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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt_rXWmrRQ4&mode=related&search=

 

Also this one which IMO started big things in the 90's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYd8QbBDDAs

Ok BFG Shabba footage......

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Interview  (Sept. 1997)

For almost twenty years now, Burning Spear has been an important voice in reggae in many ways. His distinct, wailing voice is an unsurpassed trademark that goes along with his preaching of the works of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey in his songs. Spear has been steadfast in his view and his music, keeping true to them throughout his career, and led to a large international following: this kind of conviction is something that's sadly not seen too often in the music industry. I'd been a fan for his for years now, enchanted by a spell weaved from the longing in his voice and the hypnotic rhythms of his music. Needless to say, it was a real honor to speak to him about his career, his music and his views going from the beginning of his career to his latest CD, Appointment with His Majesty (on Heartbeat). 




PSF: Could you talk about growing up in St. Ann's Bay in Jamaica?
I grew up there, I went to school there, I do everything there. That was my turf. I was invovled in normal things like any other young person. Listening to a lot of different types of music then getting involved in the music business later. I was listening to reggae like ska and rock steady like Delroy Wilson, Justin Hines and the Dominos, the Tamlins. I was listening to all those people before I got started in the music business. I think that there are a lot of special things about that area. Marcus Garvey is from that area. Bob (Marley) and some other great people are from that area too.

PSF: How did you get interested in spreading the teachings of Marcus Garvey?
I was listening to other people in the music business with what they were saying and who they were saying it about. I didn't hear anything about Garvey or Martin Luther King or Malcolm X or any of these great black people doing constructive things. There was nothing about them in the music. That is really what inspired I to get into Marcus Garvey, just to get some lyrics and music together and present him through the music.

PSF: Have your feelings and understandings about his work evolved or changed?
We have so many different changes and understandings that take place. A lot of people get a lot of stories about Garvey that have never really been told about Garvey. The teachings of Garvey have spread themselves more since first I get invovled in Garvey musically.

PSF: What would you say about the revelency of his teachings in relation to current events?
Situations all vary. You're not going to find all the people in comfort. There are always people in need and in want and people complain. People always not treated properly in Jamaica, United States, Europe, Africa. Today, the whole world is full of unreasonableness. It's not like we can't prevent these things from happening. All things lead people to the need to speak out and speak out as one. If the people administrate as one, that will create a lot of the changes. If the people do not administrate as one, you have all these problems, unsolved problems.

PSF: How did you first pick up the name 'Burning Spear'?
The name is coming from Kenya. Jomo Kenyatta- it was the name they called him, Burning Spear. He was the first president of the Republic. Before I even sing the first song, I was looking for a name. I can remember that this elderly person told me this about Jomo but I didn't know anything about him to be honest. This person was thinking that for the kind of melody and lyrics that I was presenting, that would be an appropriate name. So that's how it came about, Burning Spear.

PSF: The first recordings you did were for Studio One. How do you see this as being different from your later work?
There's a lot of changes after getting started. In my coming up, I never really wanted to be like anyone or be a part of anyone. I just wanted to be me. When something good should happen, I wanted it to be for me. I would think that I would like to do things my way. In 1969 with Studio One, that was the starting point of Burning Spear. The lyrics I do for albums like Marcus Garvey or Man In the Hills, that was a change but still maintaining the history, the roots and the culture. At all times it will be different but still maintaining that full concept. The album Mek We Dweet is totally different also and Marcus' Children is totally different. If you go back and look, you can see we try to maintain the original concept of still having the historical blend of roots and culture within all these albums' lyrics and arrangements.

PSF: What part of Garvey's teachings were you trying to put across in your music?
Everything that I do in my music is pertaining to Garvey. When you listen, you can see that the message is within the music. It's for all the people of the world so that they could listen to what I'm saying and gain something. People can see that the lyrics have much to do with their way of knowing or their way of doing. Every section of his philosophy is very important.

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