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Build statue for underrated Toots – Herbie Miller

A former manager of the late Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert is lobbying for a statue of the late reggae legend to be erected in May Pen, Clarendon, from where he hails. Herbie Miller, who knew the reggae icon from the early 1970s, ranks Toots among the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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