Keith Sterling | |
Birth Name: | Keith Sterling-McLeod |
Alias: | Keith Sterling |
Birth Date: | January 1952 |
Origin: | Kingston, Jamaica |
Instrument: | Keyboard, synthesizer, piano, organ |
Genre: | Reggae |
Occupation: | Musician |
Years Active: | 1970s–present |
Associated Acts: | The Upsetters, The Aggrovators, Soul Syndicate, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Word, Sound and Power, Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru, Bunny Lee, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Wailers Band |
Keith Sterling (born Keith Sterling-McLeod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica)[1] is a piano and keyboard player.
Keith Sterling is a well-respected Jamaican session musician, having played in various session/backing bands including The Upsetters, The Aggrovators, Soul Syndicate,[2] The Boris Gardiner Happening,[3] Word, Sound and Power, 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.