For the Florida State University society, see Burning Spear Society.
Burning Spear
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Burning Spear live at Reggae Geel, Belgium, in 2023
Background information
Birth name
Winston Rodney
Born
(1945-03-01) 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
Musical artist
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
better known by the stage name BurningSpear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist, and musician. BurningSpear is a Rastafarian and one of...
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The BurningSpear Society, commonly referred to as BurningSpear or Spear, is a secret society of students and alumni at Florida State University in Tallahassee...
national honours that included Elder of the Golden Heart and Moran of the BurningSpear. "Jackson Kimeu Mulinge-A Man Made of Steel". Kenya YearBook Editorial...
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Karangi received the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya, the Order of the BurningSpear and the Legion of Merit. "Kenya Defence Chief – General (Dr.) Julius...
Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (EGH) and Chief of the Order of the BurningSpear (CBS). Ogolla was married to Aileen and had two children and a grandchild...
Order of the Chief of BurningSpear (CBS), Order of the Elder of the BurningSpear (EBS), Order of the Moran of the BurningSpear (MBS). "MPs approve Kimaiyo...
Studio One Presents BurningSpear is the debut studio album of the Jamaican musician BurningSpear, released in 1973. "Ethiopians Live It Out" "We Are...
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Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). He was awarded the Chief of the BurningSpear (CBS) medal by Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief...
of the Order of the Golden Heart (MGH) and Chief of the Order of the BurningSpear (CBS) among others. Uhuru Kenyatta "General Robert Kibochi Sworn In...
Jamaica. Saint Ann is the birthplace of reggae singers Floyd Lloyd, BurningSpear, Busy Signal, Bryan Art, Romain Virgo, Rashawn Dally, Chezidek, Shabba...
University, in August 2013. "BurningSpear" was sampled by the Danish group ETA in 1997 on their track "Casual Sub (BurningSpear)". The song peaked at number...
"Boom, Bye Bye", which "promote[s] the murder of gay men by shooting or burning". Following the artist's nomination, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against...
officer with the Distinguished Conduct Order (DCO) and Moran of the BurningSpear (MBS) medals. Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya Air Force Kenya Coast Guard Service...
beyond Southern California, releasing albums by Robyn Hitchcock and BurningSpear. From 1982 until 1996, releases from Slash Records were distributed...
recipient of both the Chief of the BurningSpear (CBS), Elder of the BurningSpear (EBS) and the Moran of the BurningSpear, (MBS) awards in recognition of...
Elizabeth II. In December of the same year, he was awarded the Elder of the BurningSpear by former president Mwai Kibaki, one of the highest civilian honours...
name of Jomo Kenyatta taking his first name from the Kikuyu word for "burningspear" and his last name from the masai word for the bead belt that he often...
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