Clinton Fearon
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Clinton Fearon is a Jamaican reggae singer and musician, born on February 13, 1951 in Saint Andrews. He lives in Seattle (US) since 1987.
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Biography
Clinton Fearon was born close to Kingston but settled very early in the countryside in the province of St Catherine. It arrived at 16 years at Kingston. He discovered the music in the adventist church of his parish in Jamaica. Originating in the mountains of co. Catherine, it passes her adolescence to Kingston and creates there the group The Brothers, it tries some hearings without success, in particular at Treasure Isle. But it is through this group that it will meet Errol Grandison, which will propose to him to be the third Gladiator, in 1969, to replace David Weber. It enters initially the group as a singer. After the departure of Errol Grandison and David Webber, he then became the bass player and one of the background singers of the group The Gladiators from 1970 to 1987 (occasionally lead singer, for example on "Chatty Chatty Mouth, Rich Man Poor Man, Get Ready and Let Jah Be Praised"). During these years, he also worked as a session-man with the Studio One of Coxsone, with the Black Ark Studio of Lee Perry or for Joe Gibbs, Yabby You, Joseph Hookim and Prince Tony Robinson.
Estimating not to have enough space within the group, he left the group suddenly and is established with the United States, Seattle, following the American round of Gladiators of 1987, and intends to launch its career solo. Albert Griffiths hardly understood this choice. Clinton creates, in Seattle, the group The Defenders which will be a success of regard with the maximum Rock your bones in 1989. The group ceases its activity in 1992.
Then, in 1994 the first album of Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band is released (Barbara Kennedy with the keyboards, Jeff DeMelle with low, John Roddle and David Carpenter with the battery and Jason Cameron with the guitar lead): Disturb the devil mark truly the beginning of the career solo of Clinton Fearon. He creates the label Boogie Brown Productions. The albums Mystic Whisper will follow, What has system mixed by Scientist and a compilation of these three albums in 2002 Soon Come. Give and take proved that the inspiration of Clinton Fearon was not ready to stop.
The last but one chapter of its discography, Mi an' mi guitar (Sankofa, 2005) offers the acoustic album that everyone waited, taking again some of the songs in which it was lead singer at the time Gladiators, like Rich man poor man and Streets of freedom .
Clinton published new an opus in 2006, Visions, which comprises, as in its preceding albums, long and melody songs which it leaves to play on scene in the United States and in all Europe.
Discography
Albums
- 1994 - Disturb the Devil
- 1997 - Mystic Whisper
- 1999 - What a System - (double CD)
- 1999 - Dub Wise - dub version to What a System
- 2002 - Soon Come - Best
- 2004 - Give & Take
- 2005 - Mi an' mi Guitar - acoustic Album
- 2006 - Vision
45 rpm and tracks sung by Clinton Fearon within Gladiators
- 197X - One The Other Side (drawn from the album Presenting )
- 197X - Tribulation (drawn from the album Presenting )
- 197X - Jah Almighty (drawn from the album Presenting )
- 197X - has Prayer To Thee (drawn from the album Presenting )
- 197X - Untrue Girl aka Ungrateful Girl (drawn from the album Bongo Red , title produced by Lee " Scratch" Perry)
- 197X - Small channel & Shine (duet with Watty " King" Burnett, produced by Lee " Scratch" Perry)
- 197X - Message To The Nation (drawn from the 45rpm Message To The Nation , produced by Lee " Scratch" Perry)
- 1976 - Chatty Chatty Mouth (drawn from the album Trenchtown Mix Up )
- 1976 - Thief In The Night (drawn from the album Trenchtown Mix Up )
- 1977 - Can You Imagines How I Feel (drawn from the album Proverbial Reggae )
- 1977 - Marvel Not (drawn from the album Proverbial Reggae )
- 1977 - Stop Before You Go (drawn from the album Proverbial Reggae )
- 1978 - Get Ready (drawn from the album Naturality )
- 1978 - Give Thanks & Praise (drawn from the 45rpm produces by Yabby You and credited with the Prophets )
- 1979 - Black Saturday (drawn from 12" from Gregory Isaacs & U Roy The Tide Is High )
- 1979 - Let Jah Be Praised (drawn from the album Sweet So Till )
- 1979 - Backyard Meditation (drawn from the album Sweet So Till )
- 1979 - Merrily (drawn album Sweet So Till )
- 1980 - Oh What has Joy (drawn from the album GladiAtors )
- 1980 - Disco Reggae (drawn from the album GladiAtors )
- 1982 - Rich Man, Poor Man (drawn from the album Back To Roots )
- 1982 - Streets Of Freedom (drawn from the album Back To Roots )
- 1982 - Follow The Rainbow (drawn from the album Back To Roots )
- 1982 - One Love (drawn from the album Reggae To Bone )
- 1982 - I' m Not Crying (drawn from compilation Full Time )
DVD
- Live At Reggae Bash (Lyon 2004)
