Free Man
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Free Man is a studio album by Jamaica
n reggae
singer Burning Spear
, released in 2003.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Reggae Album
at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004.
"Old School" and "They Can't" Recorded by Stephen Stewart
- lead vocals, percussion, background vocals
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
, released in 2003.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004.
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
- Published by Burning Spear Publishing
- Recorded, Mixed, Edited and Mastered by Chris Daley at MVP (The New Harry J) Studio, 10 Roosevelt Ave., Kingston, Jamaica, WI
"Old School" and "They Can't" Recorded by Stephen Stewart
Stephen Stewart
Stephen John Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the younger brother of the dual bronze medal winning Olympic rowers James Stewart and Geoffrey Stewart...
- Assistant Engineer: Khabier Bonner
- Remastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound NY, NY
- Photography: Mark SeligerMark SeligerMark Seliger is an American photographer noted for his portraiture.Seliger was born in Amarillo, Texas and attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, and Texas A&M University–Commerce. Seliger served as the chief photographer for Rolling Stone from 1992 to 2002 and...
- Design: HelicopterHelicopterA helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
- Listening Panel: Elise Kelly, Basil Walters, Roland Reid, Sonia Rodney, T. Boots Harris, Stephen StewartStephen StewartStephen John Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the younger brother of the dual bronze medal winning Olympic rowers James Stewart and Geoffrey 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
Burning SpearBurning Spear
Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
- lead vocals, percussion, background vocals
- Leroy "Horsemouth" WallaceLeroy WallaceLeroy "Horsemouth" Wallace is a Jamaican drummer who worked for several years at Studio One, and has worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle, Prince Far I, Sound Dimension, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Ijahman Levi and Pierpoljak. He starred as himself in the...
- drums - Shawn "Mark" Dawson - drums
- Dillon White - drums
- Chris Meredith - bass
- Ian "Beezy" Coleman - bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Stephen StewartStephen StewartStephen John Stewart is an Olympic-level rower, who competes for Australia. He is the younger brother of the dual bronze medal winning Olympic rowers James Stewart and Geoffrey Stewart...
- keyboards - Leebert "Gibby" Morrison - lead guitar
- Robert Browne (musician) - lead guitar
- Uziah "Sticky" ThompsonUziah ThompsonUziah "Sticky" Thompson is a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active since the late 1950s. He has worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.-Biography:...
- percussion - Christopher "Skyjuice" Burth - percussion
- Chico Chin - trumpet
- Everton Gayle - saxophone
- Barry Bailey - 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