Paul Douglas is a platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning drummer and percussionist best known for his work in Reggae music.

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Born in St. Ann, Jamaica, Douglas’ career as a professional drummer began in 1965. He’s best known for his decades long tenure as the drummer and band leader of Toots & The Maytals. He was also an early member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. Douglas is one of the founding fathers of Reggae, but he's far from a genre drummer.

He has written, recorded, and performed with everyone from Linda Ronstadt to the Rolling Stones. From the world’s most prestigious jazz stages to Coachella 2017, his drumming continues to entertain millions of diverse fans.

Awards and Recognition

 

GRAMMYS

1981 Nomination for Toots Live!

1989 Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots in Memphis

1991 Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & the Maytals – An Hour Live

1998 Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & the Maytals – Ska Father

2004 Winner for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & the Maytals - True Love

2008 Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & the Maytals – Light Your Light

2013 Nomination for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & The Maytals – Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged on Strawberry Hill

2021 Winner for Best Reggae Album of the Year: Toots & the Maytals – Got To Be Tough

CANADIAN REGGAE MUSIC AWARDS

1997 Winner Canadian Reggae Music Awards

​1998 Winner Canadian Reggae Music Awards

PLATINUM

1983 NZFPI Platinum “Beautiful Woman” by Toots & The Maytals

Discography

Paul Douglas' discography includes more than 250 albums and spans genres including Reggae, Pop, Jazz and more.

 

Toots & The Maytals (1965) The Sensational Maytals

Toots & The Maytals & Prince Buster's All Stars (1965) Dog War / Little Flea (Prince Buster)

Toots & The Maytals (1966) Never Grow Old, (Studio One)

Toots & The Maytals (1966) Life Could Be A Dream

Toots & The Maytals (1968) Sweet and Dandy, (Beverley’s Records)

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (1968) Mary Poppins

King Stitt (1969) Herdsman Shuffle

King Stitt (1969) Lee Van Cleef

The Maytals (1969) Sweet And Dandy / Oh - Yea (7”) (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1969) Monkey Man

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (1969) Red Ash

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (1969) Tribute to Rameses

King Stitt & The Dynamites (1969) Vigorton 2

The Melodians (1970) Everybody Bawling

Ken Boothe (1970) Freedom Street

Clancy Eccles And The Dynamites (1970) Herbsman Reggae

Boris Gardiner (1970) Reggae Happening

Delano Stewart (1970) Stay A Little Bit Longer

The Melodians (1970) Sweet Sensation

Delano Stewart (1970) That’s Life

The Gaylads (1970) There's A Fire

Bob and Marcia (1970) Young Gifted and Black

Toots & The Maytals (1970) Feel Alright (7") (Beverley's Records)

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1970) Baby Baby Come Home

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1970) Sophisticated Psychedelication

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1971) Soul Shakedown Party

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1971) The Best of the Wailers

Toots & The Maytals (1971) Bam-Bam / Pomps And Pride (7") (Dynamic Sounds)

Boris Gardiner (1971) Soulful Experience

Toots & The Maytals (1971) Greatest Hits (Beverley Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1972) The Harder They Come, (Island)

Toots & The Maytals (1972) Slatyam Stoot

Toots & The Maytals (1972) Daddy / It Was Written Down (Jaguar)

Toots & The Maytals (1972) Pomps And Pride (Jaguar)

Toots & The Maytals (1972) Country Road / Louie Louie (Jaguar)

Toots & The Maytals (1972) Louie Louie / Pressure Drop '72 (Trojan Records)

Boris Gardiner (1972) For All We Know

The Boris Gardiner Happening (1973) Is What's Happening

Toots & The Maytals (1973) Sit Right Down (Dragon)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) Country Road / Funky Kingston (Dragon)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) In The Dark / Sailing On (Jaguar)

Jimmy Cliff / Toots & The Maytals (1973) You Can Get It If You Really Want / Sweet & Dandy (Mango)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) Screwface Underground (Jaguar)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) Daddy (7”, Single) (Blue Mountain)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) Country Road (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) From the Roots, (Trojan)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) Funky Kingston, (Trojan)

Toots & The Maytals (1973) The Original Golden Oldies Vol.3

Vic Taylor (1973) Reflections

Ernie Smith (1974) Duppy Gunman

Ken Boothe (1974) Everything I Own

Toots & The Maytals (1974) In the Dark, (Dragon Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1974) Who Knows Better (Hot Shot!)

