brown (
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), Clifton "Jackie" Jackson (
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), Gladstone Anderson (
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), Winston Wright (
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) and Paul Douglas (
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)."

In addition to recordings completed as a member of affiliated acts, Douglas’ studio work includes sessions with: *

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(Chalk Farm Studios London England) *

All-Stars * Federal Allstars *

Harry J Allstars Harry Zephaniah Johnson (6 July 1945 – 3 April 2013), known by the stage name Harry J, was a Jamaican reggae record producer. Biography Born in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, Johnson started to play music with the Virtues as a bass player bef ...

* Joe Gibbs Allstars *

The Upsetters The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Cox ...

* Randy's *

Channel One Studios Channel One is a recording studio in Maxfield Avenue, West Kingston, Jamaica.Campbell, Howard (2014)Making magic at Channel One, ''Jamaica Observer'', 17 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014 The studio was built by the Hoo Kim brothers in 1972, and h ...

* Derrick Harriot's Chariot *

Treasure Isle Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner. He ran one of the most popular sound systems of the 1950s called Reid's Sound System, whilst Duke himself was known as The Troja ...

Records (Duke Reid) * Prince Buster Allstars *

* The MG's *

Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful song " The Hustle". He has approximat ...

Eddie Floyd Edward Lee Floyd (born June 25, 1937) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s, including the No. 1 R&B hit song " Knock on Wood". Biography Floyd was born in ...

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (incl ...

Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...

(Dynamic Sounds Studio) In an interview with Mikey Thompson on November 27, 2016 for Kool 97 FM, Jackie Jackson along with Paul Douglas and Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan were asked about the many recordings they did together as the rhythm section for

Records,

Beverley's Records Beverley's was a Jamaican record label (1961–1971) owned by the Chinese Jamaican record producer Leslie Kong. Beverley's was essential to the development of ska and rocksteady into reggae. The label launched the careers of Jimmy Cliff and ...

and Federal Records. In addition to work mentioned with

Sonia Pottinger Sonia Eloise Pottinger OD ( Durrant; 21 June 1931 – 3 November 2010)Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 316 Duke Reid Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and label owner. He ran one of the most popular sound systems of the 1950s called Reid's Sound System, whilst Duke himself was known as The Troja ...

Lynn Taitt Lynn Taitt (22 June 1934 – 20 January 2010) was a guitarist born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, who later moved to Jamaica and became a pioneer of rocksteady music. Biography Born Nerlynn Taitt, in San Fernando, Trinidad, he got his s ...

Delroy Wilson Delroy George Wilson CD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) Greene, Jo-Ann, " Delroy Wilson Biography, allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child s ...

, and

, they were interviewed about working on the following songs: *

- “Nice Time”, “Hypocrites”, “Thank You Lord”, “Bus Dam Shut”, “Can’t You See” and “Small Axe” *

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, ''

- “Don’t Stay Away” and “Perfidia” *

The Melodians The Melodians are a rocksteady band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton.

- “Little Nut Tree”, “Swing and Dine”, “Sweet Sensation”, and “Rivers of Babylon” *

U-Roy Ewart Beckford OD (21 September 1942 – 17 February 2021), known by the stage name U-Roy, was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting.Jo-Ann GreeneU-Roy Biography, AllMusic. Retrieved 11 April 2013. U-Roy was known for a melodic style ...

- “Version Galore” *

Bob Andy Keith Anderson CD (28 October 1944 – 27 March 2020), better known by the stage name Bob Andy, was a Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter. He was widely regarded as one of reggae's most influential songwriters. Early life Anderson was bor ...

- “Fire Burning” *

Ken Boothe Kenneth George Boothe OD (born 22 March 1948) is a Jamaican vocalist known for his distinctive vibrato and timbre. Boothe achieved an international reputation as one of Jamaica's finest vocalists through a series of crossover hits that appeal ...

- “Everything I Own”, “Say You”, and “Freedom Street” *

The Gaylads The Gaylads are a Jamaican vocal group. They were one of the top rocksteady vocal groups active in Jamaica between 1963 and 1973. History The group, formed in Kingston, originally consisted of singers Harris "B.B." Seaton, Winston Delano S ...

