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Burning Spear 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 ar ...

, released in 2003. It was nominated for a

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Track listing

#"Trust" #"We Feel It" #"Ha Ha" #"Not Guilty" #"Rock and Roll" #"Hey Dready" #"Freeman" #"Loved For Who I Am" #"Rise Up" #"Old School" #"They Can't" #"Changes"

Credits

*All songs written by

Winston Rodney 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 ar ...

*Published by Burning Spear Publishing *Recorded, Mixed, Edited and Mastered by Chris Daley at

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( The New Harry J) Studio, 10 Roosevelt Ave., Kingston, Jamaica, WI "Old School" and "They Can't" Recorded by Stephen Stewart *Assistant Engineer: Khabier Bonner *Remastered by George Marino at

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*Listening Panel: Elise Kelly, Basil Walters, Roland Reid, Sonia Rodney, T. Boots Harris, Stephen Stewart *Special Thanks to all the musicians who worked on this project, engineer, assistant engineer and listening panel, all the fans all over the world, Mrs. Sonia Rodney, Marl Seliger, Brother Asher, Michael Sauvage and Roger Steffen, Garrett Vandermollen.

Musicians

- lead vocals, percussion, background vocals *

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- drums * Shawn "Mark" Dawson - drums * Dillon White - drums * Chris Meredith - bass * Ian "Beezy" Coleman - bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar *Stephen Stewart - keyboards * Leebert "Gibby" Morrison - lead guitar *Robert Browne - lead guitar *

Uziah "Sticky" Thompson Uzziah "Sticky" Thompson (1 August 1936 – 25 August 2014) was a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active from the late 1950s. He worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums. Biog ...

- percussion * Christopher "Skyjuice" Burth - percussion * Chico Chin - trumpet * Everton Gayle - saxophone *

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- trombone * Delton Browne - background vocals * Paul "Lymie" Murray - background vocals * Pam Hall - background vocals * Michael "Lukie D" Kennedy - background vocals * Anthony Selassie - background vocals * Jeoffrey "Star" Forrest - background vocals {{Authority control Burning Spear albums 2003 albums