Toots & The Maytals (1974) Time Tough (Jaguar)

Toots & The Maytals (1974) I Can't Believe / 5446 Instrumental (Starapple)

Toots & The Maytals (1974) Sailing On / If You Act This Way (7") (Dragon)

Toots & The Maytals (1974) You Don't Love Me (So Bad) (7", Single) (Jaguar)

Bob Andy (1974) Fire Burning

Fr. Richard HoLung, Harrison & Friends (1974) Letters Job To John

Toots & The Maytals (1975) Reggae's Got Soul (Jaguar)

Susan Cadogan (1975) Hurts So Good

Horace Forbes (1975) Impossible

Faith D'Aguilar (1975) Jamaica

Eric Gale (1975) Negril

Pluto Shervington (1975) Pluto

Byron Lee And The Dragonaires & Mighty Sparrow (1975) Sparrow Dragon Again

Johnny Nash (1975) Tears On My Pillow

Ken Boothe (1976) Blood Brothers

Pluto Shervington (1976) Dat

R.D. Livingstone (1976) Home From Home

Errol Brown (1976) Pleasure Dub

Pluto Shervington (1976) Ram Goat Liver

Toots & The Maytals (1976) Reggae Got Soul (Island)

King Tubby & Clancy Eccles All Stars (1976) Sound System International Dub LP

Funky Brown (1976) These Songs Will Last Forever

Bob Marley & The Wailers / Toots & The Maytals (1976) Trenchtown Rock / Reggae Got Soul (7”) (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1976) Image Get A Lick (7") (Warika)

The Congos & Friends (1977) Fisherman

The Congos (1977) Heart Of The Congos

The Mexicano (1977) Move Up Starsky

Musicism (1977) Swing Me Gentle

Musicism (1977) Riding In Rhythm

The Maytals (1977) Toots Presents The Maytals

Toots & The Maytals (1978) Famine / Pass The Pipe (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1978) Take It From Me (7") (Island Records)

Harold Butler (1978) Gold Connection

Ernie Smith (1978) I'll Sing For Jesus

Derrick Morgan (1978) Love City

Lovindeer (1978) Sexy Reggae

The Mexicano (1978) Goddess Of Love

 

Jackie Edwards (1978) Starlight

Dandy Livingstone (1978) The South African Experience

Toots & The Maytals (1979) Israel Children / Turn It Up (7") (Louv)

Multiple Artists (1979) Children Of Babylon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Nana McLean (1979) Dream Of Life

Danny Adams (1979) Summer In Montego Bay

Ojiji (1979) The Shadow

Toots & The Maytals (1979) Pressure Drop: Best of Toots & The Maytals (Trojan)

Toots & The Maytals (1979) Pass the Pipe, (Island)

Toots & The Maytals (1979) Just Like That, (Island)

Toots & The Maytals (1979) The Best Of Toots And The Maytals (Trojan Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1980) Just Like That / Gone With The Wind (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1980) Toots & The Maytals E.P. (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1980) Chatty, Chatty (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1980) Live: Monkey Man / Hallelujah (7") (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1980) Chatty, Chatty (7", Single) (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1980) Toots “Live,” (Island)

Hearbert Lee (1980) Love Songs Vol. 1

Bobby Stringer (1980) Reggae Love Songs

Ossie Scott (1980) Many Moods Of Ossie Scott

Toots & The Maytals (1981) I Can See Clearly Now (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1981) Beautiful Woman (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1981) Papa D / You Never Know (Louv)

Toots & The Maytals (1981) Beautiful Woman / Show Me The Way (12") (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1981) Papa Dee Mama Dear / Dilly Dally (7", Single) (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1981) His Songs Live On (7") (Louv)

Toots & the Maytals (1981) Knock Out!

Beres Hammond (1981) Let's Make A Song

Multiple Artists (1981) The King Kong Compilation: The Historic Reggae Recordings

Toots & The Maytals (1982) I Know We Can Make It / Spend A Weekend (7", Single) (Island Records)

Dennis Brown / Toots & The Maytals (1982) Sitting & Watching / Bam Bam (7", Single) (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1982) Knockout, (Island)

Live at Reggae Sunsplash: Best of the Festival (1982) Day One

Toots & the Maytals (1982) Hour Live

Pluto Shervington (1982) I Man Born Ya

Pioneers (1982) Reggae For Lovers

Pluto Shervington (1982) Your Honour

Lovindeer (1983) Man Shortage

Ochi Brown (1983) Danger Date

Boyo (1983) You're My World

George Pioneer & Jackie Pioneer (1983) Reggae For Lovers Volume 2

Toots & The Maytals (1984) Live At Reggae Sunsplash

Toots & The Maytals (1984) Reggae Greats (Island)

Owen Gray (1985) Watch This Sound

Lovindeer (1987) Caribbean Christmas Cheer

Lovindeer (1988) Octapussy

Toots & The Maytals (1988) Toots in Memphis, (Island)

Toots & The Maytals (1988) Do The Reggae 1966-1970 (Attack Records)

(1990) Clancy Eccles Presents His Reggae Revue

Toots & The Maytals (1990) An Hour Live

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1992) Songs Of Freedom CD-01

Toots & The Maytals (1992) Knock Out!

