Burning Spear | |
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 Burning Spear live at Reggae Geel, Belgium, in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Winston Rodney |
| Born | 1 March 1945 Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica |
| Genres | Reggae, roots reggae, dub |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | Studio One, Island, EMI, Heartbeat, Slash/Warner Bros., Burning Music |
| Website | www |
Winston Rodney OD (born 1 March 1945), better known by the stage name Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. Burning Spear is a Rastafarian and one of the most influential and long-standing roots artists to emerge from the 1970s.[1][2]
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2002) The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music, Virgin Books, ISBN 978-1-85227-947-9, p. 57
- ^ Some sources state 1948 (e.g. Thompson)