Tosh Family Beats the Sh!tstem - M16 Guitar eBay Auction Cancelled

The eBay auction of Peter Tosh's M16 Stratocaster Guitar, as previously announced here on Reggae Sessions, will not be proceeding as planned at the FlashPoint Film Festival after massive controversy and protests by two of his sons who live in the U.S. A legal claim disputing the current ownership has been filed, and in the interests of parties, it is impractical to proceed with the auction.

The auction was to take place on behalf of Andrea (Marlene) Brown, the late Tosh's common-law wife, who put the guitar up for auction in October. She told the Jamaica Gleaner that Tosh gave her the Fender Stratocaster as a gift. But the rastaman's sons objected to the sale, saying it belonged to the Peter Tosh Foundation. Brown's family had the guitar for 19 years stored in the United States.

I tried to place a call to Peter's youngest son, Jawara Tosh (see bottom pic), who wrote numerous open letters to the festival, to Ms. Brown, and to the citizens of Jamaica expressing his concern about this highway robbery. Jawara Tosh lives in Boston and is known in music circles as Tosh1. I wanted to give personal tanks and praises to him that this piece of reggae history will not be sold to the highest bidder and massive bigups for his effort to stop this horrendous crime from occurring.

You can contact him yourselves to show your support via email at jtosh2020@yahoo.com, or by calling him on the phone at 617-929-1673 and letting him know how you feel. Don't forget to mention Reggae Sessions ;-)

Let's hope dis one stays a part of reggae history forever. Nuff Respect to the Steppin Razor. Check it!