Bush Doctor

Bush Doctor is the third studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. 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.[1]

Bush Doctor
Studio album by Peter Tosh
Released	1978
Recorded	Dynamic Sounds, Joe Gibbs Studio, Kingston, Jamaica and Bearsville Sound Studio.
Genre	Reggae
Length	39:46
Label	Rolling Stones Records EMI
Producer	Peter Tosh and Robert Shakespeare / The Glimmer Twins
Peter Tosh chronology
Equal Rights (1977) Bush Doctor (1978) Mystic Man (1979)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) link

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" (alternate version)
15. "Tough Rock Soft Stones" - (previously unreleased)

Personnel

• Peter Tosh - Rhythm & acoustic guitars, clavinet, audio harp, lead vocals
• Robbie Shakespeare - Bass, pick guitar, guitar, horn arrangements
• Sly Dunbar - Drums, Gato Box
• Mikey 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
• Happy Traum - Autoharp (on "Creation")

with

• Keith Richards - Guitar on "Bush Doctor" & "Stand Firm"
• Mick Jagger - Vocals with Peter Tosh on "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back"

References

1. Horowitz, Hal. "Bush Doctor - Peter Tosh". AllMusic. Rovi. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.