Artist
Burning Spear
- From Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica
- Formed 1969
- Type Solo artist
- Members Winston Rodney
Listen
Start with Marcus Garvey (1975) album, Seminal dread roots reggae album
Bio
Burning Spear is the stage name of Winston Rodney, a Jamaican roots reggae singer and Rastafarian born March 1, 1945, in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. He took his name from Kenyan independence leader Jomo Kenyatta and began recording at Studio One in 1969 on the advice of fellow St. Ann native Bob Marley. His 1975 album Marcus Garvey is widely regarded as a seminal work of dread roots reggae