Mighty Rootsmen reunite reggae legends for classic song reworks
Toots Hibbert, Gregory Isaacs, Mykal Rose and Luciano join Ron Wood on a June 26 reggae reunion cut as a limited 500-copy vinyl run.
The Mighty Rootsmen Strike Back arrived on June 26 with Toots Hibbert, Gregory Isaacs, Mykal Rose, Luciano and Ron Wood folded into one of the week’s most crowded reggae lineups. The digital release sits under Bullet Proof Recording Company, and the cast alone puts the project in reunion territory before a single track is played.
The album reworks familiar rock and pop material through a reggae lens, turning songs tied to the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, the Bee Gees, The Turtles, The Beatles and Carole King and James Taylor into new sessions with roots weight. Reggaeville’s track listing shows the opening stretch built around You’ve Got A Friend, With A Little Help From My Friends, Waiting On A Friend and Heart Of Gold, with other cuts including To Love Somebody, Happy Together, Put A Little Love In Your Heart, Sundown, Seasons In The Sun and I Love You. Discogs credits Ron Wood on Waiting On A Friend and Joel Hellman on Sundown, details that underline how broad the project’s guest list reaches beyond the core reggae names.
The physical edition was set up for collectors as well as streamers. Record Store Day 2026 identified The Mighty Rootsmen Strike Back as a special release, and Discogs describes the vinyl pressing as limited to 500 copies with the LP catalog number BPF1058LP. Discogs also lists the 2026 copyright under Bullet Proof Recording Company Inc., which gives the release a clear label identity alongside its retrospective songbook.
Bandcamp materials place the recording at Anchor Studios in Jamaica and highlight Sly & Robbie alongside the lead singers, giving the set a serious Jamaican rhythm backbone rather than a novelty-cover feel. That same project line also points back to a previous Mighty Rootsmen release dated July 25, 2025, making Strike Back look less like a one-off and more like the next chapter in a developing catalog built around reggae greats revisiting outside songs with the band feel intact.
That is the real pull here: not just hearing these names together again, but hearing them work through a songbook that lets reggae history, studio craft and collector demand land in the same package.
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