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BOB MARLEY worked tirelessly in spreading reggae music and the message of rastafari worldwide. Through his work, he gave the world profound and beautiful music. |
b. Ewart Beckford, 1942, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. U-Roy, began as a sound system DJ in 1961, spinning records for the Doctor Dickies set, later known as Dickies Dynamic, in such well-known Jamaican venues as Victoria Pier, Foresters Hall and Emmett Park. |
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Welcome to the official web site of Burning Spear. For over 30 years, Burning Spear has produced a musical legacy that is unmatched. From 1969's "Door Peep" to the Grammy Award winning "Calling Rastafari" no one has had a more consistent or active career. Here you can check out tour dates, discography, gallery and more. |
Joseph Hill began his musical career as a selector for various sound systems in the Linstead area of Jamaica. He also became the percussionist (and sometimes vocalist) of the Soul Defenders group who were based in the same part of St. Catherine. The Soul Defenders cut a number of rhythm tracks at Studio One, and ended of backing many of the artists working for Coxsone Dodd during the early 1970s - including Freddie McKay, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear, Horace Andy and Freddie McGregor. Hill also began his recording career as a singer at Studio One - cutting three songs (see SOLO RECORDINGS). Later, Hill went on to work with a number of other bands including C35 Incorporated and Stepping Stone (both groups having had singer/drummer Glen Washington as a member). |
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