Josey Wales, born
Joseph Winston Sterling in St. Mary,
Jamaica
is an influential Jamaican
dancehall deejay. He
was considered, along with
Brigadier
Jerry,
Yellowman and
sound system partner
Charlie Chaplin, one of the best
deejays of the 1980s.His career began in the late 1970s performing
over
U-Roy-owned King Sturgav sound system,
and he gained even more popularity in the early 1980s performing
over
Henry "Junjo" Lawes's volcano sound
system, and recording singles such as "Undercover Lover" and "Leggo
Mi Hand" for Lawes' label of the same name.Wales is named after the
1976 Western movie character from
The Outlaw Josey Wales, played
by
Clint Eastwood, and subsequently
nicknamed "The Outlaw".
Discography
(incomplete)
- 1983 - Outlaw
- 1984 - The No Way Better Than Yard
- 1984 - Two Giants Clash (split with Yellowman)
- 1986 - Rules
- 1990 - Ganja Pipe
- 1991 - How Yu Mouth Tan So
- 1992 - Special Prayer
- 1994 - Outlaw
- 1994 - Cowboy Style
- 2001 - Rulin'
References
- allmusic ((( Josey Wales > Biography
)))
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