Bush Doctor Explained

Bush Doctor
Type:	Album
Artist:	Peter Tosh
Cover:	PeterTosh-BushDoctor.jpg
Released:	1978
Studio:	Dynamic Sounds, Joe Gibbs Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York
Genre:	Reggae, rock, ska
Length:	39:46
Producer:	Peter Tosh, Robert Shakespeare
Prev Title:	Equal Rights
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Mystic Man
Next Year:	1979

Bush Doctor is the third studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records.^[1] The album features Mick Jagger as guest vocalist on one song, while Keith Richards plays guitar on two tracks. The rhythm section featured Sly and Robbie.^[2]

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner called the album "a rather lame hybrid of rock and ska that pales beside his earlier, Jamaican releases on the Intel-Diplo label."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated

Side 1

1. "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:43
2. "Pick Myself Up" – 3:55
3. "I'm the Toughest" – 3:48
4. "Soon Come" (Tosh, Bob Marley) – 3:54
5. "Moses – The Prophet" – 3:37

Side 2

6. "Bush Doctor" – 4:04
7. "Stand Firm" – 6:10
8. "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin'" – 4:11
9. "Creation" – 6:29

Bonus tracks on 2002 EMI Remaster

10. "Lesson in My Life" – (previously unreleased)
11. "Soon Come" – (long version)
12. "I'm the Toughest" – (long version)
13. "Bush Doctor" – (long version)
14. "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (dub version)
15. "Tough Rock Soft Stones" – (previously unreleased)

Personnel

• Peter Tosh – rhythm and acoustic guitars, clavinet, audio harp, lead vocals
• Robbie Shakespeare – bass, pick guitar, guitar, horn arrangements
• Sly Dunbar – drums, gato box
• Mikey "Mao" Chung – lead guitar, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, pick guitar
• Robert Lyn – acoustic piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
• Keith Sterling – keyboards
• Luther François – soprano saxophone
• Donald Kinsey – lead guitar
• Larry McDonald – percussion
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion

with:

• Karl Pitterson – arrangement on "Creation"
• Happy Traum – autoharp on "Creation"
• Keith Richards – guitar on "Bush Doctor" and "Stand Firm"
• Mick Jagger – vocals on "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back"

Technical personnel

• The Glimmer Twins – executive producer
• Errol Thompson, Geoffrey Chung, Lew Hahn – engineer

Charts

Chart performance for Bush Doctor

Chart (1978/79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	34
United States (Billboard 200)	104

References

1. News: New Tosh Album . The Globe and Mail . 11 Nov 1978 . P35.
2. Web site: Horowitz . Hal . Bush Doctor – Peter Tosh . . Rovi . 24 April 2020 . en-us.
3. News: Freedberg . Mike . Peter Tosh brings music and 'da message' to The Paradise . Bay State Banner . 23 . 15 Mar 1979 . 14.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 311.