The Maytals (1993) Bla. Bla. Bla.

Multiple Artists (1993) Kingston Town: 18 Reggae Hits

Multiple Artists (1993) The Story of Jamaican Music: Tougher Than Tough

Toots & The Maytals (1995) The Collection (Spectrum)

Clancy Eccles (1996) Joshua's Rod of Correction

King Stitt (1996) Reggae Fire Beat

The Dynamites (1996) The Wild Reggae Bunch

Toots & The Maytals (1996) Time Tough: The Anthology (Island)

Toots & The Maytals (1996) Monkey Man ((Compilation) (House Of Reggae)

Toots & The Maytals (1997) Recoup, (Alia Son)

Multiple Artists (1997) Fire On The Mountain: Reggae Celebrates The Grateful Dead Vol. 1 & 2

Clancy Eccles & The Dynamites (1997) Nyah Reggae Rock

Bob Marley & The Wailers (1998) The Complete Wailers CD-03

From Chapter To Version (1998) 20 Reggae DJ Classics

Multiple Artists (1998) From GG's Reggae Hit Stable Volume 1 & 2

Derrick Harriott (1998) Riding The Roots Chariot

Toots & The Maytals (1998) Live in London, (Trojan)

Toots & The Maytals (1998) The Very Best of Toots & The Maytals, (Music Club)

Toots & The Maytals (1998) Ska Father, (Artists Only)

Toots & The Maytals (1998) Jamaican Monkey Man (Recall 2cd)

The Maytals / Toots & the Maytals (1999) Monkey Man & From The Roots

Toots & the Maytals (1999) That's My Number

The Maytals (1999) The Originals (Charly)

Morgan Heritage & Denroy Morgan / Toots & The Maytals (1999) Harvest Is Plenty / Lost Your Character (7") (HMG Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1999) Bam Bam / 54 - 46 (7") (Marvellous Records)

Toots & The Maytals (1999) Prayer of David (7", Single) (Treasure Chest)

Toots & The Maytals (2000) Live At Red Rocks (PRG Records, Allah Son Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2000) The Very Best Of Toots & The Maytals (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2000) 20 Massive Hits (Compilation) (Metro)

The Maytals (2001) Fever

The Maytals (2001) Dressed to Kill

Toots & The Maytals (2001) 54-46 Was My Number - Anthology 1964 To 2000 (Trojan Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2001) Best Of Toots & The Maytals / Broadway Jungle (Trojan Records)

 

Toots & The Maytals (2001) The Best Of Toots & The Maytals (Island Records)

Clancy Eccles (2001) Reggae Revue at the VIP Club, Vol. 3

Clancy Eccles (2001) Reggae Revue at the Ward Theatre 1969-1970

(2001) The Reggae Box

Toots & The Maytals / L.M.S.* (2002) Humble / Respect All Woman (7") (71 Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2002) Sweet And Dandy: The Best of Toots and the Maytals (Trojan Records)

Toots & the Maytals (2003) World Is Turning

Toots & The Maytals (2003) 54 - 46 / Pressure Drop (7”) (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2003) Funky Kingston / In The Dark (Compilation) (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2003) Jungle (Single) (XIII BIS Records)

Paul Douglas (2004) Eyes Down

Toots & the Maytals (2004) True Love

Toots & The Maytals (2004) This Is Crucial Reggae (Compilation) (Sanctuary Records)

Toots & The Maytals Featuring Shaggy And Rahzel (2004) Bam Bam (V2)

Toots & The Maytals (2005) Pressure Drop: The Definitive Collection (Trojan Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2005) Roots Reggae - The Classic Jamaican Albums (Trojan Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2005) Rhythm Kings (Compilation) (Xtra)

Toots & The Maytals (2005) Deep In My Soul / Daddy (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2005) Border Line (Single) (XIII Bis Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2006) The Essential Collection (Compilation) (Sanctuary Records)

