Burning Spear

Burning Spear
OD
Burning Spear OD
	Burning Spear live at Reggae Geel, Belgium, in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Winston Rodney
Born	1 March 1945 (age 79); 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.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]

^ 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)

[Larkin-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)

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