![]() 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. Downie, who was reportedly ailing, passed away last Saturday at hospital in Jamaica, his partner, Bernadine Simpson, told The Gleaner. “Tyrone was one of the musical stars that helped make the music around Bob Marley exceptional,” the minister added. 1 2 Tribute are pouring in for veteran Jamaican keyboardist Tyrone Downie, who rose to prominence as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He was an even greater person than musician a great human being,” Grange said. “I was so very sad to hear that Tyrone had passed. ![]() He was also an arranger and producer of music. His partner, Bernadine Simpson, told Jamaican outlet The Gleaner that Downie was feeling ill on Saturday evening. 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. Tyrone Downie, the Jamaica-born keyboardist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, died Saturday. Minister Grange shared these sentiments while paying tribute to Downie, who died on Saturday, November 5 at the age of 66. ![]() 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. 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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