Mek We Dweet
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Mek We Dweet is a studio album by Jamaica
n reggae
singer Burning Spear
.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Reggae Album
at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991.
Additional Musicians
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
singer Burning Spear
Burning Spear
Winston Rodney, OD , also known as Burning Spear, is a Jamaican roots reggae singer and musician. Burning Spear is known for his Rastafari movement messages.-History:...
.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Reggae Album
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre...
at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991.
Track listing
- "Mek We Dweet"
- "Civilization"
- "Garvey"
- "Elephants"
- "My Roots"
- "Take A Look"
- "Great Men"
- "One People"
- "African Women"
- "Mek We Dweet In Dub"
Credits
- Executive Producers - Burning Music Productions
- Recorded at Tuff GongTuff GongTuff Gong is a record label that was formed by the reggae group The Wailers in 1970 and named after Bob Marley's nickname, which was in turn an echo of that given to founder of the Rastafari movement, Leonard "The Gong" Howell. The first single on the label was "Run For Cover" by The Wailers...
Studios, Kingston, Jamaica - Engineers - Gary Sutherland, Tony Kelly, and Mervyn Williams
- Assistant engineer - Garth
- Mixed at Sigma Sound, Inc., NYC
- Engineers - Michael Sauvage, Mervyn Williams
- Assistant engineer - Danny Mormando
- Mastered at Masterdisk by Tony Dawsey
- Cover design - Mo Ström
- Photography - Deborah Feingold
- Illustration - Hugh Dennis
- Special Thanks - Eric Greenspan Esq., Michael Sauvage, Sigma Sound, Rass Brass, Hooman Majd, All Burning Spear fans. Tedo, Singer Johnny and Juicy for the juices and food. And thanks to all the people from the parish of St. Ann's.
Musicians
- Winston Rodney - vocals, repeater, bass drum
- Paul Beckford - bass
- Nelson MillerNelson MillerNelson Miller is a Jamaican drummer and record producer. Miller was born and raised in Port Antonio. Influenced by Lloyd Knibb, Carlton "Santa" Davis, and Mikey "Boo" Richards, he began playing in bands in Port Antonio as a teenager....
- drums - Lenford Richards - lead guitar, piano, funde
- Lenval Jarrett - rhythm guitar
- Alvin Haughton - percussion
- Charles Dickey - trombone ("Great Men," "Garvey")
- James Smith - trumpet ("Great Men," "Garvey")
- David Robinson - saxophone ("Great Men," "Garvey")
Additional Musicians
- Robbie Lyn - synthesizers, piano
- Dean FraserDean FraserDean Fraser is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Musgrave Medal by the Jamaican government in 1993 in recognition of his services to music.-Biography:Fraser started to play the clarinet at the age of 12...
- saxophone - Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone
- Junior "Chico" Chin - trumpet