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Burning Spear Is
Just As Good Live

 

The Other Press

On vinyl, Burning Spear is
one of the very best reggae
bands ever to come out of
Jamaica. Last Wednesday
night at the Commodore they
proved to be just as good in
live concert. Forget about
comparing leader Winston
Rodney and his group of
seven musicians to any of the
other reggae bands to pass
through town recently. The

place was sold-out, surely
the mob-scene on the dance-
floor should be enough to
attest to the quality of the
performance. Next time
Burning Spear are in town,
zi, for one will be there.
Opening for Burning
Spear was Too Bads, a
Vancouver band. Having
only played together twice
before, and being seventeen

October 14th to 28th 1982

. 2h
years old, opening for a
group such as Burning Spear
would be enough to ruin
most band’s evenings. Not
so for these guys. They
succeeded in drawing quite a
bit of positive response from
most of the 1,000 strong
crowd.

 

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