<sod>Excerpt from "The Rise of Reggae and the influence of [[Toots and the Maytals]]" by Matthew Sherman<ref name=":0">Sherman, Matthew. "The Rise of Reggae and the Influence of Toots and the Maytals." The Rise of Reggae, and the Influence of Toots and the Maytals. The Dread Library, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016. http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/sherman.html</ref>: <blockquote>In the winter of 1968, the cool rocksteady beat gave way to a faster, brighter, more danceable sound. [[Reggae]] was born. Toots ([[Toots Hibbert]]) heralded the new sound with the seminal, complex groove monster "Do the Reggae" advertising "the new dance, going around the town." Toots wanted "to do the Reggae, with you!" …From '69 to '71, Toots could do no wrong recording for [[Leslie Kong]]. With the consistent nucleus of musicians, the Beverley’s All-Stars (Jackie Jackson, Winston Wright, Hux Brown, Rad Bryan, Paul Douglas and Winston Grennan) and [[Toots & the Maytals|The Maytals]]’ brilliant harmonizing, Toots wrote and sang his unmistakable voice about every subject imaginable<ref name=":0" />. </blockquote>There are many different theories as to how the term itself originated. The music itself was faster than rocksteady, but tighter and more complex than ska, with obvious debts to both styles, while going beyond them both.<ref name=NiceupHistory/> Speaking to the term's origins, reggae artist [[Derrick Morgan]] stated:<eod>
<sod>Excerpt from "The Rise of Reggae and the influence of [[Toots and the Maytals]]" by Matthew Sherman<ref name=":0">Sherman, Matthew. "The Rise of Reggae and the Influence of Toots and the Maytals." The Rise of Reggae, and the Influence of Toots and the Maytals. The Dread Library, n.d. Web. 18 Sept. 2016. http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/sherman.html</ref>: <blockquote>In the winter of 1968, the cool rocksteady beat gave way to a faster, brighter, more danceable sound. [[Reggae]] was born. Toots ([[Toots Hibbert]]) heralded the new sound with the seminal, complex groove monster "[[Do the Reggay]]" advertising "the new dance, going around the town." Toots wanted "to do the Reggae, with you!" …From '69 to '71, Toots could do no wrong recording for [[Leslie Kong]]. With the consistent nucleus of musicians, the Beverley’s All-Stars (Jackie Jackson, Winston Wright, Hux Brown, Rad Bryan, Paul Douglas and Winston Grennan) and [[Toots & the Maytals|The Maytals]]’ brilliant harmonizing, Toots wrote and sang his unmistakable voice about every subject imaginable<ref name=":0" />. </blockquote>There are many different theories as to how the term itself originated. The music itself was faster than rocksteady, but tighter and more complex than ska, with obvious debts to both styles, while going beyond them both.<ref name=NiceupHistory/> Speaking to the term's origins, reggae artist [[Derrick Morgan]] stated:<eod>