- “It’s Hard To Confess” and “There’s A Fire” *

Hopeton Lewis Hopeton Lewis (3 October 1947 – 4 September 2014) was a Jamaican born singer of rocksteady and reggae, an arranger, and radio music presenter. Biography Lewis was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He sang in church from an early age, and start ...

- “Take It Easy” *

- “Stealing Vol. II” from “Greater Jamaica (Moon Walk-Reggay)” * Ernie Smith - “Duppy or Gunman” *

Desmond Dekker Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earlie ...

- “Israelites” *

and the Aces - “Intensified” *

Roy Shirley Ainsworth Roy Rushton Shirley (18 July 1944 – July 2008), better known simply as Roy Shirley, and also known as King Roy Shirley and The High Priest, was a Jamaican singer whose career spanned the ska, rocksteady and reggae eras, and whose "H ...

- “Hold Them” *

Errol Dunkley Errol Dunkley (born 6 February 1951), sometimes spelled Erroll Dunkley, is a Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1951. Biography Dunkley's recording career began in 1965, when he was 14, with "Gypsy" (a duet with Roy Shir ...

- “You’re Gonna Need Me” *

The Congos The Congos are a reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as the duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio ...

- “Fisherman” * John Holt &

The Paragons The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt (singer), John Holt. Career The Parago ...

- “Only A Smile”, “Wear You To The Ball”, “Ali Baba”, “I’ve Got To Get Away”, and “You Mean The World To Me” *

- “

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”, “Pomps & Pride”, “Scare Him” and “Pressure Drop”

Notable televised performances

* 1990

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''New Visions World Beat'' hosted by Nile Rodgers * 2001 ''

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'' *2004 ''

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'' featuring

*2004 ''

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'' *2004 ''

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'' *2004 '' Later... with Jools Holland'' *2010 ''

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'' *2018 ''

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Film

In 2011, Douglas was part of the documentary released by Director George Scott and Producer Nick De Grunwald called ''Reggae Got Soul: The Story of

'' which was featured on

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. Described as “The untold story of one of the most influential artists ever to come out of

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”, it features appearances by

Marcia Griffiths Marcia Llyneth Griffiths (born 23 November 1949) is a Jamaican singer. One reviewer described her by noting "she is known primarily for her strong, smooth-as-mousse love songs and captivating live performances". Biography Born in West Kingst ...

Jimmy Cliff James Chambers OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, t ...

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is often regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s list of ...

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

Anthony DeCurtis Anthony DeCurtis (born June 25, 1951) is an American author and music critic, who has written for ''Rolling Stone,'' the ''New York Times'', ''Relix'' and many other publications. Career DeCurtis is a contributing editor at ''Rolling Stone'', w ...

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until 200 ...

Chris Blackwell Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell (born 22 June 1937) is an English businessman and former record producer, and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll ...

Paolo Nutini Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley. Nutini's debut album, ''These Streets'' (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, ''Sunny ...

Sly Dunbar Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar (born 10 May 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie. Biography Dunbar began playing at 15 in a band called ...

, and

Robbie Shakespeare Robert Warren Dale Shakespeare (27 September 1953 – 8 December 2021) was a Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as ...

Awards and recognition

*1981 Grammy Award Nomination for ''Toots Live!'' *1989 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: ''Toots in Memphis'' *1991 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: ''Toots & the Maytals – An Hour Live'' *1997 Canadian Reggae Music Awards *1998 Canadian Reggae Music Awards *1998 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: ''Toots & the Maytals – Ska Father'' *2004

Winner for Best Reggae Album of the Year: ''Toots & the Maytals - True Love'' *2008 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & the Maytals – Light Your Light *2013 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: ''Toots & The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged on Strawberry Hill'' * 2020 Grammy Award Winner for Best Reggae Album of the Year: ''Got To Be Tough'' * 2021 Named one of Drummerworld's 'Top 500 Drummers'

Interviews

In an interview with Batterie Magazine for their 2017 September/October edition, Douglas was asked about his work as the main drummer and musical director for Toots and the Maytals, in addition to being called upon by artists and producers such as

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and

. In the interview, Douglas explains one of his heroes to be

, as well as being influenced my musicians such as

, and

. On Sept. 10, 2021 Paul Douglas was featured on an episode of The 212 Podcast.

Museums and expositions

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. Douglas is featured on the poster displayed at the exposition showing the early formation of

Bob Marley & The Wailers Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as The Wailers, and prior to that The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and The Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

on the

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record label, and he is additionally part of the exposition as a member of

for their importance in the development of

music.

Discography

Paul Douglas is credited on over 250 works. In 2021 he released a full-length solo album titled "Jazz Mi Reggae". * Toots & The Maytals (1965) The Sensational MaytalsToots and the Maytals - Discography
. Reggae Discography. Retrieved January 8, 2017. * Toots & The Maytals & Prince Buster's All Stars (1965) Dog War / Little Flea (Prince Buster) * Toots & The Maytals (1966) Never Grow Old, (Studio One) * Toots & The Maytals (1966) Life Could Be A Dream * Toots & The Maytals (1968) Sweet and Dandy, (Beverley's Records) * Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (1968) Mary Poppins * King Stitt (1969) Herdsman Shuffle * King Stitt (1969) Lee Van Cleef * The Maytals (1969) Sweet And Dandy / Oh - Yea (7”) (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1969) Monkey Man * Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (1969) Red Ash * Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (1969) Tribute to Rameses * King Stitt & The Dynamites (1969) Vigorton 2 * The Melodians (1970) Everybody Bawling * Ken Boothe (1970) Freedom Street * Clancy Eccles And The Dynamites (1970) Herbsman Reggae * Boris Gardiner (1970) Reggae Happening * Delano Stewart (1970) Stay A Little Bit Longer * The Melodians (1970) Sweet Sensation * Delano Stewart (1970) That's Life * The Gaylads (1970) There's A Fire * Bob and Marcia (1970) Young Gifted and Black * Toots & The Maytals (1970) Feel Alright (7") (Beverley's Records) * Bob Marley & The Wailers (1970) Baby Baby Come Home * Bob Marley & The Wailers (1970) Sophisticated Psychedelication * Bob Marley & The Wailers (1971) Soul Shakedown Party * Bob Marley & The Wailers (1971) The Best of the Wailers * Toots & The Maytals (1971) Bam-Bam / Pomps And Pride (7") (Dynamic Sounds) * Boris Gardiner (1971) Soulful Experience * Toots & The Maytals (1971) Greatest Hits (Beverley Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1972) The Harder They Come, (Island) * Toots & The Maytals (1972) Slatyam Stoot * Toots & The Maytals (1972) Daddy / It Was Written Down (Jaguar) * Toots & The Maytals (1972) Pomps And Pride (Jaguar) * Toots & The Maytals (1972) Country Road / Louie Louie (Jaguar) * Toots & The Maytals (1972) Louie Louie / Pressure Drop '72 (Trojan Records) * Boris Gardiner (1972) For All We Know * The Boris Gardiner Happening (1973) Is What's Happening * Toots & The Maytals (1973) Sit Right Down (Dragon) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) Country Road / Funky Kingston (Dragon) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) In The Dark / Sailing On (Jaguar) * Jimmy Cliff / Toots & The Maytals (1973) You Can Get It If You Really Want / Sweet & Dandy (Mango) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) Screwface Underground (Jaguar) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) Daddy (7”, Single) (Blue Mountain) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) Country Road (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) From the Roots, (Trojan) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) Funky Kingston, (Trojan) * Toots & The Maytals (1973) The Original Golden Oldies Vol.3 * Vic Taylor (1973) Reflections * Ernie Smith (1974) Duppy Gunman * Ken Boothe (1974) Everything I Own * Toots & The Maytals (1974) In the Dark, (Dragon Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1974) Who Knows Better (Hot Shot!) * Toots & The Maytals (1974) Time Tough (Jaguar) * Toots & The Maytals (1974) I Can't Believe / 5446 Instrumental (Starapple) * Toots & The Maytals (1974) Sailing On / If You Act This Way (7") (Dragon) * Toots & The Maytals (1974) You Don't Love Me (So Bad) (7", Single) (Jaguar) * Bob Andy (1974) Fire Burning * Fr. Richard HoLung, Harrison & Friends (1974) Letters Job To John * Toots & The Maytals (1975) Reggae's Got Soul (Jaguar) * Susan Cadogan (1975) Hurts So Good * Horace Forbes (1975) Impossible< * Faith D'Aguilar (1975) Jamaica * Eric Gale (1975) Negril * Pluto Shervington (1975) Pluto * Byron Lee And The Dragonaires & Mighty Sparrow (1975) Sparrow Dragon Again * Johnny Nash (1975) Tears On My Pillow * Ken Boothe (1976) Blood Brothers * Pluto Shervington (1976) Dat * R.D. Livingstone (1976) Home From Home * Errol Brown (1976) Pleasure Dub * Pluto Shervington (1976) Ram Goat Liver * Toots & The Maytals (1976) Reggae Got Soul (Island) * King Tubby & Clancy Eccles All Stars (1976) Sound System International Dub LP * Funky Brown (1976) These Songs Will Last Forever * Bob Marley & The Wailers / Toots & The Maytals (1976) Trenchtown Rock / Reggae Got Soul (7”) (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1976) Image Get A Lick (7") (Warika) * The Congos & Friends (1977) Fisherman * The Congos (1977) Heart Of The Congos * The Mexicano (1977) Move Up Starsky * Musicism (1977) Swing Me Gentle * Musicism (1977) Riding In Rhythm * The Maytals (1977) Toots Presents The Maytals * Toots & The Maytals (1978) Famine / Pass The Pipe (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1978) Take It From Me (7") (Island Records) * Harold Butler (1978) Gold Connection * Ernie Smith (1978) I'll Sing For Jesus * Derrick Morgan (1978) Love City * Lovindeer (1978) Sexy Reggae * The Mexicano (1978) Goddess Of Love * Jackie Edwards (1978) Starlight * Dandy Livingstone (1978) The South African Experience * Toots & The Maytals (1979) Israel Children / Turn It Up (7") (Louv) * Multiple Artists (1979) Children Of Babylon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)< * Nana McLean (1979) Dream Of Life * Danny Adams (1979) Summer In Montego Bay * Ojiji (1979) The Shadow * Toots & The Maytals (1979) Pressure Drop: Best of Toots & The Maytals (Trojan) * Toots & The Maytals (1979) Pass the Pipe, (Island) * Toots & The Maytals (1979) Just Like That, (Island) * Toots & The Maytals (1979) The Best Of Toots And The Maytals (Trojan Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1980) Just Like That / Gone With The Wind (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1980) Toots & The Maytals E.P. (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1980) Chatty, Chatty (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1980) Live: Monkey Man / Hallelujah (7") (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1980) Chatty, Chatty (7", Single) (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1980) Toots “Live,” (Island) * Hearbert Lee (1980) Love Songs Vol. 1 * Bobby Stringer (1980) Reggae Love Songs * Ossie Scott (1980) Many Moods Of Ossie Scott * Toots & The Maytals (1981) I Can See Clearly Now (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1981) Beautiful Woman (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1981) Papa D / You Never Know (Louv) * Toots & The Maytals (1981) Beautiful Woman / Show Me The Way (12") (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1981) Papa Dee Mama Dear / Dilly Dally (7", Single) (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1981) His Songs Live On (7") (Louv) * Toots & the Maytals (1981) Knock Out! * Beres Hammond (1981) Let's Make A Song * Multiple Artists (1981) The King Kong Compilation: The Historic Reggae Recordings * Toots & The Maytals (1982) I Know We Can Make It / Spend A Weekend (7", Single) (Island Records) * Dennis Brown / Toots & The Maytals (1982) Sitting & Watching / Bam Bam (7", Single) (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1982) Knockout, (Island) * Live at Reggae Sunsplash: Best of the Festival r(1982) Day One< * Toots & the Maytals (1982) Hour Live * Pluto Shervington (1982) I Man Born Ya * Pioneers (1982) Reggae For Lovers * Pluto Shervington (1982) Your Honour * Lovindeer (1983) Man Shortage * Ochi Brown (1983) Danger Date * Boyo (1983) You're My World * George Pioneer & Jackie Pioneer (1983) Reggae For Lovers Volume 2 * Toots & The Maytals (1984) Live At Reggae Sunsplash * Toots & The Maytals (1984) Reggae Greats (Island) * Owen Gray (1985) Watch This Sound * Lovindeer (1987) Caribbean Christmas Cheer * Lovindeer (1988) Octapussy * Toots & The Maytals (1988) Toots in Memphis, (Island) * Toots & The Maytals (1988) Do The Reggae 1966-1970 (Attack Records) * (1990) Clancy Eccles Presents His Reggae Revue> * Toots & The Maytals (1990) An Hour Live * Bob Marley & The Wailers (1992) Songs Of Freedom CD-01 * Toots & The Maytals (1992) Knock Out! * The Maytals (1993) Bla. Bla. Bla. * Multiple Artists (1993) Kingston Town: 18 Reggae Hits * Multiple Artists (1993) The Story of Jamaican Music: Tougher Than Tough * Toots & The Maytals (1995) The Collection (Spectrum) * Clancy Eccles (1996) Joshua's Rod of Correction * King Stitt (1996) Reggae Fire Beat * The Dynamites (1996) The Wild Reggae Bunch * Toots & The Maytals (1996) Time Tough: The Anthology (Island) * Toots & The Maytals (1996) Monkey Man ((Compilation) (House Of Reggae) * Toots & The Maytals (1997) Recoup, (Alia Son) * Multiple Artists (1997) Fire On The Mountain: Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead Vol. 1 & 2 * Clancy Eccles & The Dynamites (1997) Nyah Reggae Rock * Bob Marley & The Wailers (1998) The Complete Wailers CD-03 * From Chapter To Version (1998) 20 Reggae DJ Classics * Multiple Artists (1998) From GG's Reggae Hit Stable Volume 1 & 2 * Derrick Harriott (1998) Riding The Roots Chariot * Toots & The Maytals (1998) Live in London, (Trojan) * Toots & The Maytals (1998) The Very Best of Toots & The Maytals, (Music Club) * Toots & The Maytals (1998) Ska Father, (Artists Only) * Toots & The Maytals (1998) Jamaican Monkey Man (Recall 2 cd) * The Maytals / Toots & the Maytals (1999) Monkey Man & From The Roots * Toots & the Maytals (1999) That's My Number * The Maytals (1999) The Originals (Charly) * Morgan Heritage & Denroy Morgan / Toots & The Maytals (1999) Harvest Is Plenty / Lost Your Character (7") (HMG Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1999) Bam Bam / 54 - 46 (7") (Marvellous Records) * Toots & The Maytals (1999) Prayer of David (7", Single) (Treasure Chest) * Toots & The Maytals (2000) Live At Red Rocks (PRG Records, Allah Son Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2000) The Very Best Of Toots & The Maytals (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2000) 20 Massive Hits (Compilation) (Metro) * The Maytals (2001) Fever * The Maytals (2001) Dressed to Kill * Toots & The Maytals (2001) 54-46 Was My Number - Anthology 1964 To 2000 (Trojan Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2001) Best Of Toots & The Maytals / Broadway Jungle (Trojan Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2001) The Best Of Toots & The Maytals (Island Records) * Clancy Eccles (2001) Reggae Revue at the VIP Club, Vol. 3 * Clancy Eccles (2001) Reggae Revue at the Ward Theatre 1969-1970 * (2001) The Reggae Box * Toots & The Maytals / L.M.S.* (2002) Humble / Respect All Woman (7") (71 Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2002) Sweet And Dandy: The Best of Toots and the Maytals (Trojan Records) * Toots & the Maytals (2003) World Is Turning * Toots & The Maytals (2003) 54 - 46 / Pressure Drop (7”) (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2003) Funky Kingston / In The Dark (Compilation) (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2003) Jungle (Single) (XIII BIS Records) * Paul Douglas (2004) Eyes Down * Toots & the Maytals (2004) True Love * Toots & The Maytals (2004) This Is Crucial Reggae (Compilation) (Sanctuary Records) * Toots & The Maytals Featuring Shaggy And Rahzel (2004) Bam Bam (V2) * Toots & The Maytals (2005) Pressure Drop: The Definitive Collection (Trojan Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2005) Roots Reggae - The Classic Jamaican Albums (Trojan Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2005) Rhythm Kings (Compilation) (Xtra) * Toots & The Maytals (2005) Deep In My Soul / Daddy (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2005) Border Line (Single) (XIII Bis Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2006) The Essential Collection (Compilation) (Sanctuary Records) * The Congos & Friends (2006) Fisherman Style * Toots & The Maytals (2006) I’ve Got A Woman (A Tribute To Ray Charles) (7") (D&F Productions) * Toots & The Maytals (2006) Acoustically Live at Music Millennium (CD, EP) (Junketboy) * Toots & the Maytals (2007) Light Your Light * Ben Harper & The Skatalites / Toots & The Maytals (2007) Be My Guest / I Want You To Know (Imperial) * Toots & The Maytals (2008) Sweet And Dandy: The Best of Toots & The Maytals (Compilation) (Trojan Records) * Glen Ricketts (2008) Rise Up * Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (2009) Pleasure Dub * The Dynamites / King Tubby (2009) Sound System International * Eugene Grey (2010) Diversity * Toots & the Maytals (2010) Flip and Twist * Toots And The Maytals / Roland Alphonso (2010) Hold On / On The Move (7") (Pyramid) * Toots & The Maytals (2010) Pee Pee Cluck Cluck (7”) (Pyramid) * Toots & The Maytals / Don Drummond (2010) Alidina / Dragon Weapon (7") (Pyramid) * Toots & The Maytals (2011) Pressure Drop: The Golden Tracks (Cleopatra) * Toots & The Maytals (2012) Pressure Drop: The Best of Toots and The Maytals (Compilation) (Universal UMC, Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2012) Live! (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2012) 54 - 46 (Beverley's Records) * Delroy Wilson / Toots & The Maytals (2012) Gave You My Love / One Eye Enos (7”) (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals (2012) Unplugged On Strawberry Hill * Toots & The Maytals (2014) Sunny (7", Single) (Notable Records, Measurable Music) * Toots & The Maytals (2020) Got to Be Tough (Trojan Jamaica/BMG) * Paul Douglas (2021) Jazz Mi Reggae * Priscilla Rollins (197X) I Love You * Tito Simon (197X) The Heat Is On * Demo Cates (197X) Precious Love * Milton Douglas (198X) Can't Trust No One * George Allison (198X) Exclusive * Marie Bowie & K.C. White & Hortense Ellis (198X) More Reggae Love Songs * Bobby Davis (198X) Satisfaction * Toots & The Maytals - Reggae Live Sessions Volume 2 (Jahmin' Records) * Danny Ray - All The Best * Ossie Scott - The Great Pretender * Toots & The Maytals - Peeping Tom (7", Single) (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Sweet & Dandy (Single) (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Pain In My Belly / Treating Me Bad (7”) (Prince Buster) * Toots & The Maytals / Byron Lee - She Never Let Me Down / River To The Bank (Federal) * Toots & The Maytals / Desmond Dekker - Pressure Drop / Mother's Young Gal (7", Single) (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Never Go Down (7") (Warika) * Toots & The Maytals - Israel Children (7", Single) (Righteous) * Toots & The Maytals / Ansel Collins - Monkey Man / High Voltage (7") (Beverley's Records) * Tony Tribe / Eric Donaldson / The Upsetters / Toots & The Maytals - Classic Tracks (CD, EP) (Classic Tracks - CDEP4) * Toots & The Maytals - Scare Him (7") (Gorgon Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Careless Ethiopians (7") (Nyahman) * Toots & The Maytals - Do Good All The Time (7") (Nyahman) * Toots & The Maytals - Daddy (7") (Jaguar) * Desmond Dekker And The Aces, Toots And The Maytals - You Can Get It If You Really Want / Pressure Drop (7") (Beverley's Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man / It Was Written (7") (D&F Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Prayer of David (7", Single) (Charm) * Toots & The Maytals - Happy Days (7", Single) (Righteous) * Toots & The Maytals - Happy Christmas / If You Act This Way (7", Single) (Jaguar) * Toots & The Maytals - One Family (7", Single) (Righteous) * Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop (7”) (Island Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Have A Talk (7") (Black Noiz Music) * Toots & The Maytals / The Dynamic Sisters - We Are No Strangers (7") (Thunder Bolt) * Toots & The Maytals - Fool For You / Version (7", Single) (Allah Son Records) * Toots & The Maytals - More And More / Version (7", Single) (Allah Son Records) * Toots & The Maytals - Hard Road / Version (7", Single) (Allah Son Records) * Bob Marley / Toots & The Maytals - Classic Tracks (CD, EP) (Classic Tracks - CDEP 3C) * Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number (Slow Cut) (7") (Beverley's Records) * Desmond Dekker & The Aces / Toots & The Maytals - You Can Get It If You Really Want / Sweet & Dandy (7") (Beverley's Records)

Instruments and sponsorships

* Paul Douglas is an official artist of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Paul Jamaican drummers 1950 births Living people People from Saint Ann Parish Toots and the Maytals members