The Congos & Friends (2006) Fisherman Style

Toots & The Maytals (2006) I’ve Got A Woman (A Tribute To Ray Charles) (7") (D&F Productions)

Toots & The Maytals (2006) Acoustically Live at Music Millennium (CD, EP) (Junketboy)

Toots & the Maytals (2007) Light Your Light

Ben Harper & The Skatalites / Toots & The Maytals (2007) Be My Guest / I Want You To Know (Imperial)

Toots & The Maytals (2008) Sweet And Dandy: The Best of Toots & The Maytals (Compilation) (Trojan Records)

Glen Ricketts (2008) Rise Up

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics (2009) Pleasure Dub

The Dynamites / King Tubby (2009) Sound System International

Eugene Grey (2010) Diversity

Toots & the Maytals (2010) Flip and Twist

Toots And The Maytals / Roland Alphonso (2010) Hold On / On The Move (7") (Pyramid)

Toots & The Maytals (2010) Pee Pee Cluck Cluck (7”) (Pyramid)

Toots & The Maytals / Don Drummond (2010) Alidina / Dragon Weapon (7") (Pyramid)

Toots & The Maytals (2011) Pressure Drop: The Golden Tracks (Cleopatra)

Toots & The Maytals (2012) Pressure Drop: The Best of Toots and The Maytals (Compilation) (Universal UMC, Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2012) Live! (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2012) 54 - 46 (Beverley's Records)

Delroy Wilson / Toots & The Maytals (2012) Gave You My Love / One Eye Enos (7”) (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals (2012) Unplugged On Strawberry Hill

Toots & The Maytals (2014) Sunny (7", Single) (Notable Records, Measurable Music)

Toots & The Maytals (2020) Got To Be Tough

Paul Douglas (2021) Jazz Mi Reggae

Priscilla Rollins (197X) I Love You

Tito Simon (197X) The Heat Is On

Demo Cates (197X) Precious Love

Milton Douglas (198X) Can't Trust No One

George Allison (198X) Exclusive

Marie Bowie & K.C. White & Hortense Ellis (198X) More Reggae Love Songs

Bobby Davis (198X) Satisfaction

Toots & The Maytals - Reggae Live Sessions Volume 2 (Jahmin' Records)

Danny Ray - All The Best

Ossie Scott - The Great Pretender

Toots & The Maytals - Peeping Tom (7", Single) (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Sweet & Dandy (Single) (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Pain In My Belly / Treating Me Bad (7”) (Prince Buster)

Toots & The Maytals / Byron Lee - She Never Let Me Down / River To The Bank (Federal)

Toots & The Maytals / Desmond Dekker - Pressure Drop / Mother's Young Gal (7", Single) (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Never Go Down (7") (Warika)

Toots & The Maytals - Israel Children (7", Single) (Righteous)

Toots & The Maytals / Ansel Collins - Monkey Man / High Voltage (7") (Beverley's Records)

Tony Tribe / Eric Donaldson / The Upsetters / Toots & The Maytals - Classic Tracks (CD, EP) (Classic Tracks - CDEP4)

Toots & The Maytals - Scare Him (7") (Gorgon Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Careless Ethiopians (7") (Nyahman)

Toots & The Maytals - Do Good All The Time (7") (Nyahman)

Toots & The Maytals - Daddy (7") (Jaguar)

Desmond Dekker And The Aces, Toots And The Maytals - You Can Get It If You Really Want / Pressure Drop (7") (Beverley's Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Man / It Was Written (7") (D&F Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Prayer of David (7", Single) (Charm)

Toots & The Maytals - Happy Days (7", Single) (Righteous)

Toots & The Maytals - Happy Christmas / If You Act This Way (7", Single) (Jaguar)

Toots & The Maytals - One Family (7", Single) (Righteous)

Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop (7”) (Island Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Have A Talk (7") (Black Noiz Music)

Toots & The Maytals / The Dynamic Sisters - We Are No Strangers (7") (Thunder Bolt)

Toots & The Maytals - Fool For You / Version (7", Single) (Allah Son Records)

Toots & The Maytals - More And More / Version (7", Single) (Allah Son Records)

Toots & The Maytals - Hard Road / Version (7", Single) (Allah Son Records)

Bob Marley / Toots & The Maytals - Classic Tracks (CD, EP) (Classic Tracks - CDEP 3C)

Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number (Slow Cut) (7") (Beverley's Records)

Desmond Dekker & The Aces / Toots & The Maytals - You Can Get It If You Really Want / Sweet & Dandy (7") (Beverley's Records)