Keith Sterling (born Keith Sterling-McLeod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica)
[Larkin, Colin (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', 4th edn., OUP USA, , p. 743] is a piano and keyboard player.
Biography
Keith Sterling is a well-respected Jamaican session musician, having played in various session/backing bands including
The Upsetters
The Upsetters was the name given to the house band for Jamaican reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. The name of the band comes from Perry's nickname of Upsetter, after his song "I Am the Upsetter", a musical dismissal of his former boss Coxs ...
,
,
Soul Syndicate,
[Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p. 58, 320] The Boris Gardiner Happening,
[Katz, David (2006) ''People Funny Boy'', Omnibus, , p. 194, 241–2] Word, Sound and Power,
' We The People Band,
[Boehm, Mike (1988) "Brown's Disarming Reggae: Gentle Voice for Have-Nots", '']Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...
'', 5 October 1988, p. 8 and
Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separat ...
's
Taxi Gang. He is currently a member of
The Wailers Band.
[The Wailers kick off this year’s Hot Summer Nights]
, ''Vail Daily'', 15 June 2007, retrieved 2012-02-26
His older brothers
Lester and
Roy are also musicians, Lester having played saxophone with
The Skatalites
The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "Guns of Navarone (song), Guns of Navarone." They also played on records by Prince Bus ...
and Roy trumpet with
Lynn Taitt and the Jets.
References
External links
Listing of playing creditsat Roots Archives
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1952 births
Living people
Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica
Jamaican session musicians
21st-century Jamaican male musicians
Jamaican reggae musicians
Jamaican pianists
The Wailers members
The Upsetters members
The Aggrovators members