Easy Skankin' Time You all know that I'm first and foremost a punk and metalhead, but being a deeply eclectic type I also love reggae and ska. This chap, Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, picked the rather easier moniker Toots, formed himself a band, The Maytals, and went on to invent reggae and ska. Toots coined the word reggae as a cut down form of 'rock steady' which was what Jamaican musicians were calling their musical style at that time. Toots was arrested and jailed for nine months on drugs charges, Toots claimed he was innocent and while he was in prison he wrote one of the best reggae/ska tracks of all time, "54-46 Was My Number." It has the best bass line ever, dum dum d d dum dum dum d d dum, which has been copied for numerous other regga and dance tracks. Go out now, today, and buy or borrow a Toots album, put 54-46 on and when that big bass line kicks in, you won't be able to stop yourself from smiling, give it a go, brighten your week a little, all together now..... "I'm not a fool to hurt myself So I was innocent of what they done to me They was wrong Listen to me, they were wrong Give it to me one time Give it to me two time Give it to me three time Give it to me four time 54-46 was my number..........."