{"id":4487,"date":"2022-09-23T12:42:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2022-09-23T12:42:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T12:42:48","slug":"dwight-pinkney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=4487","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Pinkney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Dwight Pinkney<\/b>\u00a0<a title=\"Order of Distinction\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Order_of_Distinction\">OD<\/a>\u00a0(born 1945), also known as\u00a0<b>Brother Dee<\/b>, is a\u00a0<a title=\"Jamaica\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica\">Jamaican<\/a>\u00a0guitarist best known for his work as a session musician and as a member of\u00a0<a title=\"Zap Pow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zap_Pow\">Zap Pow<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a title=\"Roots Radics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roots_Radics\">Roots Radics<\/a>, who since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist.<\/p>\n<p>Dwight Pinkney was born in\u00a0Manchester Parish, Jamaica, moving to\u00a0<a title=\"Kingston, Jamaica\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingston,_Jamaica\">Kingston<\/a>\u00a0as a youth.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Larkin_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Moskowitz_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0In the mid-1960s he formed The Sharks as guitarist, the band recording for\u00a0<a title=\"Studio One (record label)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Studio_One_(record_label)\">Studio One<\/a>\u00a0and backing\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"The Wailers (1963-1974 band)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wailers_(1963-1974_band)\">The Wailers<\/a>\u00a0on their 1965 Jamaican hit single &#8220;Put It On&#8221;, also providing backing for recordings by\u00a0<a title=\"Ken Boothe\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Boothe\">Ken Boothe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"The Gaylads\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Gaylads\">The Gaylads<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Larkin_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Moskowitz_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0One of Pinkney&#8217;s most successful songs, written in 1967 while a member of The Sharks, is &#8220;How Could I Live&#8221;, which was originally released as the b-side of Jeff Dixon and\u00a0Marcia Griffiths&#8217; &#8220;Words&#8221; single, and has since been recorded by artists including\u00a0<a title=\"Myrna Hague\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myrna_Hague\">Myrna Hague<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"The Heptones\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Heptones\">The Heptones<\/a>,\u00a0Richie Stephens,\u00a0<a title=\"George Nooks\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Nooks\">George Nooks<\/a>, and\u00a0Dennis Brown\u00a0(as &#8220;How Could I Leave&#8221;).<sup id=\"cite_ref-WaltersHow_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-CookeHow_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dwight_Pinkney\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwight Pinkney\u00a0OD\u00a0(born 1945), also known as\u00a0Brother Dee, is a\u00a0Jamaican\u00a0guitarist best known for his work as a session musician and as a member of\u00a0Zap Pow\u00a0and the\u00a0Roots Radics, who since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist. 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