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I
took advantage of a Tower Records autograph
signing by the one and only Winston Rodney.
Burning Spear and his burning band showed
up in true rasta fashion, 45 minutes late!
With eyes at half mast and dreads stuffed
into his red gold green and black cap he rode
the escalator up to the second floor and took
a seat in the middle chair at a long table.
The remaining 7 or 8 guys in his band filed
in around him. None of them looked overly
excited to be there, but when approached with
comments and praise they accepted us warmly.
I had gotten there early, having underestimated
my travel time and so was the third person
in line. The organizers had given us early
birds free posters along with an 8x10 black
and white promo photo. Winston signed them
both simply SPEAR. The show that night at
the Roxy was inspiring. The Spear burned bright
for nearly 3 hours! Many positive vibrations
mixed with patent political cynicism, Burning
Spear is a preacher, teacher and one hell
of an entertainer. |
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