Keith Sterling

Keith Sterling
Background information
Birth nameKeith Sterling-McLeod
Also known asKeith Sterling
BornJanuary 1952
OriginKingston, Jamaica
GenresReggae
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Keyboard, synthesizer, piano, organ
Years active1970s–present

Keith Sterling (born Keith Sterling-McLeod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica)[1] 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,[2] The Aggrovators, Soul Syndicate,[3] The Boris Gardiner Happening,[2] Word, Sound and Power,[3] Lloyd Parks' We The People Band,[4] and Sly and Robbie's Taxi Gang. He is currently a member of The Wailers Band.[5]

His older brothers Lester and Roy are also musicians, Lester having played saxophone with The Skatalites and Roy trumpet with Lynn Taitt and the Jets.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006) The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edn., OUP USA, ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4, p. 743
  2. ^ a b Katz, David (2006) People Funny Boy, Omnibus, ISBN 978-1-84609-443-9, p. 194, 241–2
  3. ^ a b Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-33158-9, p. 58, 320
  4. ^ Boehm, Mike (1988) "Brown's Disarming Reggae: Gentle Voice for Have-Nots", Los Angeles Times, 5 October 1988, p. 8
  5. ^ "The Wailers kick off this year’s Hot Summer Nights", Vail Daily, 15 June 2007, retrieved 2012-02-26