![]() I send words of comfort to his family, relatives, friends and associates and to the music fraternity,” the minister stated. We echo the sentiments that were expressed by singer Grace Jones, Tyrone Downie was ‘Our Jamaican Guy’. “Tyrone Downie will be remembered as one of the significant contributors to Reggae music. Grange added that Downie’s musical contributions in his later years are also of note consisting of his “exploits in France” and the release of his solo album Organ D in 2001. She disclosed that Downie also played with The Abyssinians, Black Uhuru, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, Alpha Blondie and Sly and Robbie and for solo acts such as Buju Banton, Peter Tosh, Junior Reid, and Beenie Man. “Tyrone was one of the musical stars that helped make the music around Bob Marley exceptional,” the minister added. Besides The Wailers, he played with Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh, Tom Tom Club, Junior Reid, Ian Dury, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, and many more iconic reggae bands and artists. He was an even greater person than musician a great human being,” Grange said. Tyrone Downie led a successful musical career that began while he studied at Kingston College and joined The Wailers in the mid-1970s. ![]() “I was so very sad to hear that Tyrone had passed. He was also an arranger and producer of music. READ: Bob Marley and The Wailers pianist Tyrone Downie is deadĭownie caught the eye of Jamaica and the world when he joined Bob Marley and the Wailers as the group’s keyboard player. Minister Grange shared these sentiments while paying tribute to Downie, who died on Saturday, November 5 at the age of 66. ![]() THE WAILERS: ' It is with great sadness and a heavy heart from the news that The Wailers’ own keyboard player, brother and friend Tyrone Downie passed away today. ![]() KINGSTON, Jamaica- Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, said that with the death of Tyrone Downie, Jamaica has lost another of its great sons of music. Downie was best known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. Jamaican keyboardist/pianist, Tyrone Downie died November 5, in Jamaica on the way to the University Hospital of the West Indies ![]()
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