Toots and the Maytals bass player whose melodic lines drove some of the biggest reggae hits of the 1960s and 70sThe bass player Jackie Jackson, who has died aged 79, was one of the cornerstones of Jamaican popular music. In addition to being the bassist in Toots and the Maytals for more than 50 years, Jackson provided substantial and melodic bass lines underpinning some of the most important reggae hits of the 1960s and 70s, helping tracks such as The Israelites by Desmond Dekker, The Liquidator by Harry J Allstars and the Upsetters’ Return of Django reach the UK Top 10 in 1969.Equally inspire

Source: The Guardian Music