Burning Spear

Burning Spear
Burning Spear live at Reggae Geel, Belgium, in 2023
Burning Spear live at Reggae Geel, Belgium, in 2023
Background information
Birth nameWinston Rodney
Born (1945-03-01) 1 March 1945 (age 79)
Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica
GenresReggae, roots reggae, dub
Years active1969–present
LabelsStudio One, Island, EMI, Heartbeat, Slash/Warner Bros., Burning Music
Websitewww.burningspearwebsite.com

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]

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2002) The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music, Virgin Books, ISBN 978-1-85227-947-9, p. 57
  2. ^ Some sources state 1948 (e.g. Thompson)