'Tyrone Downie Dead: Reggae Musicians Remember Bob Marley Keyboardist
Reggae Musicians Remember Bob Marley Keyboardist
Keyboardist Tyrone Downie,
also known affectionately as Jumpy and Organ D, died on Nov
But it
was his time in the Wailers that helped change the sound of modern music by
Tyrone was
born and grew up in Kingston where he began hanging out and doing session work
He joined
The Wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on
“At the
rehearsal of the last Bob Marley and the Wailers tour, I passed through and jammed
Bob was
amazed at the sound that the two of us [Tyrone and I] created
” Still, adds Touter:
“Tyrone has laid a solid foundation with his body of work on which future
Al Anderson,
who played guitar in the Wailers, recalls those touring days, too
“Tyrone and
I were tight for many years and we used to share rooms in the beginning
” “We were
walking to the rehearsal studio and Tyrone said, ‘Rastaman Vibration’
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