Josey Wales

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For the 1976 Western movie, see The Outlaw Josey Wales. For the fictional character it was based upon, see Josey Wales (gunfighter).

Josey Wales
Birth name	Joseph Winston Sterling
Also known as	The Outlaw, The Colonel
Origin	St. Mary, Jamaica
Genres	Dancehall Toasting Reggae
Associated acts	Charlie Chaplin U-Roy Yellowman

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.^[1] 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 "Bobo Dread" and "Leggo Mi Hand" for Lawes' label of the same name as well as later hits for George Phang's Power House label, most noticeably "Undercover Lover." 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 - No Way No 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 )))

External links

Biography at Allmusic

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Name	Wales, Josey
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Short description	Jamaican